Best Selling Books by Diana Fisher

Drawing is the cat’s meow! With the easy step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations, any cat lover can learn to draw 20 different lifelike kitties of all shapes and sizes. As kids follow along with the clear illustrations, they’ll learn to develop their drawings from basic shapes to finished masterpieces. And fun facts about the featured breeds add extra entertainment value. The step-by-step projects showcase 20 popular cat breeds, including: Persian Egyptian Mau British Shorthair Maine Coon Ragdoll Russian Blue American Curl Norwegian Forest Siamese Sphynx With How to Draw Cats & Kittens, kids will be drawing their own cattery full of cats and kittens in no time at all!

Learn the secrets to drawing realistic dogs and puppies through step-by-step projects, focusing on techniques specific to drawing canines, from creating a variety of fur types and features to achieving accurate proportions. Facts and trivia add to the fun and learning along the way. â??How to Draw Dogs & Puppies is perfect for beginning artists who want to draw their best friends—the ones with four paws and fur, that is! The step-by-step projects showcase 20 popular dog breeds, including: Golden Retriever Pug Pomeranian Dachshund Beagle Siberian Husky German Shepherd Great Dane Chihuahua And more beautiful dogs and puppies! Beginning with a basic shape, young artists proceed step by step to a final piece of color artwork. Following the simple prompts, children will make beautiful renderings of their favorite canines; and with the featured fun facts, have more things to love about them!

With How to Draw Zoo Animals, young artists learn to bring their favorite creatures to life, guided by realistic illustrations and step-by-step instructions for 20 different animals found at the zoo. Now anyone can learn to draw realistic animals! Simple step-by-step instructions make it fun and easy to draw a lifelike animals, including: Panda bear Giraffe Elephant Tiger Cheetah Toucan Hippopotamus Kangaroo Orangutan Zebra and more! Each drawing lesson begins with a basic shape and progresses, step by step, to a finished piece of artwork, making it easy to follow along. Trivia, fun facts, and the conservation status for each animal provide inspiration and additional learning opportunities. Just start with basic shapes and follow the illustrated examples—you''ll be creating your own amazing masterpieces in no time at all.

Provides detailed instructions for advanced programming using the BASIC language particularly with the APPLE II+, PET, TRS-80, and IBM-PC computers.

Presents twenty-three lessons, including problems and exercises, on the use of BASIC computer language on microcomputers such as Apple, Pet, Atari, and TRS-80.

Eighty percent of the ex-pats in Taiwan were Canadian. Most of them were there to teach English and to pay off their student loans. Among them was a 35-year-old mother of three, trying to start a new life, on the other side of the world. This is her story.

- Books are written and illustrated by professional artists- Each provides instructions for artists aspiring to reach a new level of expertise- Series covers a wide array of art subjects and techniques

A how-to-draw book with spaceships, robots, alien creatures and more outer space drawing subjects, in easy-to-understand steps, for age 4 and up. Includes "starter drawings" of partially drawn subjects so every child at any skill level can complete a beautiful picture. Builds confidence and self-esteem. With surprise activities, fun facts, and more. By veteran children''s how-to-draw expert, Diana Fisher.

Easy instructions for creating one-of-a-kind, hand-painted greeting cards "Banzai!" is a Japanese word commonly used in toasts and cheers-and this unique kit includes everything needed to make 10 Japanese-themed note cards for any occasion! Designed for artists and non-artists alike, the 48-page instruction book begins with simple watercolor techniques that anybody easily can accomplish, including flat and wet-into-wet washes, sponging, wax resist, and salt effects. Author/artist Diana Fisher then presents two different design options for each subject, offering readers the opportunity to either replicate one of her ideas or mix and match techniques to create their own original designs. Diana also includes practical information on hand lettering and calligraphy for writing personalized messages with style. This complete kit comes with everything needed to make 10 hand-painted greeting cards. And to ensure success, the greeting cards are preprinted with black outlines of the subjects. Banzai! features five whimsical Japanese icons: Maneki Neko (the happy lucky cat), sushi, koi fish, paper lanterns, and a kimono.

Written by artists of national profile, this book provides an insiders guide to good tools, and tricks along with best practice techniques. Step by step "proofs".

A how-to-draw book with super-cute sea creatures and more ocean drawing subjects, in easy-to-understand steps, for age 4 and up. Includes "starter drawings" of partially drawn subjects so every child at any skill level can complete a beautiful picture. Builds confidence and self-esteem. With surprise activities, fun facts, and more. By veteran children''s how-to-draw expert, Diana Fisher.

A how-to-draw book with princess, mermaid, and fairy world drawing subjects in easy-to-understand steps, for age 4 and up. Includes "starter drawings" of partially drawn subjects so every child at any skill level can complete a beautiful picture. Builds confidence and self-esteem. With surprise activities, fun facts, and more. By veteran children''s how-to-draw expert, Diana Fisher.

A curated juxtaposition of the photography of Asako Shimazaki and the writing of Diana Fisher.

A how-to-draw book with friendly monsters, super cute, drawing subjects in easy-to-understand steps, for age 4 and up. Includes "starter drawings" of partially drawn subjects so every child at any skill level can complete a beautiful picture. Builds confidence and self-esteem. With surprise activities, fun facts, and more. By veteran children''s how-to-draw expert, Diana Fisher.

This book provides a set of materials that enables educators at the secondary and college levels to teach a one-semester or one-year course in System Dynamics modeling. These materials are also useful for trainers in a business environment. Developed for beginning modelers, the lessons contained in this book and accompanying CD can be used for a core curriculum or for independent study. The package also includes STELLA® Systems Thinking software from isee systems. Using STELLA, students are actively engaged in the creation of visual models to study and explore a wide variety of problems where the study of the behavior of dynamic systems is the focus.