This neat little book is a quick & comprehensive guide to the huge range of drawing materials & techniques that are available today. This book explores different techniques & shows you how to achieve a wide range of effects, & discover how to effectively introduce them into your work to advance your portfolio. Demonstrating a wealth of different mediums such as graphite pencils, coloured pencils, water-soluble coloured pencils & soft pastels each page is packed with invaluable information for beginners & accomplished artists alike & also shows you how to combine & mix media. Beautifully illustrated with finished & step-by-step instruction artworks packed full of practical advice & tips, the Drawing Index is?an indispensable reference for every artist. Book: David & Charles. Paperback. 320 pages. Colour throughout Author: David Webb ISBN: 9780715326534 ...

Follow Lee Hammond in this NEW DVD as she demonstrates how to achieve realistic portraits through smooth blending & gradual tonal changes. Lee shows you how to create subtle gradation changes, & shading of a sphere for more realism in your drawings & will also teach you what tools to use & how to use them for good results. DVD: 79 mins Author: Lee Hammond Tape Length: 90 mins ISBN: 9781600618130 ...

Lucy's beautiful & confident illustrations in this new book will have you reaching for your pencils after only a few pages. Her drawings get proportion, shape, perspective & texture right time after time & her subjects seem to come alive on the page. After a brief introduction to materials & techniques, the book moves on to a series of short demonstrations, divided into wild & domestic animals, that

Includes:: meerkats, elephants, tigers, dogs, cats & horses. Each one shows you how to work from the basic outline, adding layers & detail & building up to the texture of hair or fur. Working in this way, you can be sure that you are keeping the proportions right & that your result will have that lifelike look. As well as being the species you're most likely to encounter, these also feature a good variety of shapes & structures, allowing you to develop techniques that will help you draw almost any species. Previous Masterclass volumes have packed an enormous amount into their 96 pages, & Lucy's work is no exception. Book: Search Press. 96 Pages. Paperback. Black & White Throughout. Author: Lucy Swinburne ISBN: 9781844487721

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This comprehensive introduction to drawing covers all of the subjects & techniques you're likely to want. Arranged as a series of projects, the book will teach you techniques as you work, making learning so much more a pleasure than a chore. In the first section, still-life, Barrington will show you how to portray increasingly complex shapes, introducing shading & perspective as solutions rather than theories so that, when he returns to them later, it's as old friends rather than obstacles to be overcome. In the 80 minute DVD included, Barrington demonstrates live many of the techniques & subjects covered in the book, including the basic marks, simple objects, plants, trees & figures. A handy extra section also deals with perspective & framing. A substantial volume, this gives itself space to breathe & there are plenty of examples, with notes that explain what's going on at every stage. As well as still lifes, subjects include landscapes, buildings, figures & portraits. Although the book bills itself as a masterclass, in reality it's more of a structured course that takes you from the basics to some quite detailed work, doing so in such a gentle way that you might not even notice you've been having lessons. Book: Arcturus. Hardback. 256 pages. Colour throughout. Author: Barrington Barber ISBN: 9781848373693 ...

Good drawing is probably more important in relation to flowers than any other subject. In this nicely-structured guide, Margaret will show you how to work with lines & shading in pencil, pen & ink & Cont?, as well as how to work from photographs & sketchbooks. She also considers the component parts of plants, including petals, leaves, & stems. Once you've mastered the basic structures, the book moves on to a series of studies of specific varieties & of mixed arrangements. This method of working will help you build up your skills progressively. The Masterclass series works efficiently by assuming you already have basic drawing skills & concentrates instead on those necessary for the subject in h&. As a result, a great deal can be packed into a relatively short space & more experienced artists won?t feel they?re going over familiar ground yet again. Book: Search Press. Paperback. 96 Pages. Colour throughout Author: Margaret Eggleton ISBN: 9781844487240 ...

Carole Massey packs more into this relatively compact guide than many longer books manage. Her no-nonsense approach inspires confidence & she deals concisely with basic techniques as well as the all-important structure of the human head, including the eyes/nose triangle which is the main focus of how we recognise people. Carole also

Includes:: three short demonstrations that showcase a variety of facial types, both male & female. These complement the more technical sections of the book & show you how the detail work is brought together, but it's nice not to have the feeling that you're working through endless exercises on people you've never seen before, & this is a welcome change from the conventional approach. This imaginative book works as both a primer & a masterclass & has appeal for artists of all levels of ability. Book: Search Press. Paperback. 96 Pages. Colour throughout Author: Carole Massey ISBN: 9781844487479

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