Author: Helen Birch
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452166870
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The author of Just Draw Botanicals “helps readers tap into rich traditions of life drawing, demonstrating how to use everyday people as muses” (Library Journal). Drawn from Life offers bite-size lessons that will help anyone master the classic practice of life drawing. Over 100 pieces of art by contemporary artists illustrate fundamentals such as line, contour, and color, plus surprising and innovative techniques that will take your drawings to the next level. Showcasing a wide range of styles and methods, this is a refreshing new guide to a timeless art form. “This beautiful little book details various drawing styles from a variety of artists. You’ll be inspired to draw as soon as you pick it up!” —Mindful Art Studio “An insightful book . . . The ideas and tips are great for practice and further exploration.” —Parka Blogs
Drawn from Life
Author: Helen Birch
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452166870
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The author of Just Draw Botanicals “helps readers tap into rich traditions of life drawing, demonstrating how to use everyday people as muses” (Library Journal). Drawn from Life offers bite-size lessons that will help anyone master the classic practice of life drawing. Over 100 pieces of art by contemporary artists illustrate fundamentals such as line, contour, and color, plus surprising and innovative techniques that will take your drawings to the next level. Showcasing a wide range of styles and methods, this is a refreshing new guide to a timeless art form. “This beautiful little book details various drawing styles from a variety of artists. You’ll be inspired to draw as soon as you pick it up!” —Mindful Art Studio “An insightful book . . . The ideas and tips are great for practice and further exploration.” —Parka Blogs
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452166870
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The author of Just Draw Botanicals “helps readers tap into rich traditions of life drawing, demonstrating how to use everyday people as muses” (Library Journal). Drawn from Life offers bite-size lessons that will help anyone master the classic practice of life drawing. Over 100 pieces of art by contemporary artists illustrate fundamentals such as line, contour, and color, plus surprising and innovative techniques that will take your drawings to the next level. Showcasing a wide range of styles and methods, this is a refreshing new guide to a timeless art form. “This beautiful little book details various drawing styles from a variety of artists. You’ll be inspired to draw as soon as you pick it up!” —Mindful Art Studio “An insightful book . . . The ideas and tips are great for practice and further exploration.” —Parka Blogs
Drawn from Life
Author: Helen Birch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784881085
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In this handy guide to figure drawing, tutor Helen Birch explores 100 life drawings and portraits by contemporary artists. Of practical use to beginners and experts alike, Drawn from Life is a celebration of the most playful, personal, and experimental approaches used by modern artists and illustrators. Traditional techniques sit alongside new media in neatly organized entries so you can dip in and out for advice or flick through for inspiration and ideas. This is the perfect book to give you the confidence to try new techniques and explore unfamiliar styles. The human body is one of the greatest subjects in art, and one of the most varied. Drawn From Life highlights and examines the different techniques, qualities, and effects of each piece. Offering a bold, refreshing change from other run-of-the-mill figure drawing books, it adopts the unique approach of teaching drawing via the images themselves, focusing on the way portraits can be treated using a whole range of different techniques, rather than looking at how to master one single style. Practical tips are provided throughout the book on topics such as tone, perspective and colour. Readers are encouraged to discover the ways in which similar subjects and styles are executed by different artists, while also being inspired to use the tips in the book as a way of building on existing skills. Organised into chapters according to the technique exemplified - line, tone, colour, wash, shading and mixed media—artwork is featured large and luscious, accompanied by extended captions, insightful tips and practical advice. A visual index at the front of the book ensures easy navigation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784881085
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In this handy guide to figure drawing, tutor Helen Birch explores 100 life drawings and portraits by contemporary artists. Of practical use to beginners and experts alike, Drawn from Life is a celebration of the most playful, personal, and experimental approaches used by modern artists and illustrators. Traditional techniques sit alongside new media in neatly organized entries so you can dip in and out for advice or flick through for inspiration and ideas. This is the perfect book to give you the confidence to try new techniques and explore unfamiliar styles. The human body is one of the greatest subjects in art, and one of the most varied. Drawn From Life highlights and examines the different techniques, qualities, and effects of each piece. Offering a bold, refreshing change from other run-of-the-mill figure drawing books, it adopts the unique approach of teaching drawing via the images themselves, focusing on the way portraits can be treated using a whole range of different techniques, rather than looking at how to master one single style. Practical tips are provided throughout the book on topics such as tone, perspective and colour. Readers are encouraged to discover the ways in which similar subjects and styles are executed by different artists, while also being inspired to use the tips in the book as a way of building on existing skills. Organised into chapters according to the technique exemplified - line, tone, colour, wash, shading and mixed media—artwork is featured large and luscious, accompanied by extended captions, insightful tips and practical advice. A visual index at the front of the book ensures easy navigation.
Freehand
Author: Helen Birch
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452129614
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
“Examples + explanations = inspiration . . . There is something in this guide for advanced, intermediate, and beginning artists alike.” —Library Journal Creating stylish sketches by hand is easy and fun with this inspiring guide. Freehand breaks down basic drawing techniques into bite-sized chunks, and reveals their practical application in dazzling examples by today’s coolest artists. Over 200 innovative works of art demonstrate all the fundamentals—line, tone, composition, texture, and more—and are presented alongside friendly text explaining the simple techniques used to achieve each stylish effect. The final section of the book offers aspiring artists essential reference materials to hone their drafting skills and practice what they’ve learned. Petite in size but comprehensive in scope, this hip handbook will teach artists of all skill levels how to find their personal drawing style and start making amazing sketches.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452129614
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
“Examples + explanations = inspiration . . . There is something in this guide for advanced, intermediate, and beginning artists alike.” —Library Journal Creating stylish sketches by hand is easy and fun with this inspiring guide. Freehand breaks down basic drawing techniques into bite-sized chunks, and reveals their practical application in dazzling examples by today’s coolest artists. Over 200 innovative works of art demonstrate all the fundamentals—line, tone, composition, texture, and more—and are presented alongside friendly text explaining the simple techniques used to achieve each stylish effect. The final section of the book offers aspiring artists essential reference materials to hone their drafting skills and practice what they’ve learned. Petite in size but comprehensive in scope, this hip handbook will teach artists of all skill levels how to find their personal drawing style and start making amazing sketches.
