Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing

Author: Flora Waycott
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 1633228010
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Learn to draw and paint more than 100 of your favorite everyday items! Step-by-step projects and creative inspiration make it fun and easy. The Inspired Artist series invites art hobbyists and casual art enthusiasts to have fun learning basic art concepts, relaxing into the creative process to make art in a playful, contemporary style. With Draw Every Little Thing, the first book in this new series, you can learn to draw and paint your favorite everyday items. From learning to draw and paint plants, flowers, and bicycles to the neighborhood café and the contents of the kitchen cabinet, this contemporary drawing book demonstrates just how easy it is to render the world around you with little more than a pencil, paper, and paint. Following a brief introduction to the joys of simplistic drawing and painting, this aesthetically pleasing book familiarizes you with a range of drawing tools and materials, including graphite pencil, pen and ink, colored pencil, and gouache, before offering a quick overview of basic color theory. Each subsequent chapter is then devoted to a specific theme—kitchenalia, hobbies, neighborhood haunts, and much more—and packed with simple step-by-step drawing projects. This accessible book encourages you to jump around so you can draw what immediately inspires you. Interactive prompts, creative exercises, and inspiring ideas make the process fun and engaging. Easy techniques and helpful instructions show you how to develop your own personal style, as well as add color to your drawings using gouache and colored pencil. Crafty projects round out the book, allowing you to use your newfound drawing and painting skills. Filled to the brim with whimsical artwork and loads of creative ideas, Draw Every Little Thing encourages artists of all skill levels to draw any time inspiration strikes.

Draw Every Little Thing

Author: Flora Waycott
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1633228029
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
“Charming . . . A fine starting point for fledgling artists and a handy reference for more experienced illustrators seeking a fresh jolt of creativity.”?ForeWord Reviews Draw your bicycle. Draw your favorite food. Draw your garden. Step-by-step projects, prompts, and creative inspiration make it fun and easy to draw one hundred everyday items. Whether it’s a pet, the local café, or the contents of the kitchen cabinet, Draw Every Little Thing demonstrates just how easy it is to render the world around you with little more than a pencil, paper, and paint. This aesthetically pleasing book familiarizes you with a range of drawing tools and materials, including graphite pencil, pen and ink, colored pencil, and gouache, before offering a quick overview of basic color theory. Each subsequent chapter is then devoted to a specific theme—kitchenalia, hobbies, neighborhood haunts, and much more—and packed with simple step-by-step drawing projects. Encouraging you to jump around so you can draw what immediately inspires you, the book shows you how to develop your own personal style, as well as add color to your drawings using gouache and colored pencil. Crafty projects round things out, allowing you to use your newfound skills. Filled to the brim with whimsical artwork and loads of creative ideas, Draw Every Little Thing encourages artists of all skill levels to draw any time inspiration strikes.

Paint Every Little Thing

Author: Kristine A. Lombardi
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 160058912X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
With Paint Every Little Thing, you can learn to paint your favorite everyday items using watercolor, gouache, ink, pastel, and more. From food and kitchen tools to clothing, gardening supplies, home decor, cosmetics, and more, this book will show you how to see the beauty in the everyday—and how to capture it with paint as well! Start by learning about the supplies you will need with the help of the tools and materials section; then peruse the painting and mixed-media techniques, which include layering, blending, glazing, and more. You’ll also learn how to mix colors. Once you’ve learned the basics, it’s time to dive into the creative prompts and step-by-step painting projects. Covering fun, appealing subjects, these include: food (your favorite foods, ingredients, restaurant items, and more) kitchen tools (what you cook with!) clothing random things from around the house outside items (gardening tools, plants, and so on) and much more! Throughout the book, find beautiful, original artwork. The creative prompts will inspire you to create art of your own with more open-ended suggestions, while the step-by-step projects feature complete instructions for painting in professional artist Kristine Lombardi’s trademark loose, beautiful style. The Inspired Artist series invites art hobbyists and casual art enthusiasts to have fun learning basic art concepts, relaxing into the creative process to make art in a playful, contemporary style. Following closely after the successful first book in the series—Draw Every Little Thing—Paint Every Little Thing is the ideal resource for artists of all skill levels looking for a creative outlet in their everyday lives. Also available from the series: Block Print for Beginners and Watercolor Painting at Home.

The Draw Anything Book

Author: Robert Lambry
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 163159981X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
In the 1920s and 30s, French artist Robert Lambry (1902–1934) created a series of charming step-by-step lessons for drawing for a weekly children’s paper. Now, almost 100 years later, his beautiful lineworks will guide you to drawing perfection. With over 150 easy-to-follow drawings, this visual reference book offers instructions for drawing animals, people, plants, food, everyday objects, buildings, vehicles, clothing, and more. In Lambry's stylistically vintage form, drawing is easy and the outcome is timeless. From apples to airplanes and zebras to zoo animals, the book makes it easy to draw just about anything! Lambry breaks down the process of drawing into a series of simple shapes and lines, enabling you to recreate even the most complex things in just a few steps. Use the no-slip, woodfree pages to copy the wonderful art. The simple step-by-step illustrations make this book perfect for beginners or experienced artists looking for quick sketching techniques. The content is perfect for illustrators, cartoonists, and graphic artists who need to create storyboards with simple ideas. It also includes prompts and practice pages for perfecting your artwork. You won’t be able to resist the temptation to pick up your pencil, follow these elegant examples, and learn to draw everything the Lambry way.

