How to Draw: A Complete Step-by-step for Beginners Covering Still Life, Land-scapes, Figure Drawing, the Female Nude and Human Anatomy - Softcover

Monahan, Patricia; Horton, James; Gair, Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845370880 ISBN 13: 9781845370886

Verlag: New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Drawing is an essential skill that introduces the first step into all other visual arts. Beginners start immediately producing accomplished pieces: 38 original, exciting projects that free you to practice and perfect your skills without dreary routine exercises. All major subject areas are covered, from still-lifes and landscapes to animals and life drawings, in a variety of media including charcoals, chalks, pastels, colored pencils, inks, and graphite. Practical advice on technique accompanies each project, with specialized galleries to inspire you. Along the way, you explore many different approaches to figure drawing, including the stages through which the female nude has emerged as a painting subject and how science is transforming the way painters treat human anatomy.

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Reseña del editor

Drawing is the starting point for all forms of art as well as being an important skill in itself. This comprehensive step-by-step guide covers all the major subject areas from landscapes to life drawing and provides instruction in a wide range of media including charcoals, chalks, pastels, coloured pencils, inks and graphite. The unique approach of this book is so simple that the reader can start immediately on original and exciting projects.Each section has practical information on materials and equipment and includes a gallery of work by other artists to inspire the beginner. The different approaches to figure drawing are looked at, as is the history of the study of anatomy for art and the emergence of the female nude as a painting subject. Still life, animal and landscape studies are explored through different media. The techniques and projects cover all aspects of drawing, from line and wash to using water-soluble pencils and sgraffito.Packed full of practical advice, techniques and projects, "How to Draw" provides a sound basis for expanding skills and teaches absolute beginners how to produce accurate and accomplished pieces.

Biografía del autor

Patricia Monahan is a well-known author who has written a number of books on practical art. She lives in London. James Horton is an experienced artist with a particular knowledge of the field of anatomy. He lives in Cambridge. Angela Gair is a painter, writer, editor and the author of many practical art books. She now lives in Charlton, London.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: New Holland Publishers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1845370880
• ISBN 13: 9781845370886
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
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