Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects teaches beginning artists how to create realistic, detailed drawings in graphite pencil.
Featuring in-depth instruction on basic drawing techniques, creating texture, developing likeness, and more, Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects is the perfect guide for you as a beginning or intermediate artist. After an introduction to basic materials and pencil techniques, four accomplished artists offer insight, tips, and step-by-step demonstrations that help create detailed, lifelike drawings of your chosen subjects, including animals, flowers, and landscapes. Learn to create texture and likeness using basic pencil techniques, understanding perspective, exploring light and shadow, developing values, and more. - Dogs & Puppies: From a soulful Basset Hound puppy to a full-grown German Shepherd, learn to draw your chosen breed step by step.
- Flowers & Botanicals: Explains basic flower anatomy and how to render detailed still lifes and florals using basic pencil techniques to convey light and shadow.
- Beautiful Landscapes: See the world through the eyes of an artist as you recreate coastal scenes, warm cottages, and pastoral landscapes.
- Lifelike Animals: Capture the essence of your favorite wild animals, including elephants, tigers, lions, wolves, and more.
Throughout the book, artists Diane Cardaci, Nolon Stacey, Linda Weil, and Diane Wright offer practical drawing techniques and easy-to-understand, step-by-step instruction, but also encouraging words. The journey through Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects is not about making perfect drawings; it's about achieving likeness and drawing skills with each new project, while having a great time.
The books in the Step-by-Step Studio series introduce beginning artists to the fundamental tools and techniques of their chosen medium. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects help beginners hone their skills while creating artwork across a variety of subjects, from still life and landscapes to animal portraits and botanicals.
Author(s): Diane Cardaci, Nolon Stacey, Linda Weil, Diane Wright
Edition: Revised
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 144
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Contents
Tools & Materials
The Elements of Drawing
Basic Pencil Techniques
Chapter 1: Dogs & Puppies with Nolon Stacey
Rendering Hair
Focusing on Features
Understanding Basic Proportions
Project 1: Golden Retriever
Project 2: Shih Tzu Puppy
Project 3: German Shepherd
Project 4: Parson Russell Terrier
Project 5: Basset Hound Puppy
Chapter 2: Flowers & Botanicals with Diane Cardaci
Anatomy of the Flower
Blocking in Basic Shapes
Shading Techniques
Sketching Basic Flower Parts
Project 1: Calla Lily
Project 2: Tulips
Project 3: Hibiscus
Project 4: Ornithogalum
Project 5: Water Lily
Project 6: Hydrangeas
Project 7: Sunflower
Project 8: Landscaped Gate
Project 9: Arrangement
Chapter 3: Beautiful Landscapes with Diane Wright
Landscape Textures
Drawing Trees & Foliage
Drawing Leaves
Skies & Clouds
Project 1: Kirkwall Harbour Basin
Project 2: House Portrait
Project 3: Molen de Adriaan
Project 4: Honey Creek
Project 5: Venice Canal
Project 6: Before the Storm
Chapter 4: Lifelike Animals with Linda Weil
Animal Textures
Drawing from Life
Sketchbook Selections
Project 1: Asian Elephant
Project 2: Tiger Cub
Project 3: Koala
Project 4: Dingo
Project 5: Lion
Project 6: Giraffes
Project 7: Zebra
About the Artists
Copyright
