Exploring Hyperrealism: Drawing and Painting Techniques - Hardcover

Marti Cormand

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8416851840 ISBN 13: 9788416851843

Publisher: Promopress, 2019

Synopsis

This original work introduces readers to the hyperrealist movement, a style applied to painting whose techniques aspire to photographic exactitude in drawing. From the first action before viewing the piece--the search for information and reference images--to different drawing and sculpture techniques, the book offers a step-by-step explanation of the creative process and shows readers how to illustrate in black and white and with colored pencils, how to work with watercolors and oil, how to create a trompe l'oeil and how to create a realistic looking 3D model. Readers will find all the techniques and suggestions they need to make their own hyperrealist creations, all explained in a pleasant and fun way. It is an original and creative way to introduce different drawing techniques that will awaken the artist inside of us all and whose results will strike most readers as surprising given the degree of realism achieved, as if they were photographs. The book includes references to contemporary artists who have used each of the techniques described, curiosities in the world of art and other tricks of the trade.

About this title

About the Author

Mart Cormand was born in 1970 in Barcelona and has lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York since 2002. He is an artist who uses hyperrealist techniques. His drawings and paintings are known for their minute and meticulous attention to detail, with impressive mastery of light, shadow, transparencies, textures and trompe l'oeil techniques. He is represented by the Josee Bienvenu Gallery in New York and has had numerous solo exhibitions throughout the world. His work is included in the MoMA collection in New York, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards and artistic grants including the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship.

From the Back Cover

This original work introduces readers to the hyperrealist movement, a style applied to painting whose techniques aspire to photographic exactitude in drawing. From the first action before viewing the piece--the search for information and reference images--to different drawing and sculpture techniques, the book offers a step-by-step explanation of the creative process and shows readers how to illustrate in black and white and with colored pencils, how to work with watercolors and oil, how to create a trompe

Edition details

• Publisher: Promopress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8416851840
• ISBN 13: 9788416851843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128