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Artists need to write, every day, to support their studio practice
and careers. Working artists know this. Newly minted art graduates
and emerging artists learn this the hard way-usually when a
gallerist asks for basic documents like an artist resume,
biography, and statement to support an upcoming exhibition!
Conversational and instructive, this practical primer helps artists
learn the best writing and research strategies for their letters,
biographies, statements, proposals, applications, wall text, and
more. Kate Kramer, lecturer in critical writing at the University
of Pennsylvania, aligns writing strategies with art school
curriculum (foundations, topics, capstones, professional
development). This is the book every artist will turn to again and
again. In addition to models, templates, worksheets, and sample
analyses of calls for entry, it references readily available and
public resources throughout. Ultimately, this primer brings writing
process into practice so the art work can continue to thrive.
Make your own gallery wall art with this Patterns book. This
oversize book includes 27 easy tear-out pages that you can colour
and add your own personal touch to. Personalize and customize your
home with these beautiful colouring pages that you can frame and
hang.
Lois van Baarle is a freelance animator/illustrator from the
Netherlands who graduated in 2009 from the Hogeschool voor de
Kunsten Utrecht. Since then, her work has become very popular
across the internet, with her Facebook followers closing in on one
million and her Twitter account watched by over nineteen thousand
eager eyes. The Art of Loish is her first "art of" book, and will
examine her inspirations while showcasing some of her early work.
Following this, the reader will learn how she developed her very
distinctive style and discover advice as she discusses her working
methods, offering tips on a variety of techniques that she utilizes
in her art every day! The additional exclusive content of this book
makes it a must-have for any lover of Loish's work!
Learn how to draw stylish manga characters with this fun workbook
geared toward budding artists. Start out by tracing the sample
illustrations, then practice drawing using the provided guidelines.
Once you master the basics, you'll be freehanding your own awesome
manga girls in no time!
Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine
bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from
professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts
worldwide. Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating
diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and
decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new
ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what
it is like to work for prolific animation studios such as Disney,
Warner Bros., and DreamWorks.
Figure Drawing for Artists: Making Every Mark Count is not a
typical drawing instruction book; it explains the two-step process
behind juggernauts like DreamWorks, WB and Disney. Though there are
many books on drawing the human figure, none teach how to draw a
figure from the first few marks of the quick sketch to the last
virtuosic stroke of the finished masterpiece, let alone through a
convincing, easy-to-understand method. That changes now! In Figure
Drawing for Artists: Making Every Mark Count, award-winning fine
artist Steve Huston shows beginners and pros alike the two
foundational concepts behind the greatest masterpieces in art and
how to use them as the basis for their own success. Embark on a
drawing journey and discover how these twin pillars of support are
behind everything from the Venus De Milo, to Michelangelo's Sibyl,
to George Bellow's Stag at Sharkey's, and how they're the
fundamental tools for animation studios around the world. Not to
mention how the best comic book artists since the beginnings of the
art form use them whether they know it or not. Figure Drawing for
Artists: Making Every Mark Count sketches out the same two-step
method taught to the artists of DreamWorks, Warner Brothers, and
Disney Animation, so pick up a pencil and get drawing. The For
Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill
levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting
skills and create realistic and representational art.
The Ultimate Resource and Reference Guide for Artists! Discover an
innovative self-critique method that will empower you to answer the
artist's most common questions, Now What? and Is it Finished? as
you learn to identify and overcome painting issues faced by artists
regardless of medium or style. With hundreds of insights, tips,
illustrated techniques and ideas, Create Perfect Paintings shows
you how to push your work to the next level by strengthening your
perception, technical skills and visual thinking. Exercises and
examples illustrate how to critique your own creations and then
evaluate them step by step for further improvement. You will
compare illustrations, and learn to identify and modify artistic
choices--from negative space and color ratio to controlling eye
movement, depth and contrast--to see their impact and help you use
them to the best effect in your work. What you'll find inside:
Section 1: Essentials--Reviews and defines artistic terms and
concepts. Section 2: Play Phase--Shows you how to tap into your
right brain. Learn to challenge the process and break habits to
free your spirit and inspire variety in your art; also covers
materials, tools and surfaces Section 3: Critique Phase--Introduces
a groundbreaking method of contemporary critique called The Viewing
Game a comprehensive, systematic and fun way to analyze, edit and
enhance your paintings. Sections 4 and 5--Bonus sections explore
how to resolve creative blocks, convey artistic messages, boost
your personal style, display your work and turn painting into a
career. "May this book increase your productivity, add ease and
flow to your creative process, clarify your ideas, add nuance to
your personal style, and most importantly, add joy to the
miraculous act of painting." --Nancy Reyner
Over the centuries, landscape painting has attracted countless
artists. Its diversity, enhanced by the weather, special lighting
conditions and seasonal change, offers the painter an infinite
variety of subject matter. Oils are an extremely versatile and
immediate medium, enabling artists to express themselves in a
variety of creative ways. They are relatively easy to use, suitable
for both the beginner and the more experienced painter.