Augustus John
Author: David Boyd Haycock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911300359
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In the first three decades of the 20th century Augustus John (1878-1961) was widely considered one of the greatest living British artists, famous almost as much for his extraordinary Bohemian lifestyle as for his outstanding portraits, etchings and drawings. John was born in Wales in 1878 and educated at the Slade School of Art in London in the 1890s, where the onus of teaching was on the daily life class and a close study of the Old Masters. He soon emerged as a wonderfully gifted draughtsman - indeed, the American painter John Singer Sargent would declare that John's youthful drawings were amongst the fi nest seen since the Renaissance. Dividing his life between England, Wales and France, and reaching his prime in the years immediately before the outbreak of the Great War, by 1910 John would be likened to a British Gauguin, a Welsh Post-Impressionist using bold colours and a willfully naive and primitive style to explore the complex combination of romanticism, escapism and alienation engendered by 20th-century life.00Exhibition: Poole Museum, UK (26.05.2018-30.09.2019) / The Salisbury Museum, UK (18.05.-29.09.2019).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911300359
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In the first three decades of the 20th century Augustus John (1878-1961) was widely considered one of the greatest living British artists, famous almost as much for his extraordinary Bohemian lifestyle as for his outstanding portraits, etchings and drawings. John was born in Wales in 1878 and educated at the Slade School of Art in London in the 1890s, where the onus of teaching was on the daily life class and a close study of the Old Masters. He soon emerged as a wonderfully gifted draughtsman - indeed, the American painter John Singer Sargent would declare that John's youthful drawings were amongst the fi nest seen since the Renaissance. Dividing his life between England, Wales and France, and reaching his prime in the years immediately before the outbreak of the Great War, by 1910 John would be likened to a British Gauguin, a Welsh Post-Impressionist using bold colours and a willfully naive and primitive style to explore the complex combination of romanticism, escapism and alienation engendered by 20th-century life.00Exhibition: Poole Museum, UK (26.05.2018-30.09.2019) / The Salisbury Museum, UK (18.05.-29.09.2019).
Drawn from Life
Author: Ernest Howard Shepard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The second part of the autobiography of Ernest Howard Shepard, relating his life from about 1890, when his mother died, through his school days, engagement to a fellow art student, and marriage.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The second part of the autobiography of Ernest Howard Shepard, relating his life from about 1890, when his mother died, through his school days, engagement to a fellow art student, and marriage.
Drawn from Nature
Author: Helen Ahpornsiri
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763698989
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Using nothing but pressed plants, artist Ahpornsiri takes readers on a journey through the four seasons and captures the wonder and magic of the natural world between the pages of a book. Full color..
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763698989
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Using nothing but pressed plants, artist Ahpornsiri takes readers on a journey through the four seasons and captures the wonder and magic of the natural world between the pages of a book. Full color..
My Badly Drawn Life
Author: Gipi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683965213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This coming-of-age graphic memoir is a relentless and exhilarating journey to the depths of the human condition, rendered with precision and verve by one of the world's greatest living cartoonists.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683965213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This coming-of-age graphic memoir is a relentless and exhilarating journey to the depths of the human condition, rendered with precision and verve by one of the world's greatest living cartoonists.
Drawn
Author: Jeremy Collins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594859588
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A graphic-adventure that delves into why we pursue the wild outdoors
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594859588
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A graphic-adventure that delves into why we pursue the wild outdoors
Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed
Author: Sara Hall
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039304940X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Sara Hall's Life seemed perfect: a wealthy husband, a big house in an affluent suburb, three healthy children. But the surface hid a marriage filled with emotional abuse. At age 42, Hall sees a lone figure rowing in the harbor, and that image becomes her holy grail. In this richly layered memoir, the author tells how her determination to master rowing a single shell gave her the courage to free herself from the dark forces of sexual abuse in her marriage and her childhood. photos.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039304940X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Sara Hall's Life seemed perfect: a wealthy husband, a big house in an affluent suburb, three healthy children. But the surface hid a marriage filled with emotional abuse. At age 42, Hall sees a lone figure rowing in the harbor, and that image becomes her holy grail. In this richly layered memoir, the author tells how her determination to master rowing a single shell gave her the courage to free herself from the dark forces of sexual abuse in her marriage and her childhood. photos.
Just Add Watercolour
Author: Helen Birch
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 071123664X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
'Just Add Watercolour' is an innovative and accessible guide to this most dynamic of artforms, packed with bite-sized creative painting tips and advice, offering aspiring artists the freedom to dip in and out for practical information or flick through for fresh inspiration and ideas.
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 071123664X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
'Just Add Watercolour' is an innovative and accessible guide to this most dynamic of artforms, packed with bite-sized creative painting tips and advice, offering aspiring artists the freedom to dip in and out for practical information or flick through for fresh inspiration and ideas.