How to Draw: A Complete Step-by-step Guide for Beginners Covering Still Life, Landscapes, Figure Drawing, the Female Nude And Human Anatomy - Softcover

Sidaway, Ian; Gair, Angela; Horton, James; Monahan, Patricia; Wiseman, Albany

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845370880 ISBN 13: 9781845370886

Publisher: New Holland Pub Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Drawing is an essential skill that introduces the first step into all other visual arts. Beginners start immediately producing accomplished pieces: 38 original, exciting projects that free you to practice and perfect your skills without dreary routine exercises. All major subject areas are covered, from still-lifes and landscapes to animals and life drawings, in a variety of media including charcoals, chalks, pastels, colored pencils, inks, and graphite. Practical advice on technique accompanies each project, with specialized galleries to inspire you. Along the way, you explore many different approaches to figure drawing, including the stages through which the female nude has emerged as a painting subject and how science is transforming the way painters treat human anatomy.

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About the Author

Patricia Monahan is a well-known author who has written a number of books on practical art. She lives in London. James Horton is an experienced artist with a particular knowledge of the field of anatomy. He lives in Cambridge. Angela Gair is a painter, writer, editor and the author of many practical art books. She now lives in Charlton, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Holland Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1845370880
• ISBN 13: 9781845370886
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352