Enjoy all 10 issues of The Artists's Magazine from 2009 on one CD! That's 896 pages, with 155 articles you can search by keyword, artist or medium. All 10 issues are in PDF format, so they'll work on almost any computer (PC or Macintosh) and can be viewed with Acrobat Reader 6.0 (a free program).

Here's a look at some of the highlights you'll find on this easy-to-use CD:

• Inspiration: Joseph Raffael, Tula Telfair, Colin Berry, Lani Irwin, Alexandra Tyng, John Salminen, Jeffrey T. Larson, Robert Armetta, Igor&Marina, Wendy Hollender and more share secrets of their craft.

• Instruction: Learn two-point perspective; create a strong center of interest; solve the figure-ground conundrum; work from photos and still paint like the old masters; identify the properties of pigments; understand musculature; market your website, and more.

•Mediapedia: guides to acrylic; colored pencil; oil pastel; markers and ink; graphite, charcoal and Conte crayon; pastel; oil

Lessons from the Masters: Michelangelo, Honore Daumier, Pierre Bonnard, Egon Schiele, Thomas Eakins, Henry Ossawa Tanner