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Contains essential drawing and sketching techniques to improve your skills, whether you're a novice or expert. With specific, illustrated techniques designed to enhance your own skills, this is an invaluable resource for any artist. Over 40,000 copies sold worldwide. The Still Life Sketching Bible is especially designed for artists of all levels, beginner to advanced, who are looking to hone their skills in a specific style of artwork. The books are...
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Ranging from classical to contemporary eras, this art instruction manual presents a historical overview of the depiction of women in drawings, paintings, sculpture, and photography. The highly detailed study is generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and reproductions of paintings by Botticelli, Rubens, Vermeer, and other masters. More than 100 reference photos, referred to as "The Standard Poses," offer an additional...
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This generously illustrated book provides step-by-step lessons and exercises to help you learn how to draw people today!
Have you always wished you could draw portraits and faces? Get a head start on learning how with this book. Don't worry about talent-talent is overrated. Anyone can learn how to draw people! There are some wonderful techniques to get you off to a great start. Plus, you'll have a lot of fun in the process. You will learn many methods...
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Does your cartoon, comic, film, or story need a quirky individual? How about a leading lady? Rogue superhero? By working through the exercises found in The Drawing Club, acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to draw personality archetypes of any kind– movie heroes, pulp fiction characters, and pop culture stars from every era. There's something for everyone! Illustrator Bob Kato, Associate Professor at The Art Center College of Design, invites...
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DRAWING FOR BEGINNERS
Everyone loves to draw, but for several reasons some people are naturally gifted with drawing, while others struggle tremendously with this skill.
Regardless of your current skill level, this book will help to take your drawing and your art in general to the next level!
Inside you will discover the different techniques and tips used to create amazing drawings. This includes the perception of edges, perception of spaces, how...
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Ready to take your drawing skills to the next level? Success in Art: Mastering Perspective allows beginning artists to master the challenges of creating depth and realism with one-, two-, and three-point perspective.
Perspective is a necessity for realistic drawing. Whether you are drawing people, still life, architecture, or landscapes, you must have a thorough understanding of perspective in order to create depth and dimension in your subject....
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With Drawing: Faces, learn to draw detailed, realistic human faces in graphite pencil from basic shapes.
Successfully drawing the human face is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, artistic experiences. With a wealth of detailed step-by-step projects to both re-create and admire, Faces teaches the basics of drawing human facial features with graphite pencil. In addition to the step-by-step drawing projects, Faces includes information on choosing...
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Artists won't believe their eyes as they learn to draw with photorealistic detail. The Art of 3D Drawing shows artists how to transform simple pencil sketches into jaw-dropping, photorealistic masterpieces. Through a variety of step-by-step exercises and demonstrations, pencil artists learn to take their drawing skills to a whole new level, beginning with a review of the basics, including perspective, shading, rendering textures, and building dimension....
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Discover and master the fundamentals of drawing with professional tips and expert instruction. Designed especially for aspiring artists, Beginning Drawing, the third title in Walter Foster's new Portfolio series, offers a well-rounded introduction to the art of basic drawing. In this concept-and technique-driven approach, beginning artists will discover the fundamentals of the craft and how to put those skills into practice for creating realistic...
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With Drawing: Birds, learn to render a variety of beautiful, realistic birds in graphite pencil. Artists of all skill levels and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in Drawing: Birds. This comprehensive book opens with an introduction to essential drawing tools, including graphite pencils, erasers, paper, and other materials. Then learn a variety of basic drawing techniques, such as shading, stippling,...
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With Drawing: Landscapes, learn to render a variety of beautiful landscape subjects in graphite pencil.
William F. Powell invites you into his artistic world to explore a number of basic drawing techniques and shows how to develop a drawing to its fullest through a series of step-by-step demonstrations. In Landscapes, he explains a number of drawing techniques and special effects and gives tips on how to design a well-balanced composition.
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12) Drawing Class
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Barrington Barber draws on his artistic expertise and long experience of teaching to create a structured, user-friendly drawing course to guide the aspiring draughtsman through the whole process of learning to draw.
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With Drawing: Faces & Expressions, learn to draw detailed, realistic human faces in graphite pencil from basic shapes.
Perfect for beginning artists, Faces & Expressions offers a comprehensive introduction on how to draw faces and expressions-the most important aspects of an individual. First, learn everything about the tools and materials you need to get started, including selecting the right pencils, papers, and erasers for their work. Then discover...
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Gain the drawing skills you need to create textured works like a pro with Drawing: Basic Textures in Pencil.
From handling the pencil and mastering basic techniques to learning about value, form, and shading, Basic Textures in Pencil teaches beginning artists all of the elements they need to achieve realistic results in their drawings.
Intuitive step-by-step lessons then demonstrate how you can put your newfound skills to use by rendering everything...
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Budding artists can master the art of figure drawing with this practical guide to drawing people, written by expert anatomical drawing educator Jennifer Crouch. Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 illustrations, Life Drawing is a comprehensive guide to creating beautiful figurative art.
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• Shape and form
• Tone and texture
• Pose, posture and expression
• The structure of hands, lower limbs, feet and the head
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16) Dibujar paisajes
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¿A quien no le gustaría saber dibujar y reflejar con unos pocos trazos un paisaje, las callejuelas de un pueblo o cualquier otro lugar pintoresco?
Práctico y ameno, este libro está dedicado a todo aquel que quiera aprender a dibujar de manera sencilla un paisaje.
Descubra cómo debe observar la realidad valorando las perspectivas y las tonalidades, así como la forma de representar los lugares por los que pase cuando vaya de viaje.
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Drawing the Head for Artists is the definitive modern guide to drawing the human head and portrait, featuring the classic mediums and methods of the Old Masters.
Written by celebrated portrait artist and veteran studio instructor Oliver Sin, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads readers step-by-step through his method, from establishing a point of view to applying the timeless principles for creating an accurate and expressive...
18) Dibujar Retratos
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Bienvenidos al mundo del retrato, donde nuestro completo libro electrónico te guiará en cada aspecto del dibujo realista. Ya seas un artista principiante o desees perfeccionar tus habilidades, este libro establece los cimientos comenzando con los fundamentos del retrato. Construirás una base sólida, aprendiendo a observar y reproducir los delicados rasgos que hacen que cada rostro sea único. Nuestros 11 tutoriales detallados están diseñados...
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In a time where most of our writing is, done through computer font, artistic letter design allows us to be unique and express our own personal styles. In this book, Maggie reveals the beauty of the art and how, you can master this art form to express yourself.
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-Materials Needed
-Nibs
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-Paper
-Preparation
-Curves and Strokes
-Different Styles
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Learn to observe the world more deeply-with curiosity, empathy, and joy-as you sketch the stories unfolding all around you.
In Drawn on the Way, Sarah Nisbett shares her techniques for creating captivating line drawings that capture the moments and moods that you encounter on the train, in a café, outdoors, anywhere: a young woman lost in thought, a pair of hands clasped on a lap, a peppy beagle, a pair of jeans-clad crossed legs. Sarah invites you...
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