Go to cooking school in your own kitchen with the staff of American's Test Kitchen. They share themed courses that will help you learn skills and recipes, while explaining the fundamental principles involved. As the recipes shift from basic to more involved, you'll gain experience and confidence as you progress. Great cooks never stop learning-- and even if you've never picked up a chef's knife you can learn to create delicious food. -- adapted from...

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...

This book is not only for "painters" but for all types of creative individuals who want to experience and play with watercolor, whether their background is mixed-media, textile art, journaling, or paper craft. Unlike the typical watercolor text books, this unique, beautiful volume is a field book of inspiration, creative ideas, how to's, and projects, all from an artist's perspective. Each creative exercise features a technique, shows step-by-step...

The best-selling guide ... now completely updated to include online tutorials! Basic Perspective Drawing introduces students, both those in formal design courses and self-learners, to the basic principles and techniques of perspective drawing. Clear and accessible illustrations show how to construct perspective views one step at a time. The new, streamlined Sixth Edition contains must-have content for students and instructors in art and design, architecture,...

Share Your Joy embraces shareable and mixed-media art through projects, prompts, and stories that invite you to explore your creativity and have fun with art supplies.

"A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces"--

"Hone your drawing skills and you eye for design by learning to draw in black and white. Working with only positive and negative lines and shapes keeps the focus on the basics: composition, balance, and harmony. And using white and black gel, ink, and paint pens on black, tan, and gray papers allows you to experience drawing in a whole new way! Drawing in Black & White is a clever drawing and design book that contains 36 inspiring exercises, a gallery...

Baz breaks down the essentials of cooking through clear and uncomplicated recipes that deliver big flavor with little effort-- and a generous side of education. She encourages improvisation, while giving you all the tools necessary to make food that tastes great every single time. -- adapted from inside front cover