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 ...

MEMBERS buy any 3 leisure art books for just £13.99 Drawing Landscapes deals with sunshine, shadows, how to approach a landscape & much, much more. Leisure Art Series Number 11 Book: Search Press. Paperback. 48 pages. Colour throughout Medium: 12 Author: Ronald Swanwick ISBN: 08553298460 ...

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 ...

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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Part 1: Working from your imagination A good drawing is the basis of all good paintings. Follow Trudy's invaluable instruction as you learn how to compose simple subjects such as grass & branches through to more complicated subjects such as trees, a dog, the beauty of a horse & a house full of character. Part 2: Working from life & photographs Learn the difference between a still life & working from a photograph. Draw peculiar shaped vegetables found in nature & the beauty of a tumble down shed
- reproducing the different tones & textures with pencil pressures. Double DVD: 147 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Author: Trudy Friend Tape Length: 147 mins
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Turn your candid snapshots into remarkable artwork that truly captures the personality of your cherished animals. In this book you will find foolproof instruction that will have you creating impressive drawings in no time. Twenty nine step-by-step projects show you how surprisingly easy it is to render all your favourite animals including cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, hamsters & more. Book: North Light. Paperback. 128 pages. Black & White Author: Lee Hammond ISBN: 9781581806403 ...

Let Peter Woolley tell you all you need to know to create great landscape paintings! Using the world around him as the starting point, Peter demonstrates the skills & techniques behind field sketches & how to develop the work into a studio sketch before producing the finished painting. In the book he illustrates in simple exercises, showing exactly how to approach essentials such as composition & perspective, & in the video he concentrates on two scenes in particular, demonstrating how to go from start to finish & every step along the way. The DVD has been filmed both on location & in the studio. By the end of this set you'll know that a painting is a composition
- you just need to know how to engineer lines, shapes, colours & tones to make the best of your subject. Book: David & Charles. Hardback. 120 pages. Colour throughout DVD: 62 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Author: Peter Woolley Tape Length: 62 mins
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