Presented as a practical art course, this book progresses from basic linear and energy drawing to more advanced drawing and colouring techniques - suitable for both aspiring and experienced artists.

A comprehensive guide that leads beginners through the approaches and techniques needed to create great fantasy art. It deals with popular fantasy subjects, including dragons, heroines and monsters. It includes information on how to choose the right medium, lighting, imagination, atmosphere and more.

A practical guide for budding artists who want to create their own extreme sci-fi worlds. It covers subjects including aliens, robots, space ships, weapons, space stations and strange planets. It contains instruction suitable for beginners and more advanced artists.

Focuses on incorporating journaling and art making into your daily life, while encouraging a carefree, non-judgmental approach. With step-by-step instruction for getting started in 25 media techniques (watercolour, resists, transfers, oil pastels, ink, collage and more), this work guides the reader through journaling exercises.

In 1922, the very popular The Farmer's Wife magazine held a contest asking a simple question: 'Would you want your daughter to marry a farmer?' This title excerpts 55 of the top letters submitted to the magazine editors for the contest and has selected 111 traditional 6 quilt blocks and created a tribute quilt to the contest.

Presents a collection of websites organized by a wide variety of criteria. This title catalogues more than 5,000 sites.

Featuring analysis from experts and more than 2,000 photos, this title provides collectors with a comprehensive guide to post-World War II toys on the market. Each chapter features new toy listings, expanded information and updated pricing that reflect the trends in the toy-collecting hobby.

Ask yourself: Are you ready for an alien invasion? When it happens, will you find yourself helpless to resist? This book teaches readers the skills they need to battle hostile visitors from outer space, covering things from escape strategies to improvised weaponry.

Offers comprehensive information on affordable antiques and collectibles. This title provides coverage of what is important and what is of interest to American collectors and general book buyers.

Offers detailed information such as artist, record label, label number, formats such as mono, stereo, and promotional, full titles, date of release, value, cross references, and notes about artists, labels, variations and fakes. This title also offers readers tips on selling records, and a report on the conditions in the record marketplace.

Presents the collection of John Howe's dragon art. This book reveals the myths behind each dragon, as well as an exploration on its render, with full captions, annotations, highlighted details and design elements.

Features an album where people can record basic information and special memories about their families, including special family traditions, heirlooms histories, family records, newsworthy moments, family movements, recipes, important dates like births and passing, and more.

Writing for children - whether it's in the form of picture books, beginning readers, chapters books and novels, or nonfiction - requires a unique skill set: the ability to speak to children on their level. This title provides readers with the instruction and exercises they need to shape their ideas, develop their writing, and sell their work.

A comprehensive oil book for beginners and intermediate oil painters with nine full landscape demos covering value, equipment, work habits, seeing, drawing, colour and composition. It advocates a different approach that gives artists flexibility to improvise according to the needs of the subject and conditions of the moment.

Features 140 diverse pieces by some of the best artists in charcoal, pencil, pastel, and ink. This book shares over 140 beautiful drawings with comments about the processes behind them. It includes such favourite subjects as animals, cityscapes, landscapes, figures, portraits and still life.

Help readers find the courage and commitment within themselves to start writing and keep writing.

With a bias toward action and an invigorating system for getting words on paper, this book provides readers with the coach and companion they need to start and finish their own books.

Maedeup is a Korean knotting art that originated thousands of years ago. This book introduces the reader to the wonderful world of maedeup knotting.

A reference and photo gallery for custom knife makers and enthusiasts. It is packed with informative and important feature stories tracking the trends, techniques and industry news. With an exhaustive A-to-Z list of custom knife makers and knife-making groups, it also includes a DVD of images.

In this latest book, author Sharilyn Miller shows crafters of all levels how to get in on the popularity of jewellery and beading, with: An in-depth section on design and construction techniques that makes it simple to get started; More than 20 step-by-step bead and wire jewellery projects, including gorgeous earrings, necklaces, brooches of and bracelets; It only takes a few basic steps to start