This volume demonstrates how to study a subject and then interpret that image onto paper. It includes exercises in studying and drawing specific areas of the body, trees, animals and street scenes. The step-by-step format means that each project is broken down into easy-to-follow stages.

A comprehensive introduction to drawing and painting for the complete beginner or the amateur who has mastered one medium and is interested in acquiring new skills.

Now in paperback, this handbook covers all the essentials for creating beautiful, translucent watercolor paintings. 500+ full-color, step-by-step photos.

Gives instructions for more than twenty-five projects in cross stitch, blackwork, pattern darning, pulled work, Hardanger work, and drawn thread work.

Have you ever seen something so moving you wished you had the ability to commit it to paper? Now you can with sketching school - an easy to learn as you go guide that helps you create works of art that can be enjoyed for years to come.

Some of us take pride and pleasure in our needlework skills, while others of us have been drawn to sewing crafts but haven't been confident enough to try them. Happily, this book is a gold mine of instruction and inspiration for everyone, whatever your level of skill.

Insignificant Peace Corps man, sent to promote banana culture on a Caribbean island, rises to great heights of public favor despite being trapped between two conflicting factions.

A four-part survey of the human adventure.

More than 1500 illustrations combine with concise, expert advice to ensure success with nearly every type of house plant, including flowering and foliage plants, indoor trees, ferns, mosses, creepers, cacti, and other succulents.

Provides general instructions for fitting, constructing, tailoring, and finishing women's, men's, and children's clothing and for making curtains and bedcoverings.