Foundations of Drawing is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the history, aesthetics, methods and materials of the drawing medium. Clearly defined demonstrations provide easy access to the practice of drawing as well as the history and development of core drawing techniques. Richly illustrated, the book contains reproductions of the finest master drawings from the fifteenth century to the present. Unlike other drawing instruction books, Foundations of Drawing provides readers with the context and background to help understand just why these materials and methods are so vital for successful drawing.

Life Lessons: Learn How to Capture a World Constantly in Motion

Fluid, fast and expressive life drawing starts here. Step by step, you'll learn to render fleeting gestures from memory, capture expressions simply and more quickly, give your drawing a life of its own with body language, and more. Along the way, you'll develop a more spontaneous approach for successfully working from life.

Inside you'll find:

• A comprehensive course on drawing from life, based on classic principles
• Essential techniques for drawing gesture, figures, clothing, expression, body language and more
• Lots of exercises that bring lessons to life

The skills you'll learn from this book are so fundamental that every artist will find something in these useful lessons for making the most of all the inspiration that life has to offer.

"Awwwwww!" There's nothing like a cute kitten, duckling or puppy to improve even the grumpiest mood. That's why coloring these little characters in their scenes is so appealing. Along with brief coloring suggestions and tips at the front, readers will enjoy the mood-enhancing magic of coloring these cutest of animals and scenes.

Discover your hidden artistic talents with this practical course on drawing and painting. The book features original projects aimed at the beginner, with expert guidance on techniques and materials. It begins by showing how to use soft pencils, Conte crayons, charcoal and graphite sticks. There then follows a guide to waterpaints, showing how to capture a variety of subjects, from a peaceful beach scene to crashing waves. Finally, a section on oil painting explains how to create an infinite range of textures and effects. With helpful hints and gorgeous photographs on every page, this beautiful handbook is indispensable to budding artists.

Now available in a brand-new edition, this popular and widely praised instructional textbook has become a standard for classroom use in fashion design courses. Twenty-four step-by-step exercises tutor students in methods for finding inspiration, developing techniques to sharpen their observational skills, and in creating fashion drawings in color and black-and-white media. Separate sections coach students in getting started, and on understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings. New in this expanded and updated edition is a section that provides detailed instruction in digital art techniques. This beautifully illustrated guide is organized into units that reflect curricula at leading international design colleges. Added features include a designer's glossary and an index. The book's more than 300 color illustrations are as instructive as they are handsome.

Illustrating the dominant features of many common species - elm, maple, willow, apple, birch, pine and more - the author offers two portraits of each in various mediums, from pencil to water colour wash.

An essential guide for all artists with more than 600 images to show readers how to draw realistic characters with examples of movement, faces, and hands. Anatomy charts and rules of proportion will also allow users to accurately represent any human subject. Including instructions for a variety of drawing techniques (graphite pencils, colored pencils, felt tip pens, etc.) and a diverse array of models, this is the ultimate guide to mastering drawing the human form.

In fifteen easy-to-follow lessons from renowned art instructor Margaret Kessler, learn what contributes to good landscape painting and how to critique your own work. Learn about visualizing and planning the scene, creating depth, overall tonality and more! Kessler brings tips and tricks from her nationwide workshops to this easily accessible workbook, designed to help artists at all levels-from beginner to intermediate-further their craft.

Packed with intricate line drawings from the Assassin's Creed games and comics, this stunning colouring book gives fans the opportunity to colour their way through over eighty pages of Assassins. With complex designs inspired by the Jackdaw, the Notre Dame Cathedral from Assassin's Creed: Unity, and the castle of Masyaf from Assassin's Creed: Revelations, this colouring book offers hundreds of locations to fill with colour. Creative and imaginative, this incredible book is the perfect gift for fans of all ages.

These beautiful pages invite you to pick up your brush and grow. Kristy Rices joy-focused approach to watercolor art has won the hearts of fans worldwide, and with this journal Rice offers ways for all levels of painters to make art for joys sake and simultaneously paint a personal keepsake or add beauty to your inspiration wall. Includes 9 illustrations ready to be watercolored on thick, textured paper, alongside full-color frameable reproductions of the same works painted by Kristy herself, demonstrating palette choices and brushwork. Enrich your art with prompt ideas to inspire your paintings growth; pages with no-stress exercises for techniques; inspirational artwork and quotations; and even a few recipes for nourishing your body along with your spirit! Each item in the Artisan series is designed to offer a specially crafted watercolor discovery glowing with Kristy Rices creative touch. Also in the series: Watercolor Cards: Illustrations by Kristy Rice.

What if you could create any colour you wanted, from a basic palette of just 11 colours? That is what the art of colour mixing is all about. And once you master it, you will be able to create a broad range of all the colours you might need. Your options will be limited only by your imagination. In this colour mixing book, Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion first walk you step by step through the basics of watercolour pigments, paper, and colour mixing techniques. Using just 11 colours, you ll learn to bring more variety to your primary colours, create basic colours (such as Payne s Gray and Van Dyck Brown), and create your own secondary colours. This approach works no matter what brand of paints you use, as each of the 11 colours is identified by its universal pigment colour (such as PY154). Once you re underway colour mixing, you ll see how four artists interpret that basic palette to create thematic colour palettes tailored to different subject matter, such as flowers, landscapes, portraits, and animals. Finally, you ll solidify your understanding of colour mixing by analysing five watercolour paintings to see how the colour was achieved and how the painting was developed, layer by layer, to achieve the final result.

