Art Composition

A practical resource to help you turn struggle into success and become the writing coach your kid needs—from the creator of the award-winning Brave Writer curriculum Writing is often hard—for kids and for adults. How can we help our children get past the difficulties and learn the writing...

The Golden Ratio Explained: Sacred Geometry, Proportion in Design, Photography, Architecture, Branding, and Human Perception What makes certain designs feel balanced, certain photographs feel powerful, and certain buildings feel timeless? The Golden Ratio Explained takes you deep into one of the most fascinating ideas in mathematics and aesthetics: the number phi, approximately 1.618, and its powerful influence across art, architecture, graphic design, branding, photography, nature, and human perception. This comprehensive and accessible guide reveals how a simple proportional relationship ...

In Photography Composition, you will find all you need to know to learn the basics of composition. It will teach you the proper terms and ways to apply rules that you might already know instinctively yet not quite understand why they work the way they do.

Photography for beginners is an audiobook directed to anyone who is interested in learning how to take amazing photographs. It can be used whether you take photos as a hobby, as an aspiring professional photographer, or if you’ve simply never picked up a camera in your life. This audiobook highlights the main concepts required to consciously start taking great photographs. Everything is explained simply to make them useful for both complete beginners and already initiated photographers.

***An Instant New York Times Bestseller*** From the woman who is credited for launching what we know as the celebrity focused, “brand” driven, social media obsessed popular culture of today, comes an honest and surprising memoir that reckons with that truth, and shows that there is so much...

HOW TO DRAW EVERYTHING (ALMOST) FROM A TO Z, is an informative, entertaining and useful book for the new or experienced artist who wants to learn more about drawing. Over 75 images in this book on drawing gives a wide overview of types, styles and tips for composing and drawing things, from angels to zebras, from faces to landscapes, from boats to mountains and from dinosaurs to trucks. Includes tips on using the light source and shading, composing and adding points of interest in your drawings. Enjoy!

The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success. Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat!...

A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated. The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for...

Step into a world where nature meets artistry and tradition blooms with every leaf and stone. "Living Sculptures" is an all-encompassing guide to the delicate and beautiful practices of Penjing, Saikei, and Bonsai. Discover the secrets of these ancient arts that teach us to see the majestic in the miniature, to find the universe in a single leaf, and to capture the essence of landscapes in the space within our own hands. Embark on a journey that begins with the essence of each art form – understanding not just the "how," but the "why" behind the transformative process of shaping nature. ...

El storytelling no se trata solo de contar cuentos, por más poético que pueda sonar. Se trata de un método eficaz que te ayudará a potenciar tu mensaje sea cual sea el tema que vayas a tratar. Entenderlo y usarlo para comunicarte será sumamente útil tanto si quieres escribir una novela o tu libro de memorias como si deseas exponer una idea nueva en la empresa donde trabajas.

From bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing. Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and...

For more than a quarter century, biographer Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom being a Beatle was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped...

For over a thousand years, Chinese scholars and artists have cultivated a profound art that the Western world barely knows by name: penjing—the creation of miniature trees, landscapes, and complete natural scenes within the container of a pot or tray. Predating Japanese bonsai by centuries, penjing (pen: pot or basin; jing: scenery or landscape) is not merely a Chinese version of bonsai. It is an entirely distinct art form with its own aesthetic philosophy rooted in Chinese landscape painting and Taoist and Buddhist thought, its own array of compositional styles (including the landscape ...

Immerse yourself in the captivating realm of wilderness photography with "Lens on the Wild," your ultimate guide to capturing the untamed beauty of nature's most breathtaking scenes. Whether you're an aspiring photographer or an enthusiast looking to refine your craft, this comprehensive eBook is your perfect companion on the journey towards mastering the art of wilderness photography. Dive into the serene allure of the wild as you explore the intricate relationship between technical prowess and artistic vision. "Lens on the Wild" ushers you step-by-step from understanding the fundamental ...

Unlock the secrets of photography and take your visual storytelling to spellbinding heights with "Illuminating Creativity," your comprehensive guide to transcending the ordinary through the lens. Delve into the depths of your unique creative essence and learn to define the compelling objective in each frame. Let your story unfold through the meticulous curation of visual elements that speak volumes without uttering a word. Embark on a journey that equips you with the knowledge to make discerning choices in photography equipment, perfectly balancing your budget and artistic needs. Discover ...

If the book tells a true story, you're listening to nonfiction. How else do you know? Quick, fun examples help you get the facts on nonfiction.

A surprising, enlightening series of conversations that shed new light on the music and career of “our greatest living composer” (New York Times) Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have...

A look at why we are interested in what we see in art. Are we born with aesthetic preferences that are shaped by cultural influences? Is our natural attraction to Beauty another weapon in our arsenal of species' survival? This book examines many so-called rules of composition in the visual arts to find natural reasons for their existence. It is designed to aide the visual artist and those who appreciate their work by bringing attention to subtle cues of attraction cultivated by our ancient and immediate ancestors. It calls upon recent work in neuroaesthetics and other scientific disciplines...

An exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century. John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative...

""A gathering of gorgeous short pieces"" (Library Journal), Blue Pastures collects fifteen of Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet Mary Oliver's prose works about nature, writing, and herself. ""This transcendent collection is Oliver's joyful sharing of her love of her craft...