Book Description
"Provides an excellent introduction as well as suggestions for using these plans to add architectural detail to your own home...an excellent bibliography."--Victorian Homes
"The best home, barn and landscape designs...in a charming book....[It] contains numerous original illustrations showing a wealth of construction details, site plans and plantings."--Fine Homebuilding
This classic bestseller contains the finest collection of architectural designs from a bygone era--and it's a boon for anyone hoping to construct that dream house or add charming touches to a modern one. Hundreds of illustrations from actual 19th century building plans feature architects' blueprints and drawings, full-color photos, and more. The buildings range from humble farmers' cabins to summer getaway cottages for the rich, and there's plenty of detail work, including built-in shelves, dormers, and turned balusters. With this information, an architect could easily create anything shown on the pages.
Customer Reviews:
LLL.......2007-07-26
I was very disappointed in this book. Ever since I learned that the house I grew up in was built in 1752, I've been fascinated with early American architecture, particularly old farmhouses, outbuildings and barns. I was hoping to discover the original floorplans for some of these sprawling farmsteads I've seen through the northeast and midwest. None of the houses included in this book look like any of the farmhouses I've seen. What about the huge two-story farmhouses meant to hold the dozen or so children farm families had in order to work the farm? Most had a large central hall at the entrance with a large staircase. Some had the kitchen in an ell so the whole house wouldn't be heated by the wood cook stove in the summer, or even had a separate summer kitchen. There is no mention of saltboxes or sprawling capecods with the sheds that connected to the barn. Plus every barn shown has the animals housed on a floor below ground level! Most of the old barns I've seen house the animals on the main level and have a loft for the hay. If you're looking for original floorplans of old houses you're familiar with, look elsewhere!
One-of-a-kind book.......2006-08-25
This was exactly what I was searching for....a history lesson on how to properly plan a site for a home with ancillary buildings on anything over an acre.
Nostalgia and Fun Bits of History.......2006-07-04
This book is all about 19th century buildings, just like the title says. These are the houses that pushed forth from the established coastal settlements through upstate NY, OH and the Midwest during that century of expansion. I confess that this isn't my preferred style of house, but the book itself is a delight. The illustrations are exquisite; Currier & Ives stuff that make you just want to jump into the scene. And the texts that accompany the plans are full of fun facts. This is not a scholarly text, just a breezy ride back through time with a guide that makes it all come alive. You'd have to be a real curmudgeon not to enjoy this book ...unless of course you were determinedly looking for something else. A note however on the coverage. Although the subject of the book is the 19th century, the early part of the century (Federal and Greek Revival in particular) up to about 1840 is not really treated in this book. This book is about what was built during the industrial revolution, when things -including house plans- were mass produced. Buy it for a couple of hours of light reading and some new perspectives on how we lived and built in the latter 2/3 of the 19th century.
A rare find of historic country building plans.......2001-04-14
I am an architect designing a house for a client -it is a Charleston Style house with the master bedroom in a "carriage house" attached at the rear. This book helped me to create/design a more authentic carriage house. I am a horse lover from way back so I ate up the book front to back! I was pleased to find many examples of architectural details and embellishments. The plans of historic houses and barns are a rare treasure. Would be fun to build one of the farm houses!
A background of the evolution of early american housing.......2001-03-21
Donald J. Berg does an outstanding job of showing the evolution of the designs and the backgrounds of the designers of single family housing primarily in the 19th century. The plans and illustrations are excellent for those that want to use them as a guide for present day construction.
Book Description
american Collection: Farmhouse Find the warmth and honesty of the farmhouse style with the 165 home plans featured in this book. Prospective homeowners can tour handsome finished homes for inspiration on building their own farmhouse plan.
Customer Reviews:
American Collection Farmhouse: 165 Home Plans.......2007-08-29
I feel the plans are very similar to plans already featured in other
books by Home Planners. The floor plans and exteriors are I believe
do not have the farm/country feel I was led to feel in the brief
description of the book. Most of the homes I could not imagine in
a "country,farm-like" setting.
Book Description
Providing a unique combination of full-color photography and illustrations,
Country & Farmhouse Home Plans offers readers 350 plans of the best-selling and stylish home designs available. From farmhouses with wraparound porches to center-hall colonials to comfy cape cods, this book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes to fill the need for tradition and meet the budget of most readers. In addition to the designs, the book offers practical tips and advice to create the home of one's dreams.
Customer Reviews:
Loved it!.......2005-08-09
This book is layed out very clean. Each house plan is easy to view, really nice color pictures, and unlike some country/farm home books I've looked at - the houseplans truly fit the category. I highly recommend it if you're on the search for a plan.