For today's in-demand figure artists - comic creators, animators, video game artists, concept designers, etc. - it is necessary to be able to quickly draw the human figure in a variety of action-packed poses. In Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators, David Ross shows readers how they can master freehand figure drawing without visual reference by using a modern twist on the classic technique of blocking out the human figure as a mannequin. Step-by-step lessons guide aspiring illustrators from basic poses (standing, running, jumping) to extreme motions (throwing punches, high kicking). For on-the-go artists, Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators allows them complete freedom to bring their figures to life at any time.

This is a glorious 25th anniversary reissue of this classic book. Illuminating & fascinating, it covers the classic art techniques perfected by 16th and 17th century masters. These include Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Titian & Reuben, all enhanced with full-colour demonstrations.This illuminating and fascinating book, reissued for the 25th anniversary of its publication, covers the techniques perfected by 16th and 17th century masters, studying protraits by Titian, Caravaggio, Reubens and Rembrandt and many more. In this unique book, Joseph Sheppard, a leading contemporary painter, shows you in detailed, full-colour demonstrations the variety of oil painting techniques perfected by the old masters. The techniques Sheppard describes cover the full spectrum from the direct painting (alla prima) of Rubens and Hals to the elaborate underpainting and glazing methods of Rembrandt and Titian. Each chapter is devoted to a different master covering his background, style and techniques.

Spiroglyphics is even more incredible than anything Thomas has done before. Each oversized design starts its life as a featureless spiral, but as you fill in the lines you find yourself creating a surprising, eye-popping portrait of a wonderful animal. Fun to create and amazing to look at, Spiroglyphics will blow your mind, and make amazing artworks for your wall! In this book, Thomas creates incredible puzzles of animals. Includes: Alpaca Butterfly Cat Dog Duckling Eagle Fox Lion Tiger And many more!

Draw & Dream is a coloring and activity book for all ages that follows curious travelers as they voyage around the world. Embark on a journey of fantasy and adventure, where both familiar and exotic landscapes invite you to escape-to another city, another country, another hemisphere. Draw & Dream offers you a passport to 40 locations, ranging from cityscapes and street scenes in Venice, New York, Rio, and Barcelona, to the awe-inspiring Great Wall of China, the colorful traditions of the Mexican Day of the Dead, the animal kingdom of the Galapagos, and finally home at the journey's end. The book ends with a thumbnail of each setting paired with text describing the location, offering context and fun facts. This portion also includes lined sections for journaling and blank pages inviting you to drawn in your own dream destination. Life is an adventure. Give it some color!

A stunning new colouring book that will take you through a year in the life of the English countryside. Nearly 40 years ago, a rediscovered diary enchanted the nation. Edith Holden's 'Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady' from 1906 captured her observations on the English countryside's changing seasons, accompanied by exquisite illustrations of its flora and fauna. Now, for the first time, Edith's work been turned into an beautiful colouring book. Featuring black & white ink illustrations based on her paintings, alongside the original handwriting from the lost journal, this is a captivating colouring book that guides you through a year in the world of this truly remarkable Edwardian lady.

A flip-out colouring key is supplied on the back flap for use with all artworks, making the book very easy to use, and fully coloured versions of the artworks are shown on the inside of the front and back covers.

Learn to paint gorgeous contemporary art by practicing watercolor technique directly in this instructional sketchbook. Through 100 different experiments, artist Sasha Prood teaches you traditional techniques like wet-on-dry, wet-on-wet, and flat washes, and also encourages you to play with the paint through colorful ombres, unique bloom textures, and added elements like salt and sponging. Each experiment is accompanied by Sasha's beautifully painted examples and space to practice your skills on the thick pages of the sketchbook. Sasha makes watercolors accessible by setting you up to paint a series of practice swatches before attempting to make final art and she emphasizes experimentation with color and technique so that you can learn to enjoy and embrace all the unique qualities of watercolor.

Amazing results can be achieved surprisingly quickly using the step-by-step techniques in this introduction to drawing animals in various poses--including head shots and full body illustrations. Aspiring artists will easily learn to draw with this simple guide, while more experienced artists will develop specific skills for drawing animals. The example animals start as basic geometric shapes and lines that become completed drawings within four or five steps. Featured are guided instructions to draw cats, dogs, horses, lions, tigers, bears, a wide selection of birds, and many more creatures great and small. Despite the simplicity of the construction methods, these images are realistic representations of the animals portrayed. Once mastered, the traditional approach used in this book can be used for any subject.

Aspiring cartoonists of all ages can begin drawing a repertoire of characters from the moment they follow the wide-ranging yet simplified lessons that fill these instructive pages, written and illustrated by an all-time best-selling artist/teacher.
This complete course, covering both comic strip and animation techniques, begins with lessons on basic cartoon body shapes and facial features. Included are helpful comparisons between the real versus the cartoon head, a smile chart, and various ways to draw the most popular and expressive cartoon eyes and mouths. Next come lots of typical body poses, how to draw action lines, slow/fast movement, cartoon hands, fun hair and clothing styles, backgrounds, and cute cartoon pets. Excellent directions also focus on helping beginners to find and develop their own cartoon style.

This is where painting meets collage! You can create beautiful art with amazing depth and texture, using easy collage techniques and paper you paint yourself. Popular workshop instructor Elizabeth St. Hilaire makes it fun and simple no matter what your skill level! Start with materials you probably already have--fluid acrylics, stencils, a few household items and paper--and hand-paint your personalized paper palette using basic techniques anyone can do. Then move through each step of composing your own work of art. You'll find beautiful, meaningful examples of the how and why on every page. You'll learn how to: develop your composition, how to work with simple shapes, important lessons on value and much more. More than 30 techniques for painting your own decorative papers Step-by-step instructions for creating your own painted paper collage-from underpainting and directional ripping and tearing to auditioning your papers and combining collage with mixed media A spectacular gallery of paper paintings to inspire and dazzle--still lifes, figures, animals and landscapes