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Brand-new, updated edition of the bestselling book, Drawing
Masterclass: Animals by popular artist, Lucy Swinburne. Whether you
want to capture a beloved pet cat or a magnificent wolf on paper,
this book provides a complete course in how to draw them. All the
essential drawing techniques and materials you need are explained
clearly and simply by Lucy, and two brand new sections show you how
to sketch the key features of a wide variety of animals such as
eyes, ears and fur, and how to capture movement. The 20
step-by-step exercises inside draw on a diverse range of subjects
from various continents, including meerkats, lizards and horses.
This inspiring book is a must-have for any artist seeking to
capture the spirit and character of animals in their drawings.
How to Keep a Sketch Journal is the essential travel-sized guide to
keeping a visual diary of your surroundings. Whether you're a
habitual sketcher or just starting out, this book will teach you
how to improve your observational sketching, indoors or outdoors,
whether you're drawing still lifes, environments, or scenes. It
covers sketching with different media, from a simple pen or pencil
to using watercolors or pastels on the go. The book stands
perfectly on its own as a guidebook, or can be used as a complement
to 3dtotal's Sketch Journal travel portfolio, fitting neatly
alongside your favorite sketching tools.
This new facsimile edition of the Portfolio of the 13th-century
Picard artist Villard de Honnecourt is the first ever to be
published in color. The thirty-three leaves are reproduced at
actual size from high-quality color transparencies to ensure the
best possible color reproduction of the drawings. One can now see
variations in inks and quill strokes, traces of preliminary
drawings, and corrections made by the artist. This study is also
the first to give a thorough description of the condition of the
leaves, analysis of each drawing in the portfolio individually, and
new transcriptions and literal and free translations of the
inscriptions. The opening chapter covers the history and physical
condition of the portfolio, including reassigning "hands" to text
found on the leaves. The author analyses the tools and inks used,
Villard's drawing technique and style, and evaluates Villard as an
artist-draftsman. Chapter II, the body of the book, is devoted to
detailed analyses of the leaves, one by one, and their drawings and
inscriptions. These analyses are of interest to those concerned
with medieval technology and theology as well as to those
interested in medieval art and architecture. Chapter III is a new
biography of Villard that challenges the many wild speculations of
the last century and a half about Villard, separating obvious
fiction from possible fact. Barnes analyzes in detail Villard's
drawings of different Gothic buildings and makes a case for Villard
having been a lay representative of the cathedral chapter at
Cambrai, one of the buildings Villard drew. An extensive
bibliography of Villard studies and a glossary of Villard's
technical and artistic terms complete this important new study.
A reference work for artists providing a system for visualizing the
hand in an infinite number of positions from a multitude of angles.
Drawings show anatomical structures, actions, functions, movement
and foreshortening.
Drawing and sketching are central to the art of animation and can
be crucial tools in designing and developing original stories,
characters and layouts. Sketching for Animation offers a wealth of
examples, exercises and tips from an army of professional animators
to help you develop essential sketching, technical drawing and
ideation techniques. With interviews and in-depth case studies from
some of today's leading animators, including Bill Plympton, Glen
Keane, Tori Davis and John Canemaker, this is a unique guide to
turning your sketchbook - the world's cheapest, most portable
pre-visualisation tool - into your own personal animation armory.
Capture the wonders of nature in watercolour with this quick guide
to wildlife painting, packed with techniques and inspiration.
Bestselling author Hazel Soan demonstrates how to paint a variety
of wildlife, from garden favourites to exotic wild beasts. With
easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step exercises, it has
never been easier to capture the likeness of an animal, in your
chosen medium, in a few quick strokes. The book covers all the key
skills you need, including techniques for speed, capturing pose and
proportion, advice on painting fur, feathers, hair, hides and
markings, working with colour and light, and adding background and
setting, as well as further work that can be completed in the
studio. From cats, big and small, birds and foxes to magnificent
elephants, lions and zebras, Hazel's simple tips, practical
demonstrations and beautiful paintings can be applied to any moving
subject and will help you master the art of capturing animals - in
watercolour, oils, pencils or pastels - in no time at all.
This easy-to-use easel format book is ideal for both complete
beginners and more experienced artists who want to expand their
skills. It contains clear instructions, reliable advice and
friendly encouragement to unleash your creativity. It features over
600 illustrations and photographs lead you step by step through
each project. It features carefully planned lessons that teach you
how to draw the detailed features of people and pets. It offers
easy-to-follow guidance on composition, perspective, medium, and
the best sitting position for drawing. In this title, projects
include household objects, winter tree, Victorian house, portrait
of a girl, and ducks on the pond. From flowers and still lifes to
landscape and family portraits - you can learn how to draw in just
15 simple, fun lessons. All you need to get started is some basic
equipment and a sketchbook. Then just follow the step-by-step
directions to learn time-tested techniques for using pencils, pens,
pastels and charcoal, and watch your artwork form before your eyes.
