An inspiring guide to sketching and painting the world around you! Packed with practical tips and advice, this book shows you how to fill your sketchbook or watercolor pad with a variety of everyday items that catch your eye, such as: Kitchen items like cups, teapots and silverware Toys like Rubik's Cubes and model cars Tea sandwiches and roll cakes Colorful bottles and containers Household items like umbrellas, bottles and candles Clothing and acessories including shirts, hats and umbrellas And so much more! Author Tomoko Kuramae provides clear step-by-step instructions on the proportions and perspective of basic objects and clearly explains how to draw dozens of items based on cubes, cylinders and flat shapes from a variety of angles. She then shows you how to bring your finished sketches alive with the use of brilliant transparent watercolors.
Author(s): Tomoko Kuramae
Year: 2023
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Why I Wrote This Book
PART ONE Drawing Objects with a Box Shape
How Surfaces Look in Relation to Your Eye Level
A Quick Look at Perspective Rules
Let’s Try Drawing a Tea Canister
Let’s Try Drawing a Rubik’s Cube
Using Light and Shadow to Show Threedimensionality
Box Perspective: Commonly Made Errors
Toy Cars: Trim a Box Shape
Height and Orientation
Using the Box Shape
Gallery of Box Shapes
PART TWO Drawing Objects with Cylinders
Cylinder Vantage Points—Cross Sections
Draw a Basic Cylinder
Let’s Use the Basic Cylinder to Draw a
Let’s Try Drawing a Can of Tomatoes
How to Differentiate Your Drawings
Let’s Try Drawing a Bottle of Balsamic Vinegar
Various Bottles and Jars
How to Draw a Cylinder on Its Side
Using a Cylinder on Its Side
Shadows Created on a Cylindrical Shape
The Regularity of Flower Shapes
Gallery of Cylinder-based Shapes
Let’s Try Drawing a Teacup with a Handle
Let’s Try Drawing a Teapot
Cup and Pot Gallery
Variations of the Cylinder Shape
PART THREE Drawing Flat Objects
A Basic Plate
Let’s Draw a Basic Plate
Let’s Try Drawing a Spoon and a Fork
Let’s Try Drawing a Roll Cake on a
Let’s Try Drawing a Sandwich on a
A Gallery of Plates with Objects
Depicting Flat Objects
PART FOUR Additional Information
Art Supplies
Review: Basic Steps
How to Use Solid Watercolors
Mixing Colors
How to Take Care of Your Paints
How to Take Care of Your Palette
Color Swatches
Layered Paint Swatches
Mixed Color Swatches
Copyright
Backcover
