This unique book invites you to study and learn the art of drawing as a student of Ron Bowen's Drawing Masterclass. An animated and informative discussion of drawing - its masters and masterpieces, basic techniques and innovative methods - this volume is, most important, a series of lessons with the aim of allowing each one of us to discover and utilize our innate ability to draw. Drawing Masterclass will take its place as a classic work of art instruction, theory, and history, teaching its readers to draw by revealing the many and varied levels at which drawing works. Ron Bowen believes that everyone can draw. The difficulties in drawing arise not from a lack of technique or coordination, but rather from untrained perception, an inability to "see" as the art requires. For this volume, Bowen re-creates the approach he uses in his classes at The Slade School of Fine Art: guiding by example rather than dictating a method, revealing possibilities and options rather than circumscribing technique and style. Drawing Masterclass draws on and explains the work of scientists, linguists, philosophers, and psychologists but never loses sight of the magic of drawing and how to create it yourself. Each chapter centers on one element of drawing and builds to a "game" in which the reader participates in visual experiments that grow incrementally in complexity - from drawing an object or your own face, to constructing a space, changing light sources, elaborating and reducing form, and using methods of measurement and perspective. Each game is a step toward discovering the skill to draw freely, spontaneously, and effectively. Drawing Masterclass contains many of the world's greatest and most interesting drawings. Here are works not only by the finest artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Durer, Rembrandt, Picasso, Matisse, and O'Keeffe, but also drawing in its more popular form - images of Spider-Man, a tattooed woman, and sketches made by the Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. Each drawing is relevant to the text, revealing the full range of drawing technique and method, illustrating Bowen's lessons about line, tone, light, size, distance, movement, and space, as well as providing an excellent historical overview of fine drawing. Paper, a pencil, a mirror, and an open mind are the only tools you need to follow this practical and challenging guide.

Drawing Masterclass: The Slade School of Fine Art

Bowen, Ron

Arts & Photography

Bulfinch Pr

(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Bagpipe Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the Great Highland bagpipes. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide serves as an introduction to the bagpipe chanter. It includes access to online video lessons with demonstrations of all the examples in the book! Lessons include: the practice chanter, the Great Highland Bagpipe scale, bagpipe notation, proper technique, grace-noting, embellishments, playing and practice tips, traditional tunes, buying a bagpipe, and much more!

Hal Leonard Bagpipe Method - Book/Online Audio

Trier, Sarajane

Humor & Entertainment

Hal Leonard

(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Bagpipe Tune Book is an essential resource, especially for non-competition level pipers and fulfills most of the players' needs, both somber and celebratory. This collection brings together both traditional and contemporary compositions that fall within the general abilities of the average piper. It is our hope that this will benefit both the musician and audience in advancing an understanding and appreciation of the great Highland bagpipe. This book includes 125 different tunes, including airs, hornpipes, reels, marches, strathspeys, and jigs, including: Amazing Grace * Auld Lang Syne * Black Velvet Band * Danny Boy * Highland Laddie * The Hundred Pipers * Minstrel Boy * The Road to the Isles * Scotland the Brave - Low Hand * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * and more. This collection also includes demo recordings for all 125 tunes! Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

Hal Leonard Bagpipe Tune Book - with Online Audio Demos

David Jeremiah said, "The greatest untapped harvest fields in modern America are our neighborhoods." Peter Frey "I dare say the day of door to door evangelism is over, and the day of next-door evangelism is here." Bowen helps readers face the facts about evangelism - how things have changed, what works or what doesn't work and most importantly, the why behind it all. He shows we are all called to witness about the relationship we have with Christ and that we can do so effectively even if we are not pastors, speakers or leaders. Ron Bowen teaches an evangelism course at McLean Bible Church in Northern Virginia. Ron has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Arts in Biblical/Theological Studies from Luther Rice Seminary. He has been the Executive Pastor at Reston Bible Church and is now heavily involved in evangelizing, teaching, and discipling in his Haymarket, Virginia community. Ron and his wife Carol of 49 years have two children and four grandchildren.

Relational Evangelism for Today

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Xulon Press

“Soaring into Heaven” is a challenge to Christian senior adults not to waste their retirement years. All of us started our Christian lives by putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Some did this at an early age, maybe we were raised in a Christian home and our parents were involved in helping us make this decision. Some others made this decision as teenagers or young adults. We walked the aisle at a church or went to a Billy Graham crusade. Others made this decision later in life, maybe in our 30’s or 40’s and wished we had made it sooner. We all started by faith but at different times and at different places. But the purpose of this book is not about when we started but about how we finish!We have been told to “finish strong” and to “press on” which is good, but I think it is far greater than that. This should be the most productive time in our life for impacting the kingdom. It should be an encore of such proportions that all that God accomplished through us in our life to this point would only be a fraction of what He will do nowThat’s the purpose of this book - to wake us up. Those of us who call ourselves Christians, who believe in the Lord, and who are in the later stages of our life, maybe over 55 or 65. We have served God for some time, we have seen Him work in and through us and now we think we have finished the work. I want to tell you the work is not finished! There is far more to do, and God is looking for men and women completely devoted to Him such that they want to give their all and to Soar into Heaven going full steam and not limping along. We may be limping physically but we should be soaring spiritually.

Soaring Into Heaven: A Challenge For Christian Senior Adults

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