A useful introduction contains guidance on types of easel, sitting
positions, basic equipment and choosing a sketchbook, as well as
simple instructions for basic shapes. The chapters that follow
cover Still Life, Flowers and Trees, Landscape, People and
Portraits, and Animals. Each project is illustrated with detailed
stage-by-stage pictures, including close-ups of difficult sections.
The practical easel format makes this book easy to use by any
aspiring artist.
CREATE BEAUTIFUL MANGA PEOPLE AND ANIMALS IN 10 SIMPLE STEPS If you
love drawing manga but don't know where to start, this is the book
for you! 10 Step Drawing: Manga will help you turn simple shapes
into beautiful manga drawings in just 10 steps. Create over 30
different portraits, from cute chibi people to a multicoloured
manga unicorn, by following the instructions inside. Learning to
draw has never been so simple!
Award-winning manga artist Sonia Leong, with the help of other
acclaimed manga creators and educators, gives you all the tips,
tricks and tools you will need to get your ideas onto the page. -
Discover how to get started, build your confidence, and boost your
skills, beginning from first principles. - Learn how to draw faces,
bodies, hands, feet, and create unique characters with their own
styles. - Get the most out of your drawing materials, from
traditional pens and pencils to digital software, and discover how
best to use them to work up your own manga stories and comics. -
Benefit from advice on pacing, layout, composition and lettering.
Colour your way to better focus! Colouring books ... for grown-ups.
Remember the long hours spent colouring in the lines of your
most-cherished colouring books, full box of crayons within reach,
the demanding adult world tuned out? Secretly long for an excuse to
retreat back into that world? Now you can. Find your inner artist
and colour your way to better focus! Mindfulness helps us to
appreciate the world around us - to feel centred, less stressed and
more fully alive. Art for Mindfulness offers the perfect aid - 60
intricate blank vintage fabric patterns to help focus your mind,
unlock your creativity and calm your conscious as you pour colour
into them. With an introduction from art therapist and mindfulness
practitioner Imi Lo, plus accompanying quotes with each
illustration to inspire meditation as you go through, Art for
Mindfulness is the beautiful colouring book for grown-ups you can
mindfully complete. So pick up your pencil, unleash your creativity
and watch your well-being thrive!
Turner as Draughtsman looks at the artist's practice of drawing in
various media (pen, pencil and chalk as well as watercolour and oil
paint), an aspect of Turner's work which has hitherto received very
little attention. Andrew Wilton shows that, while Turner's art has
always been celebrated for its atmospheric breadth and freedom of
handling, he based his working procedures throughout his career on
the discipline of drawing in outline, which was an essential
element in the grand strategy by which he achieved his formidable
results. An important section of the book is devoted to the vexed
question of Turner's drawing of the human figure, and the crucial
role played by the figure both in his conception of landscape and
in his ambitious attempts to master all the genres of fashionable
contemporary art.
More than 70 works of Hogarth include musical references, and
Jeremy Barlow's book is the first full-length work devoted to this
aspect of his imagery. The first two chapters examine the evidence
for Hogarth's interest in music and the problems of assessing
accuracy, realism and symbolic meaning in his musical
representations. Subsequent chapters show how musical details in
his works may often be interpreted as part of his satirical
weaponry; the starting point seems to have been his illustrations
of the clamorous 'rough music' protest in Samuel Butler's immensely
popular poem Hudibras. Hogarth's use of music for satirical
purposes also has connections with a particular type of burlesque
music in 18th-century England. It may be seen too in the roles
played by his humiliated fiddlers or abject ballad singers. Each of
the final two chapters focuses on a particular Hogarth subject: his
paintings of a scene from a theatrical satire of music and society,
The Beggar's Opera, and the print The Enraged Musician itself. The
latter work draws together uses of musical imagery discussed
previously and the book concludes with an analysis of its internal
relations from a musical perspective. The book is lavishly
illustrated with Hogarth's drawings, prints and paintings. Many
other images are reproduced to provide contextual background.
Several indices and appendices enhance the book's value as a
reference tool: these include an annotated index of Hogarth's
instruments, with photographs or other representations of the
instruments he depicts; a detailed index of Hogarth's works with
musical imagery; the texts and music for broadside ballads and
single-sheet songs related to Hogarth's titles; 18th-century texts
and street cries related to Hogarth's The Enraged Musician, and
other musical examples indicated in the text. Also included is a
facsimile of Bonnell Thornton's burlesque Ode on St CA|cilia's Day.
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Imagine, Design and Draw Your Own Characters! Draw With Jazza
YouTube star Josiah Brooks breaks down an easy-to-follow method
that will help you to invent and draw original characters time and
time again. Whether sci-fi or steampunk, comic book heroines or
tattooed action heroes, animal familiars or alien races, you will
discover the limitless possibilities of creating your very own
characters for comic books, cartoons, video games and more! No
matter what your skill level, you can draw from concept to finished
art with confidence. Jazza shows you how as he walks you through
The Design Process! Discover. Learn techniques just like the pros
use for developing characters--their backstory, personality and
physicality; decide your drawing style; and explore and organize
your inspiration. Design. Use brainstorm sketching to refine your
character's persona. Use simplified lines and shapes to draw men
and women, practice poses and play with body shapes, sizes, ages
and outfits. Develop. Refine your best ideas by choosing features,
color schemes, settings and context to reflect your end goal.
