About the Author: Robert Morrow, a Waynesboro, PA native, studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and is a graduate of the Famous Artist's School of Illustration. In addition to one man shows, his works have been shown in many exhibits and have taken numerous awards. Mr. Morrow's oil paintings, photographs, and pen-and-ink prints are in public and private collections not only in the United States but overseas as well.

Exquisite reproductions of the finest manuscripts and scholars' detailed descriptons combine to create a stunning, authentic, and powerful book that will become a keepsake treasured for generations. -- cover

"2016 marks the 150th birthday of Beatrix Potter, making it the perfect time to pay tribute to the beloved author/illustrator with ACelebration of Beatrix Potter! With illustrious tales of characters like Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, and Jemima Puddle-Duck, Beatrix Potter established herself as one of the most cherished and influential author/illustrators of children's literature. To mark her milestone birthday, this gorgeous collection features...

Offers advice for effective storytelling in comic book format, covering such topics as color, placement, pacing, visually representing ideas, and other techniques for short gag strips as well as graphic novels and other more involved storylines.

Ned Smith's "office" was all of the outdoors, and he spent far more than the usual 40 hours a week there. His work as an artist, writer, and a nature photographer took him outdoors at every opportunity-sketching, peering through a magnifying glass, or just watching alertly and jotting notes. He liked nothing better than to be outside observing wildlife, deciphering tracks in the snow or gathering wild mushrooms, berries, and other forest delicacies...

You cannot stand underneath the masterwork that is the Sistine Chapel without considering the genius and painstaking work that went into its creation. Michelangelo Buonarroti never wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel, though. Appointed by the temperamental Julius II, Michelangelo believed the suspiciously large-scale project to be a plot for failure conspired by his rivals and the "Warrior Pope." After all, Michelangelo was not a painter-he was a sculptor....