With more than 250 characters across all the popular genres, this
is the big, must-have book for every aspiring manga artist! Drawing
on the mega-success of Christopher Hart's Manga Mania series, Manga
Mania Universe combines curated content from each of his previous
Manga Mania books (Girl Power!, Romance, and Shonen) into one
giant, breathtaking volume. It showcases the best in capturing
manga girls, romantic characters and scenes, and action and
adventure. Fans will enjoy having such a wide variety of first-rate
how-to-draw instruction, along with the dynamic artwork that has
made this series so popular.
'If you want to learn about gouache, this should keep you satisfied
for a very long time.' Artbookreview.net If you love painting with
watercolour and are ready to experiment with something different,
then the versatile medium of gouache could be just the thing for
you. Gouache is water-based, quick-drying and, can be painted light
over dark as well as dark over light. Ideal for the beginner, it
can be used thinly in a watercolour style, or more thickly as with
oils or acrylics. This guide covers all the materials and tools
required and has a comprehensive techniques section that includes
overlaying colours, colour blending and troubleshooting.
Experienced author Jeremy Ford takes you through three simple,
step-by-step projects, each showcasing a unique style of painting
with gouache. Numerous finished paintings are included to
demonstrate the range of subjects, styles and techniques that you
can achieve, and encourage you to develop your own style of
painting using this exciting medium.
Jake Spicer wants you to learn how to draw. This is his complete
course in drawing, suitable for complete beginners as well as
experienced artists, and designed to help you fit drawing into your
lifestyle. Tried-and-tested exercises, ranging from five-minute
sketches to dedicated sessions of an hour or longer, cover every
subject and location you could wish for, while accessibly written
drawing theory helps you relate the technical concepts to your
practice, helping you to hone your craft. Whatever your goals are,
expert art tutor Jake Spicer gives you the inspiration and
encouragement to draw more - and keep improving.
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Painting is one of the most rewarding ways of expressing yourself.
It sparks creativity, engages the imagination and relaxes you,
reducing stress levels and leaving you feeling mentally clear and
calm. Most people assume that the ability to paint is a skill you
either have or you don't, so although they would like to paint they
lack the confidence to do so. But painting can be readily learned
with the right teacher to guide you, and a clear approach and
encouraging voice are often all that's needed to get you on the
right track. That's where this book, Acrylics, comes in. Adrian
Burrows is an enthusiastic and accomplished artist and teacher who
explains the fundamentals of painting with acrylics in a helpful
and accessible manner. Adrian shows you what you need in terms of
tools and materials, and explains and illustrates all the basic
techniques. Ten step-by-step tutorials, covering a variety of
subjects, then put these techniques into action. Each tutorial is
broken down into stages, with clear instructions and photographs
for readers to follow, plus plenty of helpful tips and
troubleshooting advice. There are also special features on painting
trees, skies and figures.
There are really two books in this volume; one an historical study
of Parisian artist Louis Icart's famous etchings of the early
twentieth century, and the other a chronological catalog of all of
Icart's known etchings. Both sections are vital information for
collectors, art historians and dealers who want to date, identify
and interpret the work of this prolific, stylish, and reflective
artist. During his forty year artistic career, Louis Icart
portrayed beautiful women through joyful, witty, and often poignant
images. Icart's etchings are once again being collected and adored,
just as they were between the two world wars.
Ira "Iraville" Sluyterman van Langewedye is a popular contemporary
illustrator beloved for her charming watercolour illustrations of
nature, small towns, idyllic scenes, and everyday life. This title
brings together a collection of her best work in a giftworthy,
lavishly presented hardback art book, which includes
never-before-seen images, impressive portfolio pieces, insightful
works in progress, beautiful photography, and the artist's own
guides to handcrafting sketchbooks and watercolour paints at home.
Supported by a Kickstarter campaign in summer 2018, Cozy Days: The
Art of Iraville marks another high quality collaboration between
3dtotal Publishing and some of the best illustrators working today.
People of all ages are fascinated by dinosaurs. Though their huge
skeletons are an impressive sight, much of our sense of childlike
wonder comes from artistic depictions of them in books, museum
murals and popular culture. This book is about how such 'paleoart'
is created, and the process of integrating scientific findings with
artistic principles to produce accurate, expressive and arresting
artworks of dinosaurs and the world they lived in. Drawing and
Painting Dinosaurs explores the anatomy and ecology of different
types of dinosaurs including Deinonychus, Apatosaurus and
Tyrannosaurus rex. It demonstrates how to interpret paleontological
research through the lens of an artistic depiction with examples.
