Photographic manipulation is a familiar phenomenon in the digital era. What will come as a revelation to readers of this captivating, wide-ranging book is that nearly every type of manipulation we associate with Adobe’s now-ubiquitous Photoshop software was also part of photography’s predigital repertoire, from slimming waistlines and smoothing away wrinkles to adding people to (or removing them from) pictures, not to mention fabricating events that never took place.

Based on author and art instructor Claire Watson Garcia's successful courses and workshops for beginning and aspiring artists, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner applies a positive, accepting tone to a progressive series of lessons in sketching and rendering. The book's step-by-step methodology and examples of student works from earliest efforts to completed drawings give novices the tools and techniques needed to make competent and eloquent renderings of still lifes, portraits, and more.

Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw. In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system--fifty-five keys that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner. These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time. You'll learn how to: - Restore, focus, map, and intensify - Free your hand action, then learn to control it - Convey the illusions of light, depth, and texture - Stimulate your imagination through creative play

Louisa “Lou” una chica inestable y creativa, reside en un pequeño pueblo de la campiña inglesa. Vive sin rumbo y va de un trabajo a otro para ayudar a su familia a llegar a fin de mes. Sin embargo, un nuevo trabajo pondrá a prueba su habitual alegría. En el castillo local, se ocupa de cuidar y acompañar a Will Traynor (Sam Claflin), un joven y rico banquero que se quedó paralítico tras un accidente