Deliver. Finish your concept art with character turnarounds,
expression sheets, pose variations and more to create a complete
picture of your characters and their world.
Learn how to draw bunnies and other cute creatures in Lulu Mayo's
unique and quirky style, using simple shapes and easy-to-follow
steps. Featuring cute, cuddly spring animals, including bunnies,
chicks, and lambs, and even spring sloths, unicorns and marshmallow
rabbits. This book will show the reader how to draw quirky
creatures in an easy and inspiring way that will encourage them to
come up with their own creations in no time. Step by step,
illustrator Lulu Mayo will explain how to draw each cute critter by
using simple shapes. The 30 different exercises will keep the
reader entertained and ignite their doodling curiosity, inspiring
them to experiment and dream up their very own spring characters.
This delightful homage to Pulcinella (or Punch as he is referred to
in English) contains over one hundred extraordinary pencil
illustrations, some of which are depicted in comic-strip style.
Divided into several scenes, it features the oddly surreal and
globally recognised character that originated in
seventeenth-century comedic theatre and became a fixture in
Neapolitan puppetry. Distinguished by a long nose and typically
dressed in white with a black mask, Pulcinella is often depicted in
various kinds of misadventures and singing about themes of love,
hunger, and money. In the typical fashion of author Luigi Serafini,
Pulcinellopaedia Seraphiniana is created in a unique language all
its own, and is filled with fascinating and mysterious
illustrations that require thorough examination and inference to
decipher what the artist is intending to portray. Written by
Serafini s imaginative coauthor and alter ego C. Petrulo, who
represents Pulcinella himself, the book artfully presents the
struggles of a rebellious antihero who must come to grips with the
difficulties of everyday life. First published in 1984 and since
revised by the author, this volume is an exquisite treasure that
has intrigued readers for more than thirty years. Designed as a
handsome companion volume ready to take its place alongside the
bestselling Codex Seraphinianus, the Pulcinellopaedia is akin to a
missing chapter or coda to the Codex that no fan of Luigi Serafini
s work will want to miss.
The exhibited works of Kurt Jackson (b.1961) do not necessarily
reveal his day-to-day working practice. Behind his finished
canvases are hundreds of sketchbooks borne out of his continual
routine of making drawings, marks, notes, poems and scribbles. This
book, newly available in paperback, examines the importance of the
sketchbook to Jackson. For Jackson, sketchbooks are vital to the
development and completion of his paintings. Often sketching while
a painting evolves, the artist values each medium equally - the
pages of his sketchbooks reveal how the hastily executed images can
help him to work out what he wants to achieve on canvas, or simply
capture a spontaneous image when there is not enough time to paint
or draw properly. Illustrating mundane daily events and happenings
as well as key moments, journeys and the overlapping ongoing
project work, Jackson's sketchbooks are key to understanding his
inspirations as an artist. Drawing on a selection of 20
sketchbooks, of differing sizes and a variety of media, this
fascinating publication provides a rare insight in to the mind of a
highly creative and original artist.
Enter the dragon's den and draw every claw, tooth and scale! From
fire-breathing monsters to majestic sea serpents, Paul Bryn Davies'
boundless imagination will inspire you to draw like you never have
before. Start off simple with playful hatchlings and soon you'll be
illustrating battling giants and gnarled wyverns. There are
100 deadly dragons to choose from, and every project is broken down
into a handful of simple stages that lead you effortlessly through
to the finished coloured drawing. There are no written instructions
to follow – just basic shapes and pencil strokes. You'll be
amazed at how easily you can create stunning, detailed drawings
roaring with character! This is the perfect book for budding
artists who want to create their own mythical masterpiece.
This book tells the story of Somerset's archaeology and history,
from the earliest times up to the twentieth century. Generously
illustrated with drawings by the internationally renowned artist
Victor Ambrus, best known for his appearances on Channel 4's Time
Team, this graphic recreation of places and events offers a
visually exciting history of Somerset sure to be enjoyed by all who
know and love the county. The illustrations, many of which were
done on site and have never been published before, are accompanied
by photographs of locations and archaeological objects, bringing
Somerset's past to life.
Prints and drawings have been keenly collected in Europe since at
least the early sixteenth century. Relatively modest in price, they
offered artists, amateurs and collectors of a systematic turn of
mind the opportunity to put together holdings with a wide
representation of different hands, schools and types of subject.
Prints and drawings are traditionally treated separately, but their
collecting is shown here to raise many interrelated issues.
Employing a wide range of methodologies, the essays in this volume
offer a number of innovative investigations into the collecting,
perception, classication and display of works on paper.
The most comprehensive monograph in print on this provocative
artist, who has helped to redefine contemporary art This thorough,
multifaceted assessment of Raymond Pettibon's entire career to date
includes nearly 700 images, contributions from important figures in
the art-historical and cultural fields, and a recent interview with
the artist. Beginning with childhood drawings, the book moves
through to his mature work, which embraces both high and low
culture.
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