Birds (Drawing in Color) - Softcover

Hammond, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581801491 ISBN 13: 9781581801491

Publisher: North Light Books, 2001

Synopsis

Glorious color, realistic style, appealing subject matter and clear step-by-step instruction makes these books a great place for colored pencil artists to start. Hammond offers her encouraging "You Can Do It" techniques and demonstrations for brilliant and realistic results.

Lee teaches how to use several kinds of colored pencils in step-by-step demos to achieve beautiful images of a variety of wild birds: Includes tips and reference photos for drawing realistic beaks, wings and feet with surprising realism.

About this title

About the Author:

Polly "Lee" Hammond is an illustrator and art instructor from the Kansas City area. She owns and operates the Midwest School of Illustration and Fine Art in Kansas, where she teaches realistic drawing and painting. She is expanding her career into writing children's books which she will also illustrate. Recently married, she is sharing her husband's love of motor sports and beginning a new aspect of her career by illustrating various types of racing.

From Library Journal:

Hammond, who runs a successful school of illustration in Kansas, has been a prolific writer for North Light books since 1994. This brief volume wisely confines itself to work only in colored pencil. The author breaks down the subtle shapes of different bird species into an assembly of easily rendered forms and explores five elements of shading for creating depth and realism. The details of beaks, feathers, and so forth are demonstrated before the student attempts portrayals of kestrels, parrots, ducks, and finches. Hammond ably packs the teaching of a much larger volume into a mere 80 pages. This is an excellent companion to Bart Rulon's exhaustive Artist's Photo Reference: Birds (LJ 3/15/99).
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About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1581801491
• ISBN 13: 9781581801491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80