#howtobooks

[librarycompany]

Side Hustles for 19th-century Ladies 

This how-to book, Ladies’ Manual of Art, or Profit and Pastime (Philadelphia, 1887), includes chapters on tinting photographs, painting china, making wax molds, and taxidermy in addition to more familiar topics such as embroidery and landscape painting. The front cover presents a clever composition of painting supplies and a stool in a natural setting, with a small landscape painting superimposed on a similar image enlarged. The presumably female reader would have laughed at the book’s frontispiece depicting a man perched atop a fence to escape the bulls who have invaded the bucolic scene he is attempting to paint!

- Connie King, Chief of Reference and Curator of Women’s History

Ladies' manual of art, or, Profit and pastime. [Philadelphia] American Mutual Library Association. Philadelphia Pa. Chicago, Ill., 1887.

[lauriewoodward]

The Screenwriter's Bible: A Review

David Trottier’s book, The Screenwriter’s Bible, is a must have for anyone who wants to write a solid screenplay. With everything from the basics of storytelling and character development to how to revise to a workbook with exercises for writer’s block, this manuscript will set even beginners on the perfect course. After writing several screenplays that I had yet to send out, I bought it…

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[rukhsandbooks]

I've been doing a lot of reflecting this week as well as life planning and this was the perfect companion to my efforts. I've also been reading about and analyzing strategic plans and the purpose of visions, missions, and values and their associated behaviors so this book felt rather timely. I liked that Rajhans repeatedly emphasized "why" and that he noted the importance of acknowledging change. If you're new to your industry or if you've been in it for a while but are feeling like things are stagnant or perhaps moving way too quickly, I recommend this book for some thought provoking content that will hopefully lead to some action and change. 

[dekwok]

:: Sunday Reading Series (How to Be Gay/ How to Be An Artist) #howtobooks #jerrysaltz #howtobegay #booklover #inspirationalbooks #isolationreading (at Guerneville, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_vEAVRptRG/?igshid=2spitjz31mlo

[changoblanco]

Not a helpful book #howtobooks #oranges #thingstodo #staring #vintageillustration #vintagebooks #bookillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/Buc8AVDgzfq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vs700xhi2h1x

[changoblanco]

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[espenart]

Some vintage cats (2015). #sketch #sketching #study #howtobooks #vintage #retro #cartooning #comics #practice #cat #draw #drawing #art #artist #illustration #ink #inking #sketchoftheday #drawingoftheday #digitalart #photoshop #wacom #cintiq #kylebrush

[espenart]

Vintage study (2015). #sketch #sketching #study #howtobooks #vintage #retro #cartooning #comics #practice #draw #drawing #art #artist #illustration #sketchoftheday #drawingoftheday #digitalart #photoshop #wacom #cintiq #kylebrush