Pencil Drawing

Author: Michael Butkus
Publisher: Walter Foster
ISBN: 1600582567
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
This complete kit makes it easy to start exploring the exciting art form of pencil drawing because it comes with everything a beginning artist needs—from a set of high-quality materials to comprehensive instructions. The project book covers the basics, such as handling the pencil and applying shading, before delving into simple step-by-step lessons that give would-be artists a chance to apply their newfound knowledge. And every lesson can be accomplished with the array of drawing materials provided. The hardcover case includes a 40-page paperback book with corresponding Spanish instruction, 6 drawing pencils (B, F, H, HB, 2B, 2H), a flat sketching pencil, a charcoal pencil, a sharpener, kneaded and rubber erasers, an artist’s triangle, 2 tortillons, a sandpaper block, and drawing paper and pad. Warning! This product is intended for use by ages 13 and older and is not intended for use by children.

The Colored Pencil Manual

Author: Veronica Winters
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486833305
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
Experienced artists looking to master a new medium will relish this comprehensive guide to using colored pencils by the author of How to Color Like an Artist. Step-by-step demonstrations with photos and directions explain shading, blending, color theory, more.

Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits Step by Step

Author: Justin Maas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440354618
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
"As long as humans have been alive, we have drawn." ~Justin Maas Drawing is the most essential of all visual arts. Everyone, from sculptors to painters, draws in one form or another. It is also the simplest and most affordable form of artistic expression. All you need is a pencil and paper to make something magical. But to create a successful portrait, one must understand how to capture a person’s likeness--their spirit--and portray it in graphite. In Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits, artist and teacher Justin Maas provides a step-by-step guide for both novice and experience portraitists looking to enhance their skillsets. His tried-and-true techniques for mastering the basics and accurately rendering proportion, placement and nuance when drawing the head and face will help you add energy and life to your drawings and create recognizable and moving portraits. In this book: • Lessons in drawing basics, including value, line, shadow, light and anatomy • How to work from both reference photographs and live models, plus tips for selecting your subjects • Step-by-step demos to create crucial features, such as eyes, ears, and hair • Methods for building successful portraits, including the grid method, the tracing method and the author's own Maas method • 15 detailed step-by-step portrait-drawing demos with subjects of different ages, genders and ethnicities • A gallery of additional portrait examples in both black-and-white and full color

Pencil Drawing Techniques

Author: David Lewis
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 9780823039913
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Discusses the basics of drawing, explains how to handle colored pencils, and offers advice on making pencil drawings of landscapes, people, and animals

Colored Pencil Painting Bible

Author: Alyona Nickelsen
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 0823085570
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Learn to paint with groundbreaking new techniques for a favorite medium! • Dazzling colors, incredible realism—with simple step-by-step demonstrations • Easy-to-follow instructions from a top colored-pencil artist • Master the wide range of colored pencil effects possible, including blending, layering, translucent effects, and more Radiant color…painterly finishes…astonishing realism…with colored pencils! Achieve rich, luminous color and eye-popping ultra-realistic effects. Artists of every level will be inspired by the amazing new techniques created by Alyona Nickelsen, presented in Colored Pencil Painting Bible for the very first time. Nickelsen’s innovations will delight readers and detailed you-can-do-it processes bring her striking results within reach for every artist. Take colored pencils beyond the ordinary with Colored Pencil Painting Bible!

Pencil Art Workshop

Author: Matt Rota
Publisher:
ISBN: 1631592696
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
In Pencil Art Workshop, artist and illustrator Matt Rota shows to achieve various techniques using graphite, and includes the work of an international gallery of artists for inspiration.

Lead Poisoning: The Pencil Art of Geof Darrow

Author: Geof Darrow
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 150670364X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Geof Darrow's slick, precise inks and stunning detail have amazed comics fans for decades, from his early work with Moebius; to Hardboiled, his first collaboration with Frank Miller; to the overwhelming excess of his current series, Shaolin Cowboy. Now Darrow provides incredible insight into his process by sharing the pencil drawings behind his meticulous inks in a huge hardcover collection. Featuring the pencils behind well-known covers and never-before-seen drawings alike, Lead Poisoning is a behind-the-scenes look that reveals perfectionism at its best, showing how clean and perfect the initial drawings can be, as well as the bizarre alterations that appear to happen on the fly.

Gallery of Pencil Techniques

Author: Ernest William Watson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crayon drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
24 full page reproductions with technical notes by the artist.

Fun with a Pencil

Author: Andrew Loomis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
An introduction to drawing, cartooning, and capturing the essence of a subject all while having fun. It features step-by-step instruction from Professor Blook, Loomis' alter ego on the page.

Pencil Drawing

Author: Michael Woods
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486258866
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Complete first course covers basic techniques, line work, shading, tone, perspective, composition, even fixing, mounting, and framing. Engaging, easy-to-follow text enhanced with 155 unusually interesting illustrations, ranging from a Roman cavalry helmet, a sleeping baby, and Venetian gondolas to palm trees, a London church, and Windsor Castle.