Customer Review: If you've asked the question, "how do you make up values from imagination?", this book can help you. It's a little verbose sometimes, but definitely worth wading through a few extra words to get the knowledge. The principles of light, shade and shadow are laid out and explained in detail, and there... more info
Customer Review: Teaching middle school students can present its own set of challenges and given that most of the classrooms these days are inclusive, this presents quite an undertaking for teachers who wish to reach out to all their students and take into consideration the diverse needs of the students, in terms of... more info
Customer Review: The book is wonderful. It shows detailed technichues for making laces with a sewing machine, which could be adapted to digitizing your own designs and laces for embroidery machine.
Customer Review: I don't know why this book has "for aspiring art students" in the title. While it is certainly a very useful book, I think tagging it with the words "art students" may actually shy some people away from it. This is actually a great book for any artist at any level. It doesn't matter what your medium... more info
Customer Review: I found this book to very informative and literally loaded with a ton of good solid principles and concepts related to the art of throwing knives, axes, throwing stars, and a variety of other objects. The layout of the material presented and the format were very well done, and other than... more info
Customer Review: This is a coffee table book. period. I did not get "an intimate exploration of the mixed-media work" I got to see what they collect and some pictures of their work but I didn't learn anything new that I could bring to my work.
Customer Review: I have to say that I was a bit disappointed in this one. For a book that is geared towards the beginner, there was surprisingly little information about actually getting started, with the main focus being on exercises and demonstrations. Speaking as a novice, if this had been the only book I had... more info