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SOLIDWORKS 2017: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate User textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning SOLIDWORKS for creating 3D mechanical design. Taken together, this textbook can...

A captivating, step-by-step guide that teaches artists to draw and paint exact duplicates of common objects, rendered in the trompe l'oeil, hyperrealistic style of artist Mark Crilley's popular YouTube video series. Are You Up to the Challenge? With just watercolors, colored pencils,...

"Quick sketching" stimulates the artist's ability to rapidly capture a subject's features, expressions, and movements as they are actually happening. A perfect introduction to this invaluable technique, this concise and uniquely organized guide easily helps artists of every capacity explore new ideas...

An essential little ebook – perfect for the pocket or art bag – covering all practical aspects of sketching and drawing. Sketching is a skill that every artist needs to master and this handy book shows you how in a very clear and simple way. Jackie starts by describing all the different media...

Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to...

One of the most brilliant and original artists of the eighteenth century, Antoine Watteau had an impact on the development of Rococo art in France and throughout Europe lasting well beyond his lifetime. Living only thirty-six years, and plagued by frequent illness, Watteau nonetheless rose from an obscure...

Leonardo possessed a greedy curiosity and desire for discovery of unknown worlds. Only observation, says Leonardo, is the key to knowledge and understanding. In his Studies for the Nativity, he studied different poses and gestures of the mother and her infant, probably in preparation for the main...

Focusing on anatomy, one of the fundamentals of drawing manga characters, Anatomy 101 teaches readers how to accurately draw the manga figure. From lessons on muscular and skeletal structure, arms, hands, and feet to poses and movement, this book covers everything readers need to go from manga fans...

Originally published in 1923. The author was a well known early cartoonist and book illustrator. Contents Include : Originality In Pen Drawing And Design To My Fellow Students Various Methods and Various Means A Few Hints To Special Artists A Few Hints To Lady Students A Little Captious Criticism...

PERSPECTIVE: Using the Grid System for Interior Design Sketching This electronic book is a rewrite of the original paper book, rewritten by the author Donald Gerds, for electronic reading devices.  Both books teach basic perspective drawing using the grid system with a focus on doing...

The best way to improve in figure art is to practice, which requires quality reference material that inspires you. That's what the Art Models series is all about. With nearly 200 photos of nude art models—both female and male—Art Models 10 will inspire students and professionals alike to practice...

It can happen at any moment - A powerful light effect. A telling gesture. A unique posture. When you're struck by am image or impression you want to use in your art, you must record it - quickly! - before it's gone.But what's an artist to do when there's no time for a carefully rendered drawing or...

This Art Book with Foreword by Narim Bender contains 80 selected reproductions of drawings from Paul Cézanne.Paul Cézanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern painting. His influence on the course of modern art, particularly on the development of cubism, is enormous...

An invaluable tool for beginning students as well as advanced artists, this practical handbook focuses on methods of drawing using the human figure as form. Loaded with practical illustrations, this handy reference covers a variety of methods for charcoal use, including charcoal selection, smudging techniques, and proper grip styles.