In Draw 1,001 Planes, award-winning artist Mark Bergin shows how simple shapes can be transformed into a vast variety of aircraft. There are pages looking at materials and techniques, and step-by-step projects that train the eye to deconstruct the simple shapes that go into constructing a detailed drawing.

From the Antoinette Monoplane, designed in 1909, to contemporary space shuttle orbiters, this collection is all any artist needs to draw a range of flying machines--whether they want to capture them sitting in a hangar or up in the sky. The models include Charles Lindbergh's legendary Spirit of St. Louis, the Airbus A380, the Boeing 314 Clipper and the Flying Fortress, the Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopter, the MIG15 Russian Fighter, the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero), the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer, and several De Havillands and Lockheeds, along with early balloons, golden-age racers, modern record breakers, acrobatic aircraft, drones, and more. There's brief explanatory text for each plane, plus advice on using clouds as composition.