Offering 350 home plans in full color.......2004-11-08
Offering 350 home plans in full color, 250- full-color renderings, tips on design, notes on home decorating, and quick and easy means to order services by phone or online, America, Country & Farmhouse Home Plans fully captures the experience of seasoned architects and designers. Vivid concept sketches, floor layouts, and full-color photographs make abundantly clear exactly the size, appearance, and structure of home one is getting with each plan. The homespun motif of country living reverberates in these dwellings; even a generations-bred city clicker will recognize the quiet, comfortable, practical feel to the design and empathy of each sample building, down to the sloping roofs meant expressly to prevent too much snow from piling up above. America, Country & Farmhouse Home Plans is an enjoyable and useful resource to page through, especially when contemplating decorations or especially architectural designs for one's own rural homestead.
Book Description
Country style, characterized by porches, gables, dormers, and bays, is the hottest design trend in the market today. Features Colonial, Victorian, Cape Cod, Farmhouse, European and many more in both one- and two-story. Order form for blueprints, materials list and reverse plans included.
Book Description
Classic Country Homes is a collection of Don Gardner's 100 finest and most apealing country and farmhouse designs. Ranging in size from 1,674 to 3,699 square feet of living space, these comfortable and well-appointed homes are grouped into four convenient sections:
Country Homes with Open Floor Plans and Excellent Traffic Patterns,
Country Homes with Bonus Rooms and Extra Space to Expand,
Country Homes with Eye-Catching Windows, Dormers and Glasswork,
Country Homes with Inviting Outdoor Living Areas, Porches and Decks
Each home in this colorful books is displayed with a beautiful, four-color rendering or photograph of the front of the house, so that readers can see how the home looks from the street. And, nearly as important, many designs also depict a color view of the rear of the home.
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442 All-American Favorites Homes that fit the way you live--from the nation's top designers. Most trustworthy! -- More homes have been built from Garlinghouse plans than from any other publisher.
Product Description
Fantastic Value! 1295 Plans for $12.95 The World's Biggest Collection of High-Quality Home Plans. A huge variety of plans in every size, shape, and style, from 66 of the nation's top-selling designers. Most trustworthy! -- More homes have been built from Garlinghouse plans than from any other publisher.
Customer Reviews:
I Liked It!.......2000-09-30
I disagree with Cyndi about this book of plans... I believe MOST people will like a lot of the houses in it! I'm in the business, and have found that almost everybody I've shown it to has found 5 good homes in it. I think it has great plans in it for certain people, and everyone should give it a shot!
Total waste of time.......2000-07-10
If you are looking to build a so-called farm house in suburbia, this is for you. If you are looking for ideas to build in a true rural area, and want to design with a sense of historic value, this book is not for you.
Better than Most!.......2000-05-29
I was surprisingly impressed with this catalog of home plans---for once, you can see details on room sizes and dimensions! --I would recommend this to anyone interested in building a country home, but not sure what they want or like! Lots of ideas!
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Complementary Themes for Painting Techniques (Complete Course on Painting and Drawing)
Parramon Editorial Team
Manufacturer: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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ASIN: 0764102664 |
Book Description
If you can write, you can learn to draw, as this complete course for the beginner demonstrates in ten easy-to-follow lessons. Practical examples, step-by-step demonstrations and finished drawings reveal the whole process in detail, allowing beginners to progress their skills in easy stages and develop their creativity as they go.
Customer Reviews:
It is what it saids!!! A drawing workbook!!.......2001-05-20
This is a Fantastic book to practice drawing and not have to think about what to draw but getting used to the idea of drawing and what steps to take. It is well written and the KEY! EASY TO FOLLOW!!
Book Description
From achieving those first professional strokes to mastering composition, lighting, and color to finishing beautiful still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, here, in one volume, is a course that covers every skill a developing artist needs. Inspiring and instructive images vividly reveal the intricacies of techniques such as shading, tone, contrasts, stumping, contouring; depth effects, and more. Guided drawings include a charcoal of a nude, landscape on gray tone paper, and still life with chiaroscuro.
Customer Reviews:
a fine art approach to drawing.......2007-09-06
The author wrote this book for students who want to go beyond competent realistic rendering. Although he provides a large amount of instruction on technical matters--such as working with different drawing media, value, composition, proportion, color, and perspective--you will not learn precise academic draughtsmanship in these pages. You will, however, get a feel for drawing as a means of inner expression.
The author provides many helpful exercises in each section, with both written and visual instructions. However, I think I have learned the most through looking at the drawing examples which are on every page of this book. They are not signed, and I assume they are all the work of the author, as they are all in a similar style. I've seen other art instruction books in which all the examples were the work of the author-- with disastrous results due to poor workmanship or crude aesthetic standards. But these drawings are beautiful. Some are barely developed--mere scratchings really--and yet they show how much information a few marks can make. Others are more fully realized works. All of them are in a style that combines spontaneity and solidity.
