Drawing: A complete guide (Art of Drawing) - Softcover

Civardi, Giovanni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844485080 ISBN 13: 9781844485086

Publisher: Search Press, 2009

Synopsis

Learn how to draw or improve your skills, with this adult drawing book covering basic techniques, portraits, clothing, scenery, and more.

This comprehensive guide collects all 7 best-selling books from the Art of Drawing series!

Starting with the basics of drawing techniques, artist and teacher Giovanni Civardi gives expert advice on drawing portraits, the clothed figure, hands and feet and scenery, and the importance of light and shade. This essential drawing guide compiles 7 of Civardi’s bestselling books:
 

• Drawing Techniques
• Drawing Portraits
• Drawing the Clothed Figure
• Drawing Hands & Feet
• Drawing Scenery
• Drawing Light & Shade
• The Nude

 Civardi’s technical advice and practical tips, accompanied by his own outstanding drawings, make this an invaluable resource for artists of all skill levels.

About this title

About the Author

Giovanni Civardi is a best-selling Italian artist and author, with over 600,000 copies of his books sold worldwide in English alone. Civardi was born in Milan, Italy in 1947. While training to become a sculptor, portrait artist and illustrator at the Free Life-Study School of the Accademia di Brera, he also studied medicine and surgery. For over a decade, he worked as an illustrator, producing commissions for newspapers, magazines and book covers. During frequent trips to France and Denmark, Civardi put on one-man exhibitions of this work and pursued his interest in studying the relationship between medical anatomy and the human form as depicted by the artist. His experience gained from teaching anatomy, life drawing and portraiture in schools and institutions over many years has led to the publication of numerous books in which Civardi's experiences are brought into focus. For more work and information visit his website: www.giovannicivardi.it.

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Previously published as Giovanni Civardi's Complete Guide to Drawing 9781844482061 and now includes "The Nude" 9781844482443

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844485080
• ISBN 13: 9781844485086
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440