The Big Book of Drawing: An Introduction to Essential Materials and Techniques

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Автор: Watson-Guptill

Название: The Big Book of Drawing: An Introduction to Essential Materials and Techniques

Издательство: Ten Speed Press

Год: 2012

Формат: epub

Размер: 106.7 Mb

Язык: Английский

Between these pages, artists of all backgrounds will find anything and everything they need to know about drawing. With thorough explanations of materials and their composition, step-by-step demonstrations, and practical advice for creating compositions, The Big Book of Drawing is a comprehensive authority on the medium that is the foundation of all other visual arts.

Learn how to handle charcoal, pastel, pencil, and an array of inks; master various shading techniques, including cross-hatching and chiaroscuro; and discover the secrets to constructing attractive and unique compositions. Aspiring artists will learn from the best, with a plentiful array of work by old masters, such as Van Dyke, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others.

This combination of a detailed instruction book and folio of masterpiece art inspires and informs artists in a way that no other drawing book does.