Foolproof Sketching & Painting Techniques for Beginners
For Pencil, Pen and Watercolors (with over 400 illustrations)
Erschienen am 11. April 2023
96 Seiten
978-1-4629-2375-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
An inspiring guide to sketching and painting the world around you! Packed with practical tips and advice, this book shows you how to fill your sketchbook or watercolor pad with a variety of everyday items that catch your eye, such as: Kitchen items like cups, teapots and silverware Toys like Rubik's Cubes and model cars Tea sandwiches and roll cakes Colorful bottles and containers Household items like umbrellas, bottles and candles Clothing and acessories including shirts, hats and umbrellas And so much more! Author Tomoko Kuramae provides clear step-by-step instructions on the proportions and perspective of basic objects and clearly explains how to draw dozens of items based on cubes, cylinders and flat shapes from a variety of angles. She then shows you how to bring your finished sketches alive with the use of brilliant transparent watercolors.
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Tomoko Kuramae
Foolproof Sketching & Painting Techniques for Beginners
For Pencil, Pen and Watercolors (with over 400 illustrations)
Buch
04/2023
Tuttle Publishing
21,50 €
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Person
Tomoko Kuramae is a Joshibi University of Art and Design graduate who opened Studio Pittoresco in 2001 and currently works as an illustrator and craft designer--creating watercolor illustrations, cards and prints for a variety of clients. She is an art instructor for children and adults who has taught sketching and design at many locations around Japan, and also holds creative workshops for kids where they learn to make use of natural materials. Her work is frequently exhibited in various venues around Japan.
Inhalt
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Why I Wrote This Book
- PART ONE Drawing Objects with a Box Shape
- How Surfaces Look in Relation to Your Eye Level
- A Quick Look at Perspective Rules
- Let's Try Drