This book truely is outdated, poorly written, and will not teach you anything. I agree with the guy that said he laughed all the way through it. It is the worst written and most poorly photographed or illustrated book on Amazon...very sad to see such high praise on here. (Shame on you all for not admitting you couldn't get past the first chapter)....you want a good book...try Graphic Guide to Framing and you will learn some thing. This book is nothing but a door stop...and even at that it fails.