Drawing and Painting Sports Figures - Softcover

Scullion, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844487733 ISBN 13: 9781844487738

Publisher: Search Press, 2012

Synopsis

Renowned sports artist, Jim Scullion shares his expertise in this practical and inspiring guide to drawing and painting sports figures. There is advice on basic drawing and painting techniques, using colour and finding inspiration, then Jim gives the reader the warm-up training he uses in his hugely successful art workshops. The media covered are acrylics, acrylic inks and watercolour, as well as mixed media including soft pastels with acrylics, pastel pencils and coloured pencils, all used with a variety of techniques. Jim’s excellent drawings and paintings bring to life the expert instruction on anatomy, male and female figures, movement, clothing, sports equipment and skin tones. There is advice on capturing expressions and emotion, and on perspective, composition and atmosphere. Then there are five beautiful step by step demonstrations so that readers can learn for themselves how to capture the passion, excitement and emotion of sports figures in action.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Scullion has been an artist and illustrator for over thirty-five years and is best known as a sport and figure artist. He has been nominated for several international awards. His clients have included Coca Cola, Kodak, MGM, Warner Brothers, the American Pro Football Hall of Fame, Nike, Adidas, the SPFA, the SFA, FIFA and numerous other sporting organisations. His subjects have included Diego Maradonna, Pele, Michael Schumacher, Mohammed Ali, Jack Nicklaus and Michael Phelps. His work is owned by athletes as well as collectors, sporting organisations and corporate bodies. Many museums and galleries around the world own his work. Jim has provided professional workshops and classes to budding artists for many years, particularly in the USA. He also regularly does workshops for young people experiencing difficulties in life, in youth clubs schools, colleges and young offenders’ institutions. He has also contributed articles to many magazines.

From the Back Cover

Renowned sports artist, Jim Scullion shares his expertise in this information-packed and inspiring guide to sports art. There is advice on basic drawing and painting techniques, anatomy, the male and female figure, movement, composition, sports equipment and more, and Jim shows how to capture the passion and excitement of sport in sections on atmosphere and expression. There are five stunning demonstrations and countless inspiring drawings and paintings.

Learn to capture your sporting heroes in striking drawings and paintings

5 step by step projects

Packed expert tips, techniques and workshops

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1844487733
• ISBN 13: 9781844487738
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128