by Robert Hershberger and Sandra Carver

8” x 10”, 68 pages + cover.

Full color sketchbook featuring beautiful watercolor sketches that capture the beauty of the missions.  The breathtaking sketches use bright colors and broad brushstrokes that really capture the feel of being there.  The artist, Robert Hershberger, is also an experienced architect who sees the missions as more than just adobe bricks or an archway.  He understands the integrity of the structures as a whole and makes insightful comments about the buildings and gardens that help us appreciate the missions all the more. This is a beautiful book – one that you will enjoy looking at again and again.

Photographs and Text by Robert P. Lowman

8” x 10”, 76 pages + cover.

With three or four pages on each mission, this book is loaded with beautiful, color photographs.  The text describes how each mission was founded and introduces the saint after whom each mission was named.  It explains the early history of each mission, the current church, and tells what happened to the mission after the end of the mission period.  The text also tells about the Native Californians who lived around each mission at the time it was founded.  A six-page introductory history describes California and its Native people before the Spanish arrived and tells the story of Spanish conquest and colonial rule.  Includes map showing each mission and a table listing when each mission was founded.

Las 21 Misiones de California (Español)

6” x 9”, 24 pages + cover, available in English or Spanish.

A picture book showing each of the 21 missions of California in full color photographs.  Each mission is described briefly in one or two paragraphs.  Includes map showing the location of each mission and a table listing the date each mission was founded.  Photographs by Robert P. Lowman, Hubert A. Lowman, and Amy Lowman Forehand.  Text by Robert P. Lowman.