There are over 250 illustrations feature pencil drawings, gouache,
oil paint, and digital media. Step-by-step projects demonstrate the
use of both traditional and digital media, the use of unique
techniques and sources of reference, and building up dinosaur
anatomy from basic shapes. Finally, it gives insight into how
paleoart can be a means to advance knowledge through scientific
analysis and prediction. With explorations of dinosaur anatomy,
unique techniques for reference and a series of how-to
instructions, this book will guide an aspiring paleoartist in
learning how to breathe life into the past through art.
Many people would love to learn to draw for pleasure, but don't
know where to start. Being faced with a blank page can be daunting
- even for a professional artist. In Sketchbook Challenge,
illustrator Molly Egan shares prompts and ideas to get you started,
encouraging risk-taking and experimentation. The book is split into
three sections: Warm Up, for 5- to 10-minute exercises designed to
stretch your muscles; Weekday, for guided creative drawing prompts
for limited time; and Weekend, for open-ended, in-depth creative
explorations. In addition to the exercises, Molly provides details
on how to build an art kit and encourages artistic exploration
beyond the pages of the book. Sketching is fun and therapeutic, and
Sketchbook Challenge will be the springboard to unleash your
creativity and discover your own style.
Billy Showell is a well-respected botanical watercolour artist, and
her exceptional eye for detail and ability to re-create the form,
texture, colour and patterning of a wide range of plants have
earned her a formidable reputation worldwide. Her compositions are
given a contemporary, sometimes playful twist, while retaining all
the beauty and accuracy of traditional botanical paintings. In this
inspiring and indispensable guide for botanical artists, she
reveals the materials, methods and techniques she uses to attain
her stunningly beautiful portraits of flowers, fruit and
vegetables. There is expert guidance on tools and materials,
working from life, observation, and drawing and painting
techniques, as well as detailed sections on pattern, texture, and
colour and colour mixing. With numerous step-by-step studies,
close-up photographs and examples of Billy's exquisite paintings,
this book is not only packed full of invaluable advice and
information but also a visually stunning showcase for the work of
this amazing artist.
Rude, funny, and f*cking awesome! Another F*ing Coloring Book is
perfect for anyone who knows that neither sunshine and kittens nor
gardens and mandalas can fix everything. The funny, relatable
swears and phrases that accompany the paisley patterns, meditative
mandalas, and all that other shit will help you express your
frustration with--or add your own dark shade of humor to--any
situation. Whether you need to unwind after a hellish day or simply
want to let the world know you've got better things to do with your
time, you'll find a cheerfully profane and delightfully
inappropriate image perfectly designed to calm you the f*ck down.
Draw with Confidence and Creativity! New in paperback! Creativity
occurs in action. It is not a trait; it is something you do. To be
creative, you need to engage in the art-making process. When you
are "in the flow," you shift out of the future and into the
present, making connections, generating variations and surrendering
to the process. This ten-year edition of Keys to Drawing With
Imagination is a course for artists in how to take something, do
something to it and make something new. Bert Dodson, author of the
best-selling Keys to Drawing (more than 250,000 copies sold!)
presents fun techniques and mind-stretching strategies to get you
drawing better and more imaginatively than you ever have before. In
every section, he offers you basic guidelines that help you channel
your creative energies in the right direction. Before you know it,
you'll lose yourself in the process, enjoying the experience as you
create something gratifying and worthwhile. The subjects covered in
this hands-on book are as vast as the imagination itself. Through
58 strategies, 36 exercises and 13 step-by-step demonstrations,
you'll explore how to: Take your doodling from mindless to
masterful Create your own reality by crumbling, melting or breaking
objects Flip the familiar on its ear to create something utterly
original Experiment with visual paradox and metaphor Tell vivid
stories through the details in your drawings Play with patterns to
create captivating compositions Build your drawings by borrowing
ideas from different cultures Develop a theme in your work Along
the way, Dodson offers you priceless advice on the creative process
culled from his 70 years of drawing and teaching. For additional
inspiration and encouragement, he includes the work of 30 other
outstanding artists, including R. Crumb and Maya Lin. So what are
you waiting for? Grab this book and start drawing! You'll be amazed
at what you can create. *Note to readers: This book is a 10-year
anniversary paperback reprint of the Keys to Drawing with
Imagination hardcover edition (2006).
Personal symbols and motifs can be explored endlessly when there
are a solid number of painting techniques to draw from. In this
workshop approach, the reader will be encouraged to explore a
chosen theme in as many forms as possible. After learning where to
find inspiration (past experiences, memories, intentions, cultural
themes, etc.) and how to develop a personal library of symbols,
colors and marks, the reader will be guided through 15 techniques
to use in her paintings and will also see two or three complete
painting projects come together start-to-finish. Notebook Prompts
will offer the reader ideas for developing her own new series,
showing her how to collect ideas that reflect her personal voice.
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