Download or read book The Artist s Handbook written by Angela Gair and published by MetroBooks (NY). This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers discover their inner talents with this illustrated, project-based guide to drawing and painting. Angela Gair teaches art techniques in a step-by-step format that makes it easy to learn the basics and create personal works of art. Over 400 color illustrations throughout.
Download or read book Collins Complete Artist s Manual written by Simon Jennings and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2005 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive artist's reference source book on art materials and painting techniques with more than 1300 colour illustrations. Collins Complete Manual covers all the painting and drawing materials available to the artist today and also conveys the sheer joy and excitement of creating art. In addition, it contains a structured painting course from simple exercises to more advanced projects, with demonstrations by well-known practising artists who share their successes (and setbacks) with the reader. Contents include comprehensive information on drawing and painting media along with hints and tips on how to set up your own artist's studio. The book contains advice on making the most of colour, composition and drawing and sketching techniques in your work. There are even suggestions on what to paint and draw in order to get you started on that art project that is just waiting to happen. Collins Complete Manual is visually rich and exciting, practical and comprehensive, and no artist's studio should be without it.
Download or read book Fantasy Art written by Mike Jefferies and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at complete beginners. Contains many step-by-step drawings an easy-to-follow text.
Download or read book Flowers written by Gail Saunders-Smith and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and photographs depict the parts of flowers and their pollination.
Download or read book The Complete Artist s Manual written by Simon Jennings and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Comprehensive and substantial . . . This practical text is accessible to artists of all skill levels.” —Booklist The hands-on, user-friendly painting and drawing guidance that made The Artist’s Manual and The New Artist’s Manual beloved classics now returns in a refreshed design and compact new package. With the same breadth of content as the originals, this updated version is packed with easy to follow instructions, including comprehensive information about all varieties of materials and tools, along with hundreds of critical techniques for mastering composition, color, line, tone, and more. Copiously illustrated with 1,300 color photos and examples from working artists, this new edition is the definitive guide for artists of every skill level looking to begin, develop, and perfect their skills. The Complete Artist’s Manual is today’s essential studio companion.
Download or read book Collins Artist s Manual written by Angela Gair and published by Collins. This book was released on 1998-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New paperback edition of this award-winning essential reference book for artists of all standards. Collins Artist's Manual was published in hardback in October l995 to great acclaim. It won The Artist's Choice Art Instruction Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for a Nibby award for best illustrated book of that year. It then went on to sell nearly 20,000 copies in the UK and 170,000 worldwide and was translated into 11 languages. We are now relaunching this superbly illustrated essential reference book for all artists at the amazing price of 14.99. Collins Artist's Manual covers all the painting and drawing materials available to the artist today but also conveys the sheer joy and excitement of creating art. The book is divided into seven sections: * Supports * Drawing media * Painting media * Colour & composition * Subjects & themes * The studio * Reference: healthy and safety, art material suppliers, glossary
Download or read book Collins Learn to Draw Caricatures written by Alex Hughes and published by Collins. This book was released on 2014 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with step-by-step illustrations, this comprehensive guide provides all the techniques needed to master the art of caricature. Drawing caricatures has always been popular and this book makes it simple and enjoyable. All the fundamentals are covered, to give the reader a sound foundation in caricature drawing techniques, with many step-by-step illustrations demonstrating how to put them into practice."
Download or read book Collins Artist s Guide to Drawing written by Angela Gair and published by Collins. This book was released on 1998-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collins Artist’s Guides are a new series of inexpensive, superbly illustrated books on the materials, techniques and inspiration of painting, taken from the bestselling, award-winning Collins Artist’s Manual.
Download or read book Caricatures written by Alex Hughes and published by HarperCollins (UK). This book was released on 1999 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instructional step-by-step book for beginners covers the four main types of caricatures - portrait, political, stylized and quick-sketch.
Download or read book The Sight Size Cast written by Darren Rousar and published by Velatura Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within The Sight-Size Cast is everything you ever wanted to know about Sight-Size cast drawing and painting, impressionistic seeing, and the ways in which many of the ateliers that stem from R. H. Ives Gammell and Richard Lack teach their students. You can learn how to see through Sight-Size with Darren Rousar's book, The Sight-Size Cast.
Download or read book Collins Learn to Draw Fantasy Art written by Mike Jefferies and published by Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with step-by-step illustrations, this comprehensive guide provides all the techniques needed to master drawing fantasy art.
Download or read book The Artist s Complete Guide to Drawing the Head written by William Maughan and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative guide, master art instructor William Maughan demonstrates how to create a realistic human likeness by using the classic and highly accurate modeling technique of chiaroscuro (Italian for “light and dark”) developed by Leonardo da Vinci during the High Renaissance. Maughan first introduces readers to the basics of this centuries-old technique, showing how to analyze form, light, and shadow; use dark pencil, white pencil, and toned paper to create a full range of values; use the elements of design to enhance a likeness; and capture a sitter’s gestures and proportions. He then demonstrates, step by step, how to draw each facial feature, develop visual awareness, and render the head in color with soft pastels.
Download or read book Imaginative Realism written by James Gurney and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A examination of time-tested methods used by artists since the Renaissance to make realistic pictures of imagined things.
Download or read book Classical Drawing Atelier written by Juliette Aristides and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time—and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Students begin by copying masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. Classical Drawing Atelier is an atelier in a book—and the master is Juliette Aristides, a classically trained artist. On every page, Aristides uses the works of works of Old Masters and today’ s most respected realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realist drawing and painting, taking students step by step through the learning curve yet allowing them to work at their own pace. Unique and inspiring, Classical Drawing Atelier is a serious art course for serious art students.
Download or read book Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting written by Reader's Digest and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to drawing and painting for the complete beginner or the amateur who has mastered one medium and is interested in acquiring new skills.
Download or read book Classical Painting Atelier written by Juliette Aristides and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to paint more like Manet and less like Jackson Pollock? Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier, Juliette Aristides’s first book, as a dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. The educational process begins as students copy masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. The many artists at every level who learned from Classical Drawing Atelier have been clamoring for more of this sophisticated approach to teaching and learning. In Classical Painting Atelier, Aristides, a leader in the atelier movement, takes students step-by-step through the finest works of Old Masters and today’s most respected realist artists to reveal the principles of creating full-color realist still lifes, portraits, and figure paintings. Rich in tradition, yet practical for today’s artists, Classical Painting Atelier is ideal for serious art students seeking a timeless visual education.
Download or read book Colour Mixing Guide written by Julie Collins and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, comprehensive guide to colour mixing for the watercolour artist. It begins with simple colour theory and a colour wheel, with a template provided so that readers can paint their own; a vital step towards understanding colour. There is vividly illustrated guidance on complementary, warm and cool colours, colour tone, using a limited palette, dull and bright colours and factoring in local colour. There follows an array of essential colour mixes using widely available Winsor & Newton colours. A beautifully presented and practical guide to understanding and mixing colours. Watercolour artists from beginners to more experienced painters will find this a handy, comprehensive guide.
