A complete course for the can't-wait-to-get-started beginner!
Got the urge to draw? What are you waiting for?! Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3 with Grant Fuller's Start Sketching & Drawing Now! Packed full of easy and fun techniques, readers will learn to create accurate and expressive likenesses of people, animals, landscapes, and objects. Suddenly rendering even something as mundane as an electrical plug will become an adventure in seeingand as you'll discover, learning how to really see your subject is half the battle.
- A progressive series of lessons range from proven exercises for developing hand-eye coordination, expressive line work and keen powers of observation, to creating the illusion of depth and dimension, realistic textures, reflections and more
- 30 step-by-step demonstrations cover an exciting range of subjects, including still lifes, landscapes, architecture, animals and people
- Graphite pencil is the featured medium, but charcoal, pen & ink, colored pencils and pastels are also explored
Practice is important, of course, but this expert instruction will fast forward you past many hours of trial, error and frustration. With every lesson you'll develop skills and confidence. Get started today with simple materials you may already have or can easily pick up at any major retailer. Before you know it, you'll be able to capture a wide range of subjects with artistic style and vision.
Author(s): Grant Fuller
Publisher: North Light Books
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 128
Title Page
Special Offers
Contents
Introduction
Tools
Paper
CHAPTER 1 Graphite Techniques
Demo: Line Quality
Demo: Blind Contour Drawing
Demo: Hard Lines
Demo: Soft Lines
Demo: Learn to “See”
Demo: Transfer a Drawing
CHAPTER 2 Tone
Faking 3-D
Applying and Blending Tone
Demo: Create a 3-D Effect
Demo: Blend Tones With a Stump
Demo: Apply Tone Without Smudging
Demo: Blend Tone With a Pencil
CHAPTER 3 Proportion
Plotting Proportion
Foreshortening
Demo: Draw a Cat in Proportion
Demo: Draw a Coffeepot in Proportion
Demo: Scale a Drawing With a Grid
CHAPTER 4 Simple Perspective
One- and Two-Point Perspective
Cast Shadows in Perspective
Perspective and Shapes
Demo: Practice Two-Point Perspective
Demo: More Practice in Two-Point Perspective
Demo: Practice One-Point Perspective
CHAPTER 5 Outdoors
Demo: Drawing on Site
Demo: Explore Tone and Texture
Demo: More Tone and Texture
Demo: Practice Cast Shadows and Reflections
Demo: Explore Soft Lines on a Hard-Line Subject
Demo: Draw a Street Scene in One-Point Perspective
Demo: Draw a Street Scene With Multiple Vanishing Points
Demo: Estimate Vanishing Points
CHAPTER 6 Faces and Figures
Facial Anatomy
Sketching Facial Contours
Demo: Sketch a Character Study
Demo: Plan a Portrait
Figures
Gesture Drawing
CHAPTER 7 Other Mediums
Pen & Ink
Charcoal
Demo: Draw a Deer in Charcoal
Wash Drawing
Demo: Mix and Apply a Wash
Colored Pencils
Demo: Mix Colored Pencil Pigments
Demo: Draw Autumn Leaves
Demo: Draw Lily Pads
Water Soluble
Demo: Create Bold Sunflowers
Demo: Get Watercolor Effects With Wax Pastels
Demo: Create Painted China and Reflective Glass
Demo: Sketch on Location
Demo: Blend Pigments in a Seascape
Conclusion
Index
About the Author
Copyright
Acknowledgments
