In this excellent DVD, Lee shows you how to create life-like drawings in coloured pencil, no matter what your subject. Follow step-by-step & draw a shiny vase, a delicate butterfly & a vibrant flower. You'll learn from Lee's layering & burnishing techniques & achieve wonderful, realistic results. DVD: 84 mins Author: Lee Hammond ...

With lessons on skies, mountains, trees, water & many other landscape elements; this is the best DVD for those completely new to pastels. Margaret takes you through the simple marks you can make & how to incorporate them into pictures. DVD: 65 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: 13 Author: Margaret Evans Tape Length: 65 mins Subject: 2 ...

This NEW book by popular artist Lee Hammond looks at how to create lifelike drawings using coloured pencils. Jam packed with over 40 step-by-step projects, this easy to follow book begins with looking at how to get started, colour swatches & various techniques. Covering techniques such as layering & burnishing, Lee also looks at value scales/gradation, colour, how to use colour & how to create contrast with colour. It also looks at basic shapes & five elements of shading & teaches you how to draw a sphere or even an egg, before moving onto perspective & how to draw rectangular subjects. This book features an array of wonderful everyday subjects, showing you how to create a line drawing from a reference photo. Included you will find projects such as how to capture fabric & texture, transparent & metallic objects, nature, animals & people. Whether you need help drawing the textures of stones or bricks...or want to capture the essence of a horse in motion, a Bengal tiger or a colourful sunset...this book is sure to set you on the right road to becoming a coloured pencil artist. North Light Books, Paperback, 143 pages Author: Lee Hammond ISBN: 9781600610370 ...

In this, his first book, the popular artist & writer Jake Winkle introduces his innovative & adventurous ways with colour & light. Working in a loose style characterised by the use of washes, wet-in-wet & free brushwork, Jake captures his subjects by using dynamic colour combinations that reflect their vitality & movement. Shapes are never rigidly defined but have a fluid quality, & shadows are a mix of blues, browns, greens & violets that dance on the paper as they dance in life; just look at the boxing hares on the front cover. Jake's subjects range from landscapes & buildings to wildlife, people & still lifes & it is fascinating to see how he adapts his style to each, rather than forcing them to conform to his own way of working. The result is paintings that tell you more about what they depict than do simple representations & which burst with the life within them. Jake explains & illustrates his working methods extensively, but also

Includes:: some step-by-step demonstrations that will allow you to practise for yourself. Author: Jake Winkle ISBN: 9781849940276

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David has a wonderful eye for choosing subjects. & here he concentrates on interiors. First, a forgotten corner of a barn with agricultural implements & streams of light through the door. He moves on to the busy interior of a boatyard. Finally, a slightly simpler subject: a farmyard with an old barn, trees & lots of atmosphere. DVD: 60 mins Medium: 1 Author: David Curtis Tape Length: 60 mins ...

MEMBERS buy any 3 leisure art books for just £13.99 Paul Hardy captures the wonderful qualities of light & shows how to create an exciting range of effects
- from the soft tones of a warm summer evening to the dramatic impression of sunlight streaming through gathering storm clouds. With subtle uses of a vibrant & colourful palette, he reveals his techniques & shows how simple it is to create beautiful paintings using step-by-step photographs & a rich selection of inspirational pictures. Contents include: Skies, Landscapes, Seascapes, Mountains, Buildings Leisure Arts Series Number 29 Book: Search Press. Paperback. 48 pages. Colour throughout Medium: 13 Author: Paul Hardy ISBN: 1903975603
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MEMBERS buy any 3 leisure art books for just £13.99 This inspirational & practical guide to painting beautiful watercolours uses over 40 step by step photographs & expressive pictures to help capture atmosphere, mood & the essence of light. Leisure Art Series Number 18 Book: Search Press. Paperback. 48 pages. Colour throughout Medium: 1 Subject: 8 Subject: 2 Subject: 12 Subject: 10 ISBN: 0855329068 Author: Jackie Barrass ...

Painting on location has never been so comfortable! This directors' style artists' chair comes with its own fold-out table & handy side pockets, enabling you to keep all your materials at arm's reach whilst you are painting. They are light yet sturdy & have a comfortable burgandy coloured seat so you can relax as you paint en plein air! -
Fabric: Polyester -Weight: 3.2kg -Chair

Height: 85cm -Chair Seat

Height: 45cm -Seat

Width: 49cm -Seat

Depth: 32cm -Weight Limit for chair is 16 stone. PLEASE NOTE: Table is located on right hand side of chair & CANNOT be moved for left-handed use!








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