The book was originally published in Spain, and many of the landscape sketches and drawings reflect the architecture and terrain of that country. Drawing buildings has always been a weak point for me, but I've learned a lot from looking at the way this teacher composes building scapes combining loose marks and solid lines. He has a wonderful line quality, and he uses all sorts of smaller marks for textural effects. There are quite a few drawings where there seems to be no negative space, since even the spaces between the main subjects are activited with energetic marks.
This book does not try to address drawing from a modernist or postmodernist viewpoint--it teaches a style that anyone can "read" and make sense of. Its value lies in the combining of disciplined practice with a loose approach to mark making. Anyone who has learned the skills in this book can easily move on to more contemporary types of expression.
Drawing made complete.......2005-01-17
I read this book after I read The New Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain. The first book is really good for someone who just is not good at drawing and has to develop an artist mode of seeing first to draw- this book - coming second- then is very good at developing drawing skills step by step once the "right brain" for art and drawing is functioning. I can't really say that this book is different or better than other drawing instruction books. However, I bought it because it also dealt with pastels and colored pencils as a drawing medium. So if you like to paint in pastels, but want a drawing perspective to your pastel art- this book was helpful. Basically, the book attended to a comprehensive list of topics- like composition, perspective, light, color drawing, sketching, measuring,line, drawing with different utensils, different subjects- landscapes-stills-interiors, people, nudes. So while the subjects were quite comprehensive- they were not all that detailed. This is both the advantage and disatvantage of the book. So I do not recommend it as guide for the beginner- or for someone who has never drawn as much as I would say it is a good second book for getting a wider perspective what drawing is about and expanding on that. Although some examples from the book I did use in beginner art workshops I gave. Jason Alster- author- Creative Painting For The Young Artist
Book Description
Written and designed for students and amateurs who already have some preliminary art training, this book instructs in a variety of media, including pencil, charcoal, crayon, and ink. Instruction and advice focus on drawing nudes, still life, and portraits. The theory of perspective is clearly presented.
Customer Reviews:
Basics.......2002-04-23
The Basics of Artistic Drawing is an OUTSTANDING book. I have learned so much and whenever I review the materiel I learn even more. There are so many helpful hints. It is a book that keeps teaching; if you have any questions just review the section on that topic and your question will more than likely be answered. With the step by step instructions anyone can learn how to draw, shade, and paint. I am very impressed. This is a well thoughtout course with the student in mind. A lot of course books have the teacher in mind, this book is definately made for me as the student. THANKS!!!
Book Description
The projects in this superb teaching guide not only offer enjoyable drawing exercises, but are also designed to instill good working methods to benefit artists at all levels. Readers are shown different ways to look at a subject by studying shape, form, space, light, texture, and movement as applied to figure drawing, still life, landscape, and abstract subjects. Rather than prescribing a single, absolute technique, the book presents drawing as an act that reflects the complexity of human experience in numerous ways.
Peter Stanyer and Terry Rosenberg, painters who have exhibited their own work in numerous shows, are both dedicated teachers who conduct highly regarded art courses in London for students at all levels.
Customer Reviews:
if you are lucky.......2005-03-21
mr.mary ivens report..all books especially on art are either appreciated or not and the reviews attest to that..in my own case i found this book to be ideal for my needs.....it provided me with many ideas and to the reviewers who did not like try reading from outside your square....i think you will find something....i say buy it .
Just another co-authored.......2004-06-29
"A Foundation Course in Drawing" by PETER STANYER & TERRY ROSENBERG
As a general rule, there are not many "really good" co-authored books out there. This rambling and disjointed introduction to drawing is no exception. It seems as though, when books have two authors, that both persons simply agree to give a half-effort, in hopes that the two of them can put together a whole, dynamic book. It just doesn't seem to work here.
Extreme language on the cover of a book is a *WARNING*
Words like "Complete guide to" or "Ultimate" or "Essential guide to" etc. "Basic" or even "FOUNDATION COURSE" might seem to give the authorship a great deal of liberty. In fact, it requires that an author really cover the basics, the FOUNDATION, in a very clear and well organized manner. This book lays an incomplete FOUNDATION.
It is limited to "Gesture Drawings" in the first 20 pages, and then, after a lot of wordy text, you reach page 41 before you see the SIMPLIFIED FIGURETTE, or BLOCK PUPPET. Only two of them: One drawn with Cylinders, the other with Ovals. That's it. Just two images, and no more.
The book is over-reaching. It outlines more material than it can cover adequately in a FOUNDATION COURSE. There is a bit of an "attitude" in this book. It's as though the authors are saying:
"If you know already how to copy the line drawings in our lessons, FINE! If you are a BEGINNER, and cannot....TOO BAD!"
