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A personal message from the author: Lots of individuals in society
today are feeble-minded. They don't know what the HELL is going on.
Unfortunately many of these people are responsible for running THE
COUNTRY. They don't know the difference between a PRECIOUS JEWEL
and a piece of animal turd. Their ideas are MEANINGLESS,
illustrated using RUBBISH imagery (often made by a computer). The
stupid words they write are always in BAD FONTS. Yet still people
HEED this nonsense. Maybe YOU are one of these people? It's
alright. I am here to HELP you. I have a FULLY-COMPOSED WORLD VIEW.
I have STRONG opinions about EVERYTHING. And my ideas are
HAND-ILLUSTRATED and use REAL HANDWRITING that you can trust. I
know exactly what's going on and am WILLING to share my thoughts
with you. If you LISTEN to what I say then things will quickly
improve. No more weak messages. No more bad situations. Shall we
proceed?
"Have you ever experienced the peace of walking through the
woods or the excitement of a storm gathering on a beach? Artwork
provides the ability for us to capture those moments and share them
with others."
"Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner" offers a great
beginner's course on drawing nature. In their fun and friendly
teaching style, Mark and Mary Willenbrink show you how to
realistically capture the world around you.
All you need to get started are some simple supplies, basic
techniques, and inspiration. From field to forest, beach or
mountain, begin with a structural sketch, apply values and
textures, and, before you know it, you'll be drawing everything you
see. You'll even learn how to render favorite wildlife such as
chipmunks, deer and eagles
- Follow along with easy step-by-step demonstrations to draw
rocks, seashells, butterflies and even more developed nature
scenes.
- Gain a working understanding of key concepts such as
perspective, value and composition.
- Discover simple tools and tips you can use right away to
improve your art.
Your artistic journey can be as pleasant as your final destination
with drawing instruction meant for everyone.
Featuring 600+ sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful animal
forms, detailed faces, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Realistic
Animals is a must-have visual reference book for
student artists, scientific illustrators, urban sketchers, and
anyone seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills. This
contemporary, step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art
concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you
learn to draw a full range of creatures, all shown from a variety
of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning
sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author Melissa Washburn is a
skilled illustrator whose clear and elegant drawing style will make
this a go-to sourcebook for years to come. Draw Like an Artist: 100
Realistic Animals is the third book in the Draw Like an Artist
series following Faces and Figures and Flowers and Plants.
The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual
references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically
through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists
and illustrators.
Refresh your creativity and boost your motivation to draw with the
expert help of The Drawing Ideas Book. If you're stuck in a rut -
or simply just stuck - this book is filled with ideas for what to
draw, how to draw and even where and when to draw. Packed with
arresting examples of creatives' drawings and sketchbooks from all
over the world, it's sure to fire up your creativity. Imagine it,
doodle it, sketch it, ink it and more. Discover the infinite
possibilities of this essential art form, from its key mediums to
unusual processes, across subjects from figure drawing and
landscape sketching to abstract compositions.
Giving an insight into how this inspiring and talented artist
works, The Addictive Sketcher passes on Adebanji Alade's infectious
enthusiasm and will have the reader reaching for a pencil or pen to
have a go. Adebanji has a skill and a passion for speaking and
motivating his audience in a fun and engaging way, and this is
reflected in his writing style. Lively, stimulating and
instructive, it is packed with numerous examples of the author's
sketches as well as examples of his vibrant finished paintings.
Covering pencils, coloured pencils, charcoal and graphite, along
with finished oil paintings, this book provides a fascinating
insight into the author's techniques. Adebanji's work covers a
broad range of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, crowd
scenes, urban scenes and seascapes. He's particularly well known
for his portraits and working outdoors capturing the life of London
where he lives. This book includes examples from a range of subject
areas.
Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan delivers a concise and
approachable guide to portrait painting, with simple exercises and
step-by-step demonstrations.Whether you are using watercolour, oils
or acrylic, Learn to Paint Portraits Quickly explains the key
elements of catching a likeness in portrait painting in a mixture
of mediums. The book is filled with easy-to-follow instructions and
step-by-step exercises that can be digested in a short period of
time, and written in an accessible way for all artists to learn
about portraiture.The key elements of portraiture covered in this
concise book include: *Finding the likeness *Creating form - the
light and shade *The facial features *Painting the hair *Skin tone
and colouring *The body, clothing and backgroundIllustrated with
Hazel's magnificent, colourful paintings, and with practical advice
and demonstrations throughout, this book is the perfect tool to
help beginners master portrait painting - quickly.
Bring the magic of the rainforest to your doorstep by drawing this
collection of colourful animals and birds. Prolific author and
artist Susie Hodge teaches you to transform simple shapes into
mysterious jaguars, shy butterflies or endangered orangutans in
easy-to-follow stages. Choose from a sleepy sloth, a noisy toucan
and much more. There are 28 different animals to create, in a
variety of poses and styles. Each project starts with a few basic
outlines and progresses into a finished tonal drawing, and a final
coloured version shows you how to develop your drawing even
further. Perfect for beginners, as well as budding artists, you'll
be amazed how easily you too can draw rainforest animals with this
inspiring guide.
46 outstanding studies, including sketches for David, Sistine Ceiling, Last Judgment, etc. Nudes, figure studies, children, animals, mythical and religious works, more. New volume in Dover Art Library affords insight into mastery of proportion, anatomy, perspective, shading, contrast. Essential for artists, museum-goers.
There are few more complete examples of an artist's record of their
own life than the intimately detailed and beautifully produced
handmade books that Derek Jarman created throughout his career.
Seen together they reveal the story of how he gathered, shaped and
made concrete his ideas. Containing poetry, drawings, pressed
flowers, photographs, excerpts from scripts and notes, the
sketchbooks are part autobiography and part social history, layered
and bursting with the energy and creativity not only of this
groundbreaking film-maker and artist, but also of London in the
1970s and 80s. Wholly private during his lifetime, these precious
books are an intimate pictorial record of the relationship between
Jarman's personal and professional life, revealing the detailed
planning and research, and creative and emotional engagement,
behind each of his films.
Stimulating exercises to help beginner to advanced students push
the boundaries of traditional drawing. As with most art forms, it's
best to comprehend traditional drawing techniques before you break
the rules. But once you've mastered the basics, you may find that
you gravitate to more abstract ways of rendering everything from
still lifes to figures. However, this book is not only about
avant-garde style; it is experimental in that it forces the artist
out of his or her comfort zone, whatever that might be. In this
book, renowned New York University professor, Robert Kaupelis,
shares the tutorials that he used with his students, offering
illustrations of drawings and paintings from old masters to
contemporary artists (and even some outstanding works from his
students) to explain techniques. Covering everything from creating
form through contour drawings to drawing with new technology,
Experimental Drawing helps you zero in on concepts and form ideas
that may take your work to a new and more intriguing level. Some of
the innovative exercises you'll find here include: * Drawing models
while blindfolded * Engaging in group drawing sessions popularized
during the Dada era * Utilizing different drawing materials like
glass, plastic, feathers, string, sponges, metal dust, and more *
Reducing a post's brushstroke from six to one * Using cross-contour
lines for a more abstract still life * Integrating a grid system on
a carefully rendered scene to create an illusion of distorted space
and movement * And much more... This classic volume's inventive and
stimulating projects will help serious artists develop their own
vision and their own way to draw. Includes more than 200
spectacular drawings by old and modern masters from Michelangelo to
Jasper Johns.
