Author: Michael Fleishman
Publisher: Course Technology
ISBN: 9781401826215
Category : Commercial art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume presents an introduction to learning illustration, offering a variety of approaches to beginning artists. Fundamental concepts, techniques, styles, and mechanics are highlighted in a compare-and-contrast format, with functional, step-by-step visuals. The author includes theoretical aspects of illustration, including idea generation; the fundamental building blocks -- concept and composition, value, color, line, pattern, texture; subject matter; and the links of history, culture and taste, cross-cultural and ethnic references. Additional chapters explore the uses of various media such as drawing media, painting media, pens and inks, airbrush, woodcut, graffiti, collage, paper, fabric, and illustrating done with the aid of a computer.
Exploring Illustration
Author: Michael Fleishman
Publisher: Course Technology
ISBN: 9781401826215
Category : Commercial art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume presents an introduction to learning illustration, offering a variety of approaches to beginning artists. Fundamental concepts, techniques, styles, and mechanics are highlighted in a compare-and-contrast format, with functional, step-by-step visuals. The author includes theoretical aspects of illustration, including idea generation; the fundamental building blocks -- concept and composition, value, color, line, pattern, texture; subject matter; and the links of history, culture and taste, cross-cultural and ethnic references. Additional chapters explore the uses of various media such as drawing media, painting media, pens and inks, airbrush, woodcut, graffiti, collage, paper, fabric, and illustrating done with the aid of a computer.
Publisher: Course Technology
ISBN: 9781401826215
Category : Commercial art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume presents an introduction to learning illustration, offering a variety of approaches to beginning artists. Fundamental concepts, techniques, styles, and mechanics are highlighted in a compare-and-contrast format, with functional, step-by-step visuals. The author includes theoretical aspects of illustration, including idea generation; the fundamental building blocks -- concept and composition, value, color, line, pattern, texture; subject matter; and the links of history, culture and taste, cross-cultural and ethnic references. Additional chapters explore the uses of various media such as drawing media, painting media, pens and inks, airbrush, woodcut, graffiti, collage, paper, fabric, and illustrating done with the aid of a computer.
Show and Tell
Author: Dilys Evans
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811849715
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Explores the work fo twelve contemporary illustators of children's books and discusses the techniques and features of effective illustration across a variety of styles and media.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811849715
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Explores the work fo twelve contemporary illustators of children's books and discusses the techniques and features of effective illustration across a variety of styles and media.
Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body
Author: Phaidon Editors
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714879888
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A stunning tribute to our eternal fascination with the human body - and the latest in the bestselling 'Explorer' Collection Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body is a visually compelling survey of more than 5,000 years of image-making. Through 300 remarkable works, selected and curated by an international panel of anatomists, curators, academics, and specialists, the book chronicles the intriguing visual history of human anatomy, showcasing its amazing complexity and our ongoing fascination with the systems and functions of our bodies. Exploring individual parts of the human body from head to toe, and revealing the intricate functions of body systems, such as the nerves, muscles, organs, digestive system, brain, and senses, this authoritative book presents iconic examples alongside rarely seen, breathtaking works. The 300 entries are arranged with juxtapositions of contrasting and complementary illustrations to allow for thought-provoking, lively, and stimulating reading.
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714879888
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A stunning tribute to our eternal fascination with the human body - and the latest in the bestselling 'Explorer' Collection Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body is a visually compelling survey of more than 5,000 years of image-making. Through 300 remarkable works, selected and curated by an international panel of anatomists, curators, academics, and specialists, the book chronicles the intriguing visual history of human anatomy, showcasing its amazing complexity and our ongoing fascination with the systems and functions of our bodies. Exploring individual parts of the human body from head to toe, and revealing the intricate functions of body systems, such as the nerves, muscles, organs, digestive system, brain, and senses, this authoritative book presents iconic examples alongside rarely seen, breathtaking works. The 300 entries are arranged with juxtapositions of contrasting and complementary illustrations to allow for thought-provoking, lively, and stimulating reading.
One Drawing A Day
Author: Veronica Lawlor
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 161058158X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Through 46 daily exercises which make up a complete 6-week course, you will keep your artistic skills sharp and your imaginations fertile by doing One Drawing A Day. Each spread in the book features a beautiful drawing by one of 8 professional illustrators, with a description and comments by the illustrator as well as a companion exercise. Each exercise includes suggestions for various mediums or mixed-media solutions, advice on how to approach and execute the drawing, as well as professional tips. The book also includes exercises designed to spark new ideas and increase creativity.
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 161058158X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Through 46 daily exercises which make up a complete 6-week course, you will keep your artistic skills sharp and your imaginations fertile by doing One Drawing A Day. Each spread in the book features a beautiful drawing by one of 8 professional illustrators, with a description and comments by the illustrator as well as a companion exercise. Each exercise includes suggestions for various mediums or mixed-media solutions, advice on how to approach and execute the drawing, as well as professional tips. The book also includes exercises designed to spark new ideas and increase creativity.
