Product Description: In a very real sense, Albert Dorne's life was a literal manifestation of the Horatio Alger tale and a model of the American Dream come true. Born into abject poverty at the dawn of the 20th Century, Albert Dorne rose to prominence and privilege through the application of sheer determination, an instinctive grasp of solid business practices and a keen understanding of human nature combined with a native talent for drawing...read more

Explains how to use drafting devices, describes various typefaces, gives tips on cropping and retouching photographs, and shows how to plan a layout

Introduces drawing materials and techniques, describes the physical structure of the human body, and offers tips on capturing gesture, form, motion, and shading in figure studies