50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful, Ordinary Life

Author: Irene Smit
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 1523501154
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Draw the Flow Way “Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” –Elizabeth Gilbert “I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.” –Beatrix Potter “Drawing, painting, creating…it’s like a muscle. You have to work on it every day.” –Sarah Walsh “Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use—do the work you want to see done.” –Austin Kleon “Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world. I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle.” –Frederick Frank “Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” –Salvador Dalí “Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation or how we earn our living.” –Madeline L’Engle “I believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity, in any artistic work, is daring to dare.” –Maya Angelou “I sometimes think that there is nothing so delightful as drawing.” –Vincent van Gogh In this innovative approach to drawing instruction, the illustrators from Flow magazine open up their tool kits, sharing secrets and techniques to teach the creatively curious how to draw. The lessons, 50 in all, curated from the best of Flow's two special drawing issues, show how to render the kinds of things we see every day: a bouquet of flowers, a beloved teacup, colorful mittens, the kitchen table, a bike, jam jars, a cat, an apple tree. Along the way we learn about color, materials, perspective, tools, and negative space. With its bound-in paper goodies, this book is also a canvas for artistic exploration—reminding us of the mindful pleasure of doing creative work. Filled With Paper Goodies: Mini daily drawing pad DIY postcards Watercolor, tracing, and colored papers House interiors to unfold and decorate

Draw Really Cool Stuff

Author: D. C. DuBosque
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741832037
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description

Art Starts with a Line

Author: Erin McManness
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1633224821
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Everything you need to master the art of line drawing, whether the goal is to draw for fun or illustrate an original masterpiece! Line drawing involves using a combination of fine lines and bold strokes to create artwork of any kind—from basic folk art to more sophisticated illustrations. This form of art requires minimal tools, making it both affordable and portable. In Art Starts with a Line, artists of all skill levels are invited to learn how to draw almost anything starting with simple lines and basic shapes. Following a brief introduction to tools and materials, as well as some easy exercises and techniques for warming up to basic drawing tools, you will explore a variety of subjects. You’ll draw plants and flowers, architecture and cityscapes, animals, and everything in between. These projects aren’t restricted to black and white either! You’ll find techniques for adding color with colored pencil, marker, pen, even digitally. Art Starts with a Line presents everything you’ll need to know to learn how to successfully create line drawings of all types. Whether your goal is to create a custom logo for a client, or to simply decorate your planner—it’s all here. Packed with engaging instruction, tips, and beautiful step-by-step artwork, this approachable, inspiring guide to line drawing shows beginning artists how to create meaningful artwork using simple lines and mindful prompts.

A Year of Bliss: Volume 1

Author: Maggie Shayne
Publisher: Thunderfoot Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1945038802
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Where Law of Attraction Meets Natural Magic New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Maggie Shayne’s Bliss Blog is changing lives and raising vibrations everywhere. This is leading edge thought that empowers readers with a deeper understanding of the Universe and our place within it. Learn to super-charge your connection to Source, tune up your intuition, raise your vibe. With a little practice, you’ll soon see your fondest wishes popping into your your experience. It’s amazing, and far simpler than most are making it. Every single post speaks to, uplifts, and soothes the soul A YEAR OF BLISS, Volume 1 is the complete collection of BlissBlog.org posts from calendar year 2018 and a few from earlier. If you love it, look for A YEAR OF BLISS, Volume 2.

Draw 500 Everyday Things

Author: Lisa Solomon
Publisher:
ISBN: 1631592556
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
"The best way to learn to draw is the DRAW! And this fun sketchbook is going to help you do just that. It's filled with 500 quirky, modern drawings of all your favorite everyday things--from chairs to spoons and lamps to fans--and plenty of room for drawing favorites from your own home. Get out your favorite drawing tools and see what interesting everyday objects you can imagine!"--

How to Draw Cute Stuff

Author: Angela Nguyen
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454953977
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Enter Planet Cute—where kids can make any drawing absolutely adorable! Draw anything and everything—people, animals, and things—and make it CUTE. It’s easy! Budding artists just have to pick up their pencils, pens, crayons, or gel markers and follow these step-by-step how-to sequences. They’ll learn the basics of Japanese kawaii, which emphasizes simple, rounded shapes; faces with large eyes and sweet expressions; and personifying inanimate objects. They’ll also master animals, mythical creatures, food, plants, vehicles, and more!