Disney Lost and Found
Author: Charles Solomon
Publisher: Disney Editions
ISBN: 9781423116011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Disney's Lost Art is a deluxe celebration of the visual development of shorts, scenes, and entire feature length films by Walt Disney Animation Studios that, for one reason or another, never made it to the screen. The book will be divided into three sections. The first part will focus on animation drawings, story sketches, and concept art created for vintage scenes that were cut from shorts and features including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Rescuers. The second section will be dedicated entirely to Wild Life, a Disney feature film that was never finished. Part Three will be devoted to My Peoples, another unfinished feature. Disney fans and art enthusiasts will delight in this exclusive look at an untold piece of Disney history.
Publisher: Disney Editions
ISBN: 9781423116011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Disney's Lost Art is a deluxe celebration of the visual development of shorts, scenes, and entire feature length films by Walt Disney Animation Studios that, for one reason or another, never made it to the screen. The book will be divided into three sections. The first part will focus on animation drawings, story sketches, and concept art created for vintage scenes that were cut from shorts and features including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Rescuers. The second section will be dedicated entirely to Wild Life, a Disney feature film that was never finished. Part Three will be devoted to My Peoples, another unfinished feature. Disney fans and art enthusiasts will delight in this exclusive look at an untold piece of Disney history.
Mini-Masterpieces
Author: Laura Lohmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943147830
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Exploring art history with hands-on projects for kids" -- Cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943147830
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Exploring art history with hands-on projects for kids" -- Cover.
1,000 Artists' Books
Author: Sandra Salamony
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 1610599470
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The book is a timeless art form, one that is as alive today as ever before, and artists continue to explore and explode the boundaries of what a book is and can be. In this beautiful collection, you will experience close-up various aspects of hand-crafted books: covers, bindings, scrolls, folded and origami structures and books made from found objects. You will find richly illustrated and calligraphed pages as well as books created from a variety of printed processes. Ingenuity and creativity abounds in this carefully curated collection of both historically important and modern works.
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 1610599470
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The book is a timeless art form, one that is as alive today as ever before, and artists continue to explore and explode the boundaries of what a book is and can be. In this beautiful collection, you will experience close-up various aspects of hand-crafted books: covers, bindings, scrolls, folded and origami structures and books made from found objects. You will find richly illustrated and calligraphed pages as well as books created from a variety of printed processes. Ingenuity and creativity abounds in this carefully curated collection of both historically important and modern works.
Natural Histories
Author: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781454912149
Category : Illustrated books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Highlights 40 masterworks of illustrated scientific art from the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781454912149
Category : Illustrated books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Highlights 40 masterworks of illustrated scientific art from the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.
The Nature Explorer's Sketchbook
Author: Jean Mackay
Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781943431595
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This sketchbook helps kids look more closely at nature and capture what they discover with pencil, pen, and paint. The Nature Explorer's Sketchbook inspires exploration, creativity and observation, with beautiful sketchbook illustrations, ideas and tips, and plenty of space for kids to draw. 20 [ages of instruction andcolor illustrations followed by blank pages, with more hints and examples every ten pages. A perfect tool for home schoolers, environmental education programs, STEAM programs, or to give as a gift to young artists and nature lovers. Ages 10+
Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781943431595
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This sketchbook helps kids look more closely at nature and capture what they discover with pencil, pen, and paint. The Nature Explorer's Sketchbook inspires exploration, creativity and observation, with beautiful sketchbook illustrations, ideas and tips, and plenty of space for kids to draw. 20 [ages of instruction andcolor illustrations followed by blank pages, with more hints and examples every ten pages. A perfect tool for home schoolers, environmental education programs, STEAM programs, or to give as a gift to young artists and nature lovers. Ages 10+
Madame Saqui
Author: Lisa Robinson
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0525579982
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A stunning picture book biography about the tightrope walker who dazzled Paris as she danced across the sky with impeccable balance and unparalleled skill during the French Revolution. In revolutionary France, a girl named Marguerite Lalanne longed to perform above large crowds on a tightrope, just like her acrobatic parents. Sneaking off to the fairgrounds for secret tightrope walking lessons, Marguerite finessed her performance skills, ultimately performing for crowds as a young rope dancer. And eventually, Marguerite would perform as Madame Saqui, waltzing and pirouetting across- and never falling off- countless ropes above adoring crowds. A nouvelle chérie de Paris, Madame Saqui cemented her place in circus history, winning the adoration of the French people and royalty alike, including Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. This remarkable biography unveils the inspiring story of a trailblazing woman who revolutionized the circus world-- without ever missing a step.
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0525579982
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A stunning picture book biography about the tightrope walker who dazzled Paris as she danced across the sky with impeccable balance and unparalleled skill during the French Revolution. In revolutionary France, a girl named Marguerite Lalanne longed to perform above large crowds on a tightrope, just like her acrobatic parents. Sneaking off to the fairgrounds for secret tightrope walking lessons, Marguerite finessed her performance skills, ultimately performing for crowds as a young rope dancer. And eventually, Marguerite would perform as Madame Saqui, waltzing and pirouetting across- and never falling off- countless ropes above adoring crowds. A nouvelle chérie de Paris, Madame Saqui cemented her place in circus history, winning the adoration of the French people and royalty alike, including Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. This remarkable biography unveils the inspiring story of a trailblazing woman who revolutionized the circus world-- without ever missing a step.