Drawing For The Absolute Beginner

Author: Carole Massey

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  • : 37.99 NZD
  • : 9781782214557
  • : Search Press, Limited
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  • : December 2017
  • : 280mm X 216mm X 11mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Carole Massey
  • : Absolute Beginner
  • : Paperback
  • : 01
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  • : English
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  • : 350 Illustrations, black and white
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Barcode 9781782214557
9781782214557

Description

If you have always wanted to learn to draw but lack the confidence to start, Drawing for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you.

The author, Carole Massey, is an accomplished artist with many years' experience of teaching and demonstrating, and even the most hesitant of beginners will soon pick up the skills and techniques needed to start drawing. The book is a complete drawing course, designed to help you progress from simple techniques such as lines, circles, squares and ellipses through to capturing landscapes, figures and buildings.

There are numerous simple step-by-step demonstrations as well as larger projects, and outline tracings are provided of the more complex drawings that you can transfer straight onto your paper, if you wish to use them. Most of the artworks in the book are created using pencil, but the author also uses ink, ballpoint pen, pastel pencil and watersoluble pencils to encourage you to experiment with other media too. By the end of the book, you will have learnt all you need to know to take your drawing skills further and become an accomplished artist in your own right.

Author description

Carole Massey was born in Hertfordshire and studied at St. Alban's School of Art and Leicester School of Art & Design. After a career in advertising and graphic design, Carole returned to her first love, art, full-time. She now teaches and runs weekend workshops, as well as organising painting and drawing holidays. Carole's work is exhibited widely, and she is particularly known for her celebrity portraits, mostly inspired by photographs. She uses a wide variety of media including acrylic, watercolour, pastel, pencil and monochrome.

Table of contents

Introductionâ First stepsâ Toneâ Shadingâ Ways of seeingâ Sketchingâ Landscapesâ Compositionâ Figures, animals and movement Buildings and perspectiveâ Using the outlines Indexâ