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|  | Step-by-Step Drawing by Stan Smith
If you're inspired by the world around you but are unsure of how to capture it on paper, this is the book for you. You'll discover that drawing is a skill that can be learned, just like riding a bike, writing, or cooking. The chapters are set up so that you'll build confidence as you go along, beginning with the tools and materials you'll need and ending with advanced techniques. Learn how to arrange your subject within a picture area, make a drawing look real using linear perspective, shade objects you draw so they look three-dimensional, and other fundamentals. Use what you've learned in projects that include simple still lifes, seascapes, architecture, portraiture, figure drawing, and animals. Among the techniques covered are: capturing movement, altering paper surfaces, wax resists, and foreshortening. With just a little practice, you'll be able to bring out the artist within you. AUTHOR: Stan Smith
PUBLISHER: Collins & Brown
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Color Harmony 2 by Bride Whelan
1,400 fresh, new color combinations, grouped by the moods or emotions they evoke. Features a look at color trends, with an eye toward the popular colors of the next five to ten years. AUTHOR: Bride Whelan
PUBLISHER: Rockport Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | I Shot Andy Warhol by Daniel Minahan, Mary Harron
The story of Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist and author of SCUM Manifesto (Society for Cutting Up Men) who made headlines in 1968 when she attempted to kill Andy Warhol, I Shot Andy Warhol moves beyond the simplistic view of Valerie as a deranged lesbian acting in revenge for being shunned by the Factory crows to present a complex figure whose brilliance and passion were clouded by mental instability and a history of abuse. AUTHOR: Daniel Minahan, Mary Harron
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | `21' by H. Paul Jeffers, H. Peter Kriendler
The story of New York's '21' Club is the story of American glamor in the 20th century--from its birth as a Greenwich Village speakeasy to its move to midtown during Prohibition to the tough days of the Great Depression and the swinging go-go years. of photos. AUTHOR: H. Paul Jeffers, H. Peter Kriendler
PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet by Ann-Marie MacDonald
When ghostwriter Constance Ledbelly's mentor marries a rival, Constance embarks on a what-if writing spree that brings her face-to-face with literary characters Desdemona and Juliet. What follows is a riotous retelling of theatrical legend that brings Constance renewed self-confidence--and that won playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald awards and accolades. AUTHOR: Ann-Marie MacDonald
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Measure for Measure by Brian Gibbons, Davis Harding, J. M. Nosworthy, J. W. Lever, Jane Coles
Written in 1604 when James I--a king particularly concerned with the religious aspects of his leadership--was fresh on the throne, MEASURE FOR MEASURE is a reflection of its time. In it, a sovereign's role in the legislation of morality is explored, as two extreme poles of government are navigated--the Duke's over-leniency as the play opens, and his deputy's rigid judgement that precipitates the tragicomedy. When the Duke realizes that his rule is too lax, he appoints his deputy Angelo to reinforce authority. However, forgiveness, a Christian virtue and therefore an implied virtue of the play's Christian government, is not a characteristic of Angelo, who, reviving an old morality law, condemns Claudio to death for impregnating Juliet. The dilemma of the drama is presented when Claudio's sister Isabella leaves the cloister of the convent to plead for Claudio's freedom. Scandalously, Angelo agrees to free Claudio if Isabella will sleep with him. An estranged wife, a bed trick, and a subplot concerning a pimp present further complications, but ultimately lighten the atmosphere to lead a tragic drama toward a comic resolution. Shakespeare drew on many sources that were themselves inspired by a real 16th-century event in which an Italian man who was condemned to death was promised freedom after his wife accepted a sexual proposition from the judge in exchange. The first records of performance point to December 26, 1604. The next documentation recalls a performance one hundred years later. Though records certainly get destroyed, such scant evidence indeed suggests poor public reception of the play. MEASURE FOR MEASURE was the last of Shakespeare's comedies, and intense tragic material surfaces in it that is fully developed in the plays to come, including OTHELLO, KING LEAR, and MACBETH. AUTHOR: Brian Gibbons, Davis Harding, J. M. Nosworthy, J. W. Lever, Jane Coles
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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