The book is divided into Five Sections:
Life drawing, Still Life, Landscape, Abstract Drawing (in a FOUNDATION COURSE??????) and Drawing Systems. Neither of the last two sections belongs in a book on FOUNDATION in drawing. See what I mean? The book is "over-reaching".
Allow me to give yet another example. The Back Cover says this:
"Will help artists of all abilities."
Excuse me, but shouldn't a course laying a FOUNDATION, be of help to BEGINNERS? If someone is already an "artist" shouldn't they be using more advanced books? That is why this book is "over-reaching". The authorship has a fuzzy focus about who the intended audience is.
This book does move into INTERMEDIATE material, but sacrifices BASICS to get there. (over-reaching)
The problem with a multitude of these drawing instruction books are flaws that fall into several categories:
(1) they try to cover virtually EVERYTHING in art generally, including PAINTING or COLOR, or COMPOSITION which means they must skip quickly over their DRAWING BASICS for the beginner to do so. A good drawing book must start with DRAWING, and stick with DRAWING only, for at least 3/4ths of its chapters. The really good drawing books do this.
(2) the author is extremely dull and uninspiring to begin with, illustrating the book with ordinary household objects for suggested drawing exercises; objects like can openers, coffee pots, key chains, tables, chairs, bicycles and has no true justification for putting another drawing book on the market (good books are already in print), and copying the same outline for growth that other books have.
(3) the author is too wordy, loading down the book with unnecessary theory and intellectualizations.
With those flaws in mind, it is clear that "A FOUNDATION COURSE IN DRAWING" is too broad in scope and moves too quickly away from basics into intermediate material (flaw 1), is no better than other books on the market (flaw 2) and the drawings and illustrations are among the worst availble in a basic drawing HOW-TO. (they are REALLY BAD!) The text is alternatively overly-simplistic or overly-complex.
"A FOUNDATION COURSE IN DRAWING" is a poor introduction for any beginner, but the book is inexpensive for 276 pages if that's all you want.
Excellent........2004-03-09
One of the best drawing books I have found. Covers a lot.
Novices and Art Teachers Get This Book!.......2001-06-19
This is a great book filled with constructive projects for Drawing. It is good for people who are beginning to draw to Art teachers. If you are an Art teacher the projects are useful for your classroom in developing student's drawing skills. It thoroughly covers the basics of Drawing. It covers drawing from still life to abstract. I highly recommend this book. It is easy to understand and filled with diagrams for those visual learners out there.
only if it is free.......2001-03-24
would I recommend this book. I am a professional artist and I find there are so many good books out there... this is not one of them. The drawings are good but not great, and certainly not great to learn by. The lessons are so, so. Each time I open and close this book, I get hardly anything at all...
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- Best beginning artist book I ever read !
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Drawing: the complete course
Stan Smith
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Customer Reviews:
Best beginning artist book I ever read !.......2000-04-18
This is a fabulous book for beginning artists. My 12 year old was inspired to try drawing with other kinds of materials besides drawing pencils. She has now used charcoal sticks, Water-color pencils, graphite sticks, and pastels. The basic instructions are easy to understand and follow. I highly recommend this book.
Book Description
From renowned drawing teacher and author Stan Smith, a comprehensive and inspiring introduction to the techniques of drawing. A must-have resource for budding artists to master drawing's most essential tools and techniques in 3 easy steps-filled with over 600 full-color how-to illustrations.
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Learn to draw and develop your own style without going to art school. Work through a project to learn the fundamentals, moving on only when you’re ready. Advance from simple still-lifes to landscapes, human figures, and more. Look at key drawings by major artists to understand different approaches—now try traditional and experimental techniques in every available media. What catches your eye? You can draw it!
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Drawing for the Terrified!: A Complete Course for Beginners
Richard Box
Manufacturer: David & Charles
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0715308602 |
Book Description
All in color! Many people don't enjoy art to the fullest just because of fear
--not lack of ability. Stop worrying and start creating. Along with the basic elements of drawing--working in monochrome, tonal values, color and shading--here are a series of techniques designed to uncover hidden talent and increase confidence and motivation. Relaxation exercises will enhance perceptions and reveal creative ways of tapping into your emotions. Each skill comes with full-color illustrations of outstanding examples, an explanation of how the artist achieved the effect, and instructions for you to reproduce it.
Trim size: 7 3/4 x 11.
Customer Reviews:
Basics for beginners........2000-02-04
Richard Box's Drawing For The Terrified! provides an introduction to those who have never attempted to draw. From the basics of using materials and equipment to developing an artist's eye, this creates an inviting format for experimentation.
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