Ruth Parton, a trailblazing Native American horsewoman, made her mark in the early 20th century rodeo and thoroughbred racing scenes. She sacrificed her personal life to pursue her passion, becoming the World Champion Relay Racer from 1914 to 1917. Her remarkable achievements include winning 45 races at Longacre's in 1945 and being the first woman to obtain a Thoroughbred Trainer's license. Parton's life spanned significant historical events, and she was later honored in both the Cowgirl and Thoroughbred Racing Halls of Fame, highlighting her pivotal role in American sports.
The narrative follows a man's journey after experiencing a traumatic brain injury at the age of fifty-three, forcing him to rebuild his life from scratch. Previously a successful businessman amidst a divorce, he faces the challenge of recovery far from home, with family and friends supporting him. Despite dire predictions from neurologists and complications from his injury, including pneumonia, he is encouraged to explore new interests like foreign languages and art, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit and the possibility of new beginnings.
Exploring the stark contrasts in living standards, this book urges Americans to experience life outside their comfort zones. It emphasizes the disconnect between typical American luxuries, like air conditioning and smartphones, and the reality faced by most of the global population. By advocating for a year of international work experience before turning thirty, the author aims to foster a deeper understanding of cultural differences and challenge the notion that American ways are inherently superior.
The book offers an authentic glimpse into the lives of those working in the entertainment industry, highlighting the stark contrast between media portrayals and the reality of their daily routines. It delves into the stress and dangers faced by team members, emphasizing the personal sacrifices made for their roles. The narrative reveals the deep bonds formed as coworkers become a family, navigating the challenges of their demanding environment together across the globe.
Growing up on an Indian reservation during the Great Depression, the author navigates the complexities of poverty and the misconceptions surrounding Native American benefits. He shares his journey of traveling the world while grappling with the struggle to preserve tribal heritage amid the constraints imposed by a foreign government. This personal narrative highlights the challenges faced by Native Americans, revealing the deeper issues behind the perceived advantages of enrollment and the impact of these realities on their lives.
Explains how the human brain interprets the visual world around us, as well as the subject of visually communicating the form of an object in easy to understand lessons through the use of drawings, photography, and more.
How to Draw is for artists, architects and designers. It is useful to the novice, the student and the professional. You will learn how to draw any object or environment from your imagination, starting with the most basic perspective drawing skills.Early chapters explain how to draw accurate perspective grids and ellipses that in later chapters provide the foundation for more complex forms. The research and design processes used to generate visual concepts are demonstrated, making it much easier for you to draw things never-before-seen!Best of all, more than 25 pages can be scanned via a smartphone or tablet using the new Design Studio Press app, which link to video tutorials for that section of the book!With a combined 26 years of teaching experience, Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling bring you the lessons and techniques they have used to help thousands of their students become professional artists and designers.This book is indispensable for anyone who wants to learn, or teaches others, how to draw.
This book is about the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity; the focus is firmly on helping to improve visual understanding of the world around and on techniques for representing that world. Rendering is the next step after drawing to communicate ideas more clearly. Building on what Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling wrote about in How To Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from Your Imagination, this book shares everything the two experts know about how to render light, shadow and reflective surfaces. This book is divided into two major the first explains the physics of light and shadow. One will learn how to construct proper shadows in perspective and how to apply the correct values to those surfaces. The second section focuses on the physics of reflectivity and how to render a wide range of materials utilizing this knowledge. Throughout the book, two icons appear that indicate either “observation” or “action.” This means the page or section is about observing reality or taking action by applying the knowledge and following the steps in creating your own work. Similar to our previous book, How To Draw, this book contains links to free online rendering tutorials that can be accessed via the URL list or through the H2Re app.
Literature and theology have historically engaged with the great themes of human existence, yet comedic literature has often been overlooked in this discourse. This book aims to address that oversight by exploring the works of eighteenth-century playwright and novelist Henry Fielding, demonstrating that comedy can convey significant theological insights. The author builds on traditional Fielding research while moving away from its deterministic tendencies, which he believes limit interdisciplinary dialogue. Central to his approach is the concept of misplacement, which reflects a continuous departure from the ineffable and acknowledges the fragile sense of the other inherent in comedic writing. By juxtaposing Fielding’s fiction with contemporary philosophical theology and postmodern literature, the author investigates critical areas such as epistemology, ethics, mimesis, canonicity, and revelation. In Fielding's hands, the novel reveals a powerful comic resonance that challenges deterministic theology and questions the assumed securities of individual status before God. Ultimately, the book posits that the nature of the novel is intrinsically theological, suggesting that theology itself possesses a fictive quality.
Contains over 470 works, from finished pieces to support sketches and roughs,
with each piece accompanied by text detailing the design ideas and
illustration techniques used. This book takes readers on a journey into the
minds of talented and successful concept design professionals.