Master the art of linear perspective. If you're an animator,
illustrator, comic book artist, game artist or anything in between,
you need to be able to create images that accurately and
realistically show space, dimension and form. Simplifying
Perspective is the one and only guide that thoughtfully and clearly
breaks down the principles of perspective into something that's
easy to understand and use. With approachable lessons and clear
visual step-by-step instruction, Robert Pastrana provides you with
powerful techniques that help you turn a troubled drawing into a
living, breathing, dimensional scene. With Simplifying Perspective,
you'll never have to wade through dense, complex technical manuals
again - this comprehensive guide to perspective is tailored
specifically for artists who need to learn the ins and outs of one,
two, and three-point perspective, measuring, shadows, reflections,
and more. Simplifying Perspective presents complex drawing concepts
in an easy-to-follow, approachable manner so you can finally learn
the essentials of perspective without the anticipated frustration.
Provides clarity, depth, and a wealth of examples - this is your
must-have guide to understanding and using linear perspective
Detailed visual instruction includes hundreds of color coded,
step-by-step diagrams that allow you to easily follow the technical
process of each construction Comprehensive companion website
includes additional resources on perspective with a range of work
to help further your skills
The best way to learn to draw is to DRAW! And this exciting little
sketchbook is going to help you do just that. From cover to cover,
this book is filled with 900 inspiring, modern drawings of tulips,
roses, dahlias, snap dragons, zinnias, and much, much more-plus
plenty of room for sketching your own versions of all these
delightful flowers. 20 Ways to Draw is an exciting new illustration
series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and
doodlers fun and sophisticated exercise books that help foster a
creative spirit and provide learning tools and inspiration. This
latest addition to the series focuses specifically on drawing and
sketching many types of flowers. Each spread features 20 inspiring
illustrations of a single item with blank space for you to draw
your take on 20 Ways to Draw a Tulip. The stylized items are
simplified, modernized, and reduced to the most basic elements,
showing how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the
building blocks of any item that you want to draw. Each of the 20
interpretations gives you a different interesting approach to
drawing a single item. Get out your favorite drawing tool, and
remember, there are not just 20 Ways to Draw a Tulip!
Nothing makes a fantasy fan's imagination catch fire like the
dragon, one of the most enduringly popular beasts of legend. Now,
with DragonArt, readers can learn how to bring these mythical
creatures to life, with: More than 30 lessons broken down into
simple colour-coded steps, from basic shapes, to details including
claws and wings, to spectacular finished dragons and beasts
Full-coloured illustrations to captivate and inspire readers A
playful, engaging text that includes "historical facts about
dragons" Additional step-by-step demonstrations covering other
fantasy creatures, such as wyverns, basilisks and gargoyles Extra
hints, tips & tricks provided by DragonArt's dragon mascot,
Dolosus With the tips and suggestions in DragonArt, fantasy lovers
can let their imaginations soar.
Evelyn Karet's in-depth study of the Antonio II Badile Album - the
earliest known example of an art collection pasted onto the pages
of a book - is both focused and broad in its appeal to those
interested in the early modern era. The provenance of the album is
traced from its assemblage to the seventeenth-century collection of
Conte Lodovico Moscardo to its dismantling by the dealer Francis
Matthiesen in the 1950s, establishing that the volume conserved in
the Frits Lugt Collection is not an original but a replica produced
by Matthiesen. Although Antonio II must be celebrated as the
collector of the drawings, new paleographic analysis has identified
the actual compiler of the album after Antonio's death providing a
terminus post quem in the late 1530s or early 1540s. Karet enlarges
the focus from the album itself to the historic tradition of
collecting drawings in northern Italy in the early modern era
before Vasari, for which the album provides a new point of
reference. Throughout the book, Karet discusses the Badile family,
examines the individual drawings in the book, investigates the
contacts between artists and humanists, their rich, diverse
collections and the humanist mind-set that fostered the
appreciation of drawings. She explores notable early drawing
collections in northern Italy and the role of northern Italy as a
center of collection in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The book concludes with two appendices: a reconstruction of the
original album, including a discussion of the reconstruction
process, suggestions about what the album originally looked like,
and a page-by-page guide to its contents; and a detailed analysis
of Francis Matthiesen's career. This book opens up new areas of
inquiry into an overlooked subject.
