The Artists's Magazine 2009 Annual CD

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