By Meg Calkins
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2008-10-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470134550
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470134559
Book Description:
This complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of
sustainable materials in the landscape features strategies to
minimize environmental and human health impacts of conventional
site construction materials as well as green materials.
Providing detailed current information on construction materials
for sustainable sites, the book introduces tools, techniques,
ideologies and resources for evaluating, sourcing, and specifying
sustainable site materials. Chapters cover types of materials,
both conventional and emerging green materials, environmental
and human health impacts of the material, and detailed strategies
to minimize these impacts. Case studies share cost and performance
information and lessons learned.
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Materials for Sustainable Sites - A Complete Guide to the Evaluation, Selection, and Use of Sustainable Construction Materials
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Pencil Sketching, 2nd Edition
Pencil Sketching, 2nd Edition
By Thomas C. Wang
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2001-08-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471399191
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471399193
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
The complete, classic guide to the art of pencil sketching
Portable. Erasable. Inexpensive. No other single drawing tool is as versatile as the pencil. Through the centuries, generations of artists have used it to work out ideas, study form, and develop fundamental skills that are crucial to an artist's training.
Pencil Sketching has taught thousands of beginners the basic principles and techniques of pencil sketching. Carefully revised to meet the needs of today's artists, this edition features easy-to-follow instructions, dozens of new illustrations, and more-everything you need to explore the amazing potential of the pencil and learn to sketch with confidence.
* Techniques: shading, texture, value, line, strokes . . .
* Materials: pencils, papers, accessories . . .
* Skills: observation, recording, composition, sketching from memory . . .
* Subjects: trees, landforms, water, architecture, cityscapes . . .
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