Art For Dummies

Information about every feature in QuarkXPress! QuarkXPress still remains a top tool for layout and design projects, thirty years after it made its debut. This full-color, hands-on guide is here to help you take the guesswork out of using this powerful tool to create stunning print or digital designs. In QuarkXPress For Dummies, you’ll find information on the latest changes to QuarkXPress, easy-to-follow, step-by-step guidance on using the tools built into the software to aid in designing and outputting projects, and quick solutions to common Quark problems when you get stuck.

QuarkXPress dominated the page layout world for decades. It’s stuck around thanks to how it readily adapts to customer needs. This new version contains updates and features driven solely by customer feedback. That responsiveness is luring new and former users to the fold. That resurgence in the design community has Quark users clamoring for an authoritative book on how to use it to its fullest. Created in partnership with the experts at Quark, this is the book for new and experienced QuarkXPress users looking to make sense of the latest version.
Offers unbeatable tricks for working with text
Provides guidance on managing larger design projects
Includes tips on how to correct mistakes

Take a tour of the palettes, add style to your work, and make QuarkXPress work for you!

Boston offers a unique blend of traditional and trendy…old and new, with ultramodern skyscrapers towering beside colonial historical sites. Whether you want to explore incredible museums or shop tempting boutiques, take in a game or take a cruise, this book points the way with info on:
Attractions for history lovers, sports lovers, and food lovers
Seven great itineraries and four fun day trips
Public Garden, the first botanical garden in the U.S., legendary Fenway Park, Longfellow National Historic Site, and more
All kinds of restaurants, ranging from local seafood and pizza favorites and ethnic eateries to elegant, high-end dining and unique neighborhood cafes
Shopping in stores that range from cheap to chic, boho to bourgeois, including Newbury Street, the “rodeo Drive of New England”
Walking the 3-mile Freedom Trail, Harvard Square, Commonwealth Avenue, or around Walden Pond
Taking in fantastic live performances or relaxing in fun pubs and bars

Like every For Dummies travel guide, Boston For Dummies, 4th Edition, includes:

Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip
The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages

With this friendly guide, you’ll enjoy a Boston vacation that suits you, whether that’s exploring the old or celebrating the new.

Classic Sketchbook: Cats shows how it’s done by showing museum-quality works, then coaching you to try the techniques with the help an expert’s suggestions.

Whether scribbling out a quick sketch with minimal detail, or making a finished portrait where every silky hair and polished whisker stands out, the best cat artists can capture the very essence of feline-ness. How do they do it?

Firsthand observation of cats will tell you a lot about the way they sit, yawn, tweak their tails, and curl up to sleep, but it won’t tell you how to get those things down on paper.

Classic Sketchbook: Cats is the second in a series of instructional books that began with Classic Sketchbook: Botanicals. The series shows how to draw your subjects by looking at the details of museum-quality works, then coaching you through the techniques with the help an expert’s suggestions. In this case the expert is Patricia Wynne, a noted illustrator with a specialty in animals.

Wynne will guide you through fur, paws, and eyes, as well as cats sleeping, playing, or pouncing. Her unique instructions places a close-up of a drawing or painting by a noted artist like Gauguin, Chardin, Gwen John, and Theodore Steinlen on the left side of the page. And on the right side of the page Patricia Wynne coaches you with detailed, step-by-step drawings, that illuminate the process.

Everything from clothing styles to tequila shots is kicked back in Arizona. From teeming, cosmopolitan Phoenix to long stretches of open roads to intriguing trails that lead to incredible sights or adventures, Arizona has it all. This friendly guide helps you enjoy it all, with info on:
5 great itineraries, including kid-friendly jaunts, plus day trips and two-day trips
The grandeur of the Grand Canyon, the Red Rocks of Sedona, the expanses of northeast Arizona—Hopi and Navajo country, and more
Fantastic historic attractions, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s former home and studio, a ghost town, a mining town, an active trading post, Holbook (home of classic Route 66 kitsch), and more
Upscale shopping in Phoenix or bargaining in Nogales
Rafting on the Colorado River, mountain biking in Sedona, being a cowhand at a dude ranch, star gazing, horseback riding, and more
Where to find Native American crafts, Navajo rugs, Western art, Southwestern and ethnic furnishing, katchina dolls, silver inlay jewelry
Fantastic museums and monuments where you can delve into Native American culture, plus some places where the ancient traditions are practiced today

Like every For Dummies travel guide, Arizona For Dummies, 4th Edition includes:

Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip
The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages

Whether you want to experience the Old West or the new West…whether your style is luxuriating at a plush resort, golfing on glorious, challenging courses, appreciating incredible sights and scenery, or exploring historical attractions and our Native American heritage, you’ll find lots to do in Arizona. Kick back, relax, and enjoy.

From the Bavarian Alps to the Rhine, from Berlin to the Black Forest, Germany is packed with beer gardens, castles, art, culture, and a hopping nightlife. Take it all in with this handy guide to your perfect Teutonic adventure:

Complete coverage of the big cities and small towns, from Berlin and Munich to the spa town of Baden-Baden
The best castles and palaces, including the fairy-tale-style castles Neuschwanstein and Linderhof
Suggestions for kid-friendly attractions, hotels, and restaurant
The country’s best wines and wine regions

Like every For Dummies travel guide, Germany For Dummies, Third Edition includes:

Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
What you shouldn’t miss and what you can skip
The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
Lots of detailed maps