5-Minute Sketching -- Landscapes

Author: Virginia Hein
Publisher: 5-Minute
ISBN: 9781770859180
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"A comprehensive guide to quick sketching of landscapes. 5 Minute Sketching-Landscapes is about drawing what you see, mostly in settings away from the "modern world." It's especially appropriate for travelers. There are 60 exercises for new and aspiring artists which can be done in any number of locations and as often as desired. All will help to hone skills, increase speed, and help to promote a daily drawing routine. Sketchers will learn how look at a scene and deconstruct its elements quickly - for example, see natural features as colored geometric shapes; locate the source of light; divide the scene into planes (e.g., close, mid, far) for accurate perspective and color values; and note landmarks that support their observations. Readers will build an instinctive focus that pays off in speed and results. Experienced artists will refresh their skills, eliminate bad habits, and discover new ways of seeing. Landscapes, of course, feature color, and this is covered in some detail and with expert guidance thro.

Architecture

Author: Liz Steel
Publisher: 5-Minute
ISBN: 9781770857575
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The next craze, after coloring books, is sketching.

Sketch Now, Think Later

Author: Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara
Publisher:
ISBN: 1631593447
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
Urban sketcher Mike Daikubara gives beginners a crash course in location sketching that you can use in any city or town in Sketch Now, Think Later.

People

Author: Pete Scully
Publisher: 5-Minute
ISBN: 9781770857582
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The next craze, after coloring books, is sketching.

The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes

Author: Gabriel Campanario
Publisher:
ISBN: 1592539610
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapesprovides keys to help make the experience of drawing architecture and cityscapes fun and rewarding, using composition, depth, scale, contrast, line and creativity.

Five Minute Sketching People

Author: Pete Scully
Publisher: Apple Press
ISBN: 9781845436605
Category : Figure drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A comprehensive directory of sketching and drawing techniques for able and aspiring artists, 5-Minute Sketching: People will help you to dust off your sketchbook and loosen up your creativity in a short amount of time. This bite-sized approach will help readers to make drawing a part of their everyday lives, and to look and deconstruct figures and faces quickly. 5-Minute Sketching is the perfect way to focus your sketching energies - within five minutes it is perfectly possible to produce a great drawing. Short poses are a staple of traditional life drawing classes and the perfect way to warm up creatively. Every spread in the book features six expert tips and ideas, as well as examples of amazing 5-minute sketches to inspire your masterpieces! Urban Sketcher Pete Scully looks first at Who to Draw, with topics such as quick direct poses, drawing the verb, capturing motion, drawing people from a distance and capturing a conversation. Next comes How to Look, with easy expert tips on perspective, foreshortening and drawing difficult features such as arms, noses and hair. Next, Useful Techniques includes advice on having fun with mark-making, contour drawing, crosshatching, and scribbling, amongst others topics. Finally, explore the Tools and Materials section of the book, with easy-to-use advice on pencils, pens, color washes and digital techniques. Get set and sketch!

John Salminen - Master of the Urban Landscape

Author: John Salminen
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440348286
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
Take a Journey with the Master of the Urban Landscape! John Salminen is one of the most accomplished watercolor artists working today, earning awards and recognition all over the world. Whether depicting the trees of Central Park, the architecture of San Francisco or the busy streets of Beijing, John Salminen's watercolor paintings are snapshots of urban life that are both rich in detail and universal in appeal. In Master of the Urban Landscape, Salminen shares over 150 pieces of his artwork, spanning his entire career. His early abstracts and recent plein air work in the book's Introduction set the groundwork for four chapters of remarkable watercolor paintings that highlight different aspects of his work: architectural form, organic form, human form and light and shadow. Throughout, Salminen shares the inspiration for his paintings, challenges he encountered and techniques he used to capture unique scenes from cities around the world. Embark on an amazing watercolor journey with John Salminen—Master of the Urban Landscape. "John Salminen is a master of the medium of watercolor. His sense of light and design sets him apart from his contemporaries, and he has emerged as one of the finest living artists of our times with a style very much his own." --Dean Mitchell

Archisketcher

Author: Simone Ridyard
Publisher: North Light Books
ISBN: 9781440340918
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Offers information on how to draw convincing works of architecture even with little or no knowledge about perspective, design, or color theory.

The Art of Map Illustration

Author: James Gulliver Hancock
Publisher: Walter Foster
ISBN: 1633224848
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
The Art of MapIllustration combines practical instruction with inspirational art and photographs to both enliven and educate aspiring map artists.

Dare to Sketch

Author: Felix Scheinberger
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 0399579567
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
An inspirational, instructional, and visually stimulating guide to sketching and drawing. Dare to Sketch is filled with practical tips about which materials to use, a variety of subject matter ranging from easy to more challenging, and wisdom about overcoming creative blocks and fear of making mistakes. A whimsical beginner's guide to sketching, covering all of the important basics: what kind of notebook to buy, what drawing materials to use, ideas for subject matter, and daily exercises. Includes inviting, inspirational, and idiosyncratic tips (don't start on the first page of your sketchbook!), Dare to Sketch is gorgeously illustrated with the author's unique and contemporary art style.