Art Answers: Drawing and Sketching: Expert Answers to the Questions Every Artist Asks - Softcover

Curnow, Vera

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844488829 ISBN 13: 9781844488827

Publisher: Search Press, 2012

Synopsis

This fantastic drawing book contains practical answers and advice from the experts to all your questions about drawing and sketching landscapes, people, buildings, and still life. Here you will find the reliable answers you need to build confidence and produce rewarding results. Includes step-by-step tips and techniques to help you learn and improve important skills. Invaluable questions include: what are the advantages and disadvantages of working with charcoal? When should I use smudging and blending techniques? What is two-point perspective?

About this title

About the Author

Vera is the Founder of the Coloured Pencil Society of America with over 1,600 members worldwide and 28 District Chapters in the United States. She has written many magazine articles on coloured pencil drawing, and has authored and compiled eight books. Her award-winning art has been published internationally, featured in solo and group exhibitions, and included in corporate collections. Vera's studio and gallery, The MAiN ARTeRY, is located in Rising Sun, Indiana, USA. You can visit her website at veracurnow.com

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• Detailed step-by-step photos and sketches help explain techniques and effects - ideal for both beginners and more experienced artists
• Valuable and reliable advice from a leading expert on all aspects of the art of drawing
• Chapters cover tone, colour and composition, choosing equipment, still life and flowers, figures and animals and landscapes and townscapes

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1844488829
• ISBN 13: 9781844488827
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224