Winner of the 2019 CHOICE Award "The authoritative book on the
origins, history, and influence of illustration. Bravo!" David
Brinley, University of Delaware, USA History of Illustration covers
image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from
the ancient to the modern. Hundreds of color images show
illustrations within their social, cultural, and technical context,
while they are ordered from the past to the present. Readers will
be able to analyze images for their displayed techniques, cultural
standards, and ideas to appreciate the art form. This essential
guide is the first history of illustration written by an
international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and
educators.
Chibis are mini versions of Japanese anime and manga characters and
are defined by their large heads and tiny bodies. They also have
characteristically large eyes and all these features together give
them a huge score on the cuteness factor. This book marries the
widely popular 'chibi' style with important figures from the worlds
of sport, entertainment, science, natural history and many more.
The book shows you how to draw 50 well-known characters in the
super cute chibi style from Albert Einstein and Muhammad Ali to
Simone Biles and Malala Yousafzai. Featuring fabulously clear
step-by-step drawings and clear instructions, this instructional
book is a great way to teach anyone to draw while introducing them
to countless inspirational figures whose achievements inform our
world.
Praise for The Addictive Sketcher: "It's impossible not to be
carried along by his enthusiasm and the sheer dynamism of his work.
Although this is carried out for the most part in the field, it's
remarkably polished and a lot more than just quick notes. There's
an element of improvisation - a jazz-like tone - and Adebanji
certainly has a natural ability. If you share his love of drawing,
this is a book to embrace as well as learn from." - The Artist
magazine Adebanji Alade is one of the UK’s most renowned artists
– and he’s addicted to sketching. Inspired by the sights and
sounds of London, he travels around the city filling his
sketchbooks with drawings of people, places and scenes of
contemporary urban life. Showcasing one of Adebanji’s
inspirational sketchbooks in its entirety, and with a fascinating
introduction to the way he works, this unique visual record of
everyday city life also offers a compelling insight into the
creative process of a modern urban sketcher.
"John Cage (Los Angeles 1912-New York 1992), by many considered the
most influential musician in the second half of the 20th century,
has decisively shaped our notion of artistic avant-garde--in music
as well as in literature and the visual arts.
John Cage studied architecture, ethnic music and composition,
taking free private counterpoint and analysis lessons under Arnold
Schonberg. Influenced by Marcel Duchamp and Dada, Cage studied Zen
Buddhism with Zen master Daisetsu Suzuki and staged spontaneous
activities and happenings in the early fifties. In his later life
he became a creator of fine visual art works, predominantly on
paper. Vol.I of the John Cage Catalogue Raisonne of Visual art work
features his Ryoanji works for the first time published in a book.
Referring to the Kyoto Ryoanji Garden and executed in pencil or
etching on paper that is evocative of raked sand, they depict the
contours of fifteen stones. "
This elegant & accessible primer from master contemporary
artist Juliette Aristides distils the drawing process into its
essential elements. In "Lessons in Classical Drawing",
award-winning author, artist and teacher, Juliette Aristides breaks
down the drawing process and shows what all great drawing has in
common. The book conveys a start-to-finish overview of the drawing
experience and shows what to tackle when first starting a drawing
and then how to lay the groundwork for each subsequent step in
creating a well-crafted drawing. Packaged with a companion DVD,
which aims to eliminate any gaps in the learning process, the
reader becomes a virtual participant in a drawing workshop filmed
at the Santa Repararta School in Florence, Italy.
Bestselling how-to-draw author Christopher Hart here taps into his
vast experience to prove that anyone can depict the human body.
Chris has carefully designed his step-by-step instructions so that
they're accessible to absolute beginners, especially kids 12 and
up. His simplified, yet detailed, guidance covers drawing the head
and body of men, women and children in a wide variety of facial
features, expressions, styles and poses. Learn to capture the many
personalities and activities of people in everyday life, from
firefighters, doctors, soldiers and students to swimmers,
skateboarders, gymnasts and even daydreamers. A quick look through
this book will make it clear to any aspiring artist that you can
learn to draw, quickly and easily - and love every step along the
way!
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