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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In Drawing Towards Watercolour Peter Woolley tells you all you need to know to create great landscape paintings. Peter takes as his starting point the basics of looking at the world around you. He then shows the techniques & processes behind field sketches & how to develop the work as a studio sketch before producing a finished painting. He demonstrates in simple exercises exactly how to approach such essentials as composition & perspective, using drawing as a key stage towards painting in watercoour. Peter's gentle humour & wisdom perpeate the book, & his unique painting style will delight all readers. Book: David & Charles. Hardback. 120 pages. Colour throughout Medium: 1 Subject: 2 Author: Peter Woolley ISBN: 0715319949 ...

Filmed both on location & in the studio, this DVD shows you how to go from a simple sketch to a finished painting & all the steps in between. Starting with the on location sketch, Peter Woolley takes you to The Roaches, where he draws two scenes. He explains how to sketch simply, as it is all about positioning things, sizing things up, & working out where the shapes & tones are. In the studio Peter takes the two on location sketches & shows you how to turn them into beautiful watercolour paintings. He starts by demonstrating the creation of a "studio sketch", which takes the location sketch one step further. He also shows you how to draw with the brush, create stunning wet-in-wet skies, how & where to paint light & darks to show depth, & even how to go straight into a painting without worrying about drawing it first. By the end of this DVD 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. 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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A great companion to Jill's Drawing Workbook. Enjoy Jill's tuition in the comfort of your own home as you are taken steadily through every aspect of drawing. Drawing is not only the basis of good paintings but also an art in itself. Starting in the studio Jill explains the concepts of contour, line & tone. With a range of easy to follow exercises you will also learn how texture, negative shape & composition have dramatic effect on drawings. Jill then moves outside to complete a quick sketch of the River Thames. DVD: 60 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. Medium: 14 Medium: 12 Author: Jill Bays Tape Length: 60 mins ...

This one is a must for the summer! Arnold Lowrey's 20 minute, inspirational, step-by-step demonstration will show you how to create this beautiful painting of the Dunes at Oxwich Bay; the scale of the painting gives a real sense of space &

Includes:: that all important element of drama! Watch & learn key watercolour techniques from the professionals?then use the skills you have learnt to develop paintings of your own. DVD: 20 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. Tape Length: 20 mins Author: Arnold Lowrey

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Specifically designed for both left & right handed use, Longridge Mount Cutters are wonderful for cutting mounts to the exact size of your picture, rather than trying to fit your image into a pre-cut window & comes complete with everything needed to cut mountboard, both to size from a large sheet as well as bevel edge windows. Each system comes in different models in varying lengths, which means they are brilliant for creating unique mounts of all sort of shapes & sizes, right down to cutting headers in your mounts to choosing your own colour! This high quality product is very simple & easy to use, precise to an accuracy better than 0.1mm. Each model
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Specifically designed for both left & right handed use, Longridge Mount Cutters are wonderful for cutting mounts to the exact size of your picture, rather than trying to fit your image into a pre-cut window & comes complete with everything needed to cut mountboard, both to size from a large sheet as well as bevel edge windows. Each system comes in different models in varying lengths, which means they are brilliant for creating unique mounts of all sort of shapes & sizes, right down to cutting headers in your mounts to choosing your own colour! This high quality product is very simple & easy to use, precise to an accuracy better than 0.1mm. Each model
Includes:: Mount stop Depth control Cutter stops 10 spare blades Instructional DVD Sprint Mat Retractable steel tape measure The Duo Midi System accommodates A1 board short ways & A2 long ways. The maximum external mount size is 620mm (24") & maximum window size is 520mm (20.5"). Also available: Duo Plus Duo Maxi
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