Includes index

"This effective guide blends clear, visual instruction with 5 step-by-step demonstrations to show you how to plan and paint your best work yet."-p. [4] of cover.

"This complete guide to composition explains everything you need to know to compose professional-quality watercolors. Just follow along with the examples, exercises and step-by-step demonstrations to learn how to: select the right subject, start with a blueprint, build dimension, and compose with color."--BOOK JACKET.

Hey, kids! If you liked learning the basics of three-dimensional drawing from Mark Kistler in his books Draw Squad and Imagination Station, you'll love his new book, Drawing in 3-D with Mark Kistler. Featuring a fun, action-filled tale about a family of lovable characters struggling through a series of breathtaking discoveries and hilarious adventures, Drawing in 3-D with Mark Kistler is all you need-along with a sharpened pencil, a ready imagination,...

"With this book, you will learn design techniques that artists use to produce effective and engaging works of art"--Page 4 of cover.

Traces, through text and color plates, the history of painting, from early cave paintings to those of the twentieth century. Discusses the history of the artist's tools and the use of technique, perspective, proportion, and composition.

The tricks of the trade revealed in ths book mean you can really understand art, from Minoan pottery to Op Art.