A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

Books - Drawing/Drafting

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture  by Francis D. K. Ching (Author) This book defines over 5,000 terms relating to architectural design, history, and technology.  The classic, bestselling reference on architecture now revised and expanded! An essential one-volume...

Perspective Without Pain

Books - Drawing/Drafting, Books - Painting

Perspective Without Pain  by Philip W. Metzger (Author) This book is excellent for students or beginners who want to learn perspective. It is illustrated and it has different samples to follow. Imagine perspective without pain—no T-squares, complicated equations or...

Perspective Rendering for the Theatre

Books - Drawing/Drafting, Books - Painting

Perspective Rendering for the Theatre  by William H. Pinnell (Author) William H. Pinnell first issues an “invitation to investigate the magic of perspective and explore its wondrous surround,” then escorts the beginning as well as the advanced student...

Recipes for Surfaces: Decorative Paint Finishes Made Simple

Books - Painting

Recipes for Surfaces: Decorative Paint Finishes Made Simple  by Mindy Drucker, Pierre Finklestein (Author) Recipes for Surfaces is a one-of-a-kind handbook that enables you to master decorative painting techniques for walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture as simply...

Recipes for Surfaces: Volume II: New and Exciting Ideas for Decorative Paint Finishes

Books - Painting

Recipes for Surfaces: Volume II: New and Exciting Ideas for Decorative Paint Finishes  by Mindy Drucker (Author)Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs and featuring more than thirty clear, concise recipes for everything from marble and metallic finishes to...

The Handbook of Painted Decoration: The Tools, Materials, and Step-By-Step Techniques

Books - Painting

The Handbook of Painted Decoration: The Tools, Materials, and Step-By-Step Techniques of Trompe-L’Oeil Painting  by Yannick Guegan, Roger Le Puil (Author)The Handbook of Painted Decoration’ by Yannick Guegan and Roger Le Puil is an excellent reference book for...

Professional Painted Finishes: A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting

Books - Painting

Professional Painted Finishes: A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting  by Ina Brosseau Marx,Allen Marx, Robert Marx (Author)One lovely feature of this volume is that it shows the real material that inspired different faux finishes next to the excellent...

Creative Paint Finishes for the Home (Hardcover)

Books - Painting

Creative Paint Finishes for the Home (Hardcover)  by Phillip C. Myer (Author) Being an articulate person, yet not an interior decorator, I found this book most useful. After buying a new home, a budget to fix it was minimal. Yet, I faux painted walls and used...

Self-Working Rope Magic: 70 Foolproof Tricks (Dover Books on Magic)

Books - Rigging

Self-Working Rope Magic: 70 Foolproof Tricks (Dover Books on Magic)  by Karl Fulves (Author)70 of the best rope tricks ever devised using overhand knots, slip knots and square knots. Book Description70 of the best rope tricks ever devised using overhand knots, slip...

On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving … Rappellers (Hardcover)

Books - Rigging

On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving … Rappellers (Hardcover)  by Bruce Smith, Allen Padgett (Author)A really outstanding book! It presumes a very basic level of knowledge and builds your confidence – from the history and making of climbing rope...

The Art of Rigging

Books - Rigging

The Art of Rigging  by George Biddlecombe (Author)The best manual ever produced on rigging a sailing ship, based on extensively revised and updated 1848 edition prepared by Biddlecombe, Master in the Royal Navy. Book DescriptionThe best manual ever produced on rigging...

Sound and Music for the Theatre: The Art and Technique of Design, Fourth Edition

Books - Sound

Sound and Music for the Theatre: The Art and Technique of Design, Fourth Edition  by Deena Kaye,James LeBrecht (Author)It is a practical and comprehensive guide to the field of sound design, covering the designer’s relationships within the theatre community and...