Delaware Guide Books

• Let Frommer's inpsire your discovery of Maryland and Delaware, from Civil War battlefields, Chesapeake Bay, the Charm City Baltimore to the Brandywine Valley.
• Our expert local author shares her candid opinions and local insight to guide you to the best crab houses and brewpubs, outdoor adventures, antiquing, and much more.
• Frommer's Maryland & Delware includes a variety of suggested itineraries to inspire you trip. Plus, a brand-new history and culture chapter takes an in-depth look at these two neighboring but very different states.

Gardening is now the favorite outdoor leisure activity in America. Homeowners realize the health benefits available from gardening and the potential increase in their home's property value.

Regional gardening titles offer the most useful advice because they provide credible information on the plants that perform best in specific states. Gardeners want information they can trust and use successfully in their own gardens.

The Mid Atlantic Gardeners Guide is devoted to offering the top landscape plants for four key areas of the Mid Atlantic region: Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington D.C.

Skipjacks and workboats, tidal rivers and coastal marshes, charming streetscapes, historic houses, and town parks with bandstands—picturesque subjects abound along the shores of Chesapeake Bay and have long made the region a favorite among amateur and professional artists. In Painting the Eastern Shore, accomplished artist and teacher James Drake Iams combines visits to some of the Chesapeake's most beautiful places with step-by-step lessons for learning the art of watercolor painting.

This attractive volume will serve as a welcome companion for the amateur watercolorist setting out to paint on location. After offering tips on what equipment to pack, Iams gives specific directions to various Delmarva sites, tells how to set up, and suggests what to look for in a subject. He then discusses a variety of essential techniques: sketching, composition, value, color, control of the medium, capturing depth and handling perspective, wetting the paper, and methods for painting key elements such as clouds, birds, boats, sand, and water.

As he introduces readers to the fundamentals of watercolor painting, Iams leads them on a rambling, thoroughly enjoyable tour of memorable places throughout Maryland and Virginia's Eastern Shore and Delaware. Painting the Eastern Shore is illustrated with 49 line drawings, halftones, and color pictures.

Locations and lessons:

•Kent Narrows, Maryland: Drawing

•St. Michaels, Maryland: Perspective

•Tilghman Island, Maryland: Skipjacks

•Oxford, Maryland: Value

•Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland: Waterfowl

•Deal Island, Maryland: Composition

•Crisfield and Smith Island, Maryland: Color

•Saxis, Virginia: Texture

•Wachapreague, Virginia: Marshes

•Chincoteague, Virginia: Wet paint on wet paper

•Trussum Pond, Delaware: Trees

•Lewes, Delaware: Reflections

•Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware: Waves, dunes, and skies

•New Castle, Delaware: Architectural painting