The Ultimate Guide to Drawing: Skills & Inspiration for Every Artist - Softcover

Barber, Barrington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1839407670 ISBN 13: 9781839407673

Publisher: Sirius, 2022

Synopsis

Develop your drawing skills with this comprehensive 600+ page book, perfect for beginners and experts alike.

The Ultimate Guide to Drawing is perfect for aspiring artists or those looking to improve their technique, containing an array of useful exercises and step-by-step projects to follow.

Internationally bestselling practical art author Barrington Barber works through the key areas of drawing. Starting with the basics you will soon learn to draw more complex subjects, such as dynamic bodies in movement, the texture of silk robe or sunlight filtering through the trees.

Subjects include:
• Still life
• Portraiture
• Human figures
• Landscapes

Providing essential advice and tons of inspiration, this drawing book will help readers create complex and beautiful artwork.

About this title

About the Author

Born 1934, Barrington was educated at Hampton Grammar School and later Twickenham Art Schoo for which he received a National Diploma of Design. He then practised as an illustrator (Saxon Artist) and Graphic Designer, was Art Director at Ogilvie & Mather and S.H. Bensons, and was a lecturer in Graphic Design at Ealing Art School. Other credits include freelance work, designer, illustrator, animator and painter at Augustine Studios. He was awarded a one man exhibition in 2000 at St. Oswald Studios, and also exhibited in Putney in 2003 and Cork Street in 2004. He was Head of Art at St James's Independent Schools. He now paints, draws, writes about art, and enjoys sports, walking, philosophy and meditation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sirius
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839407670
• ISBN 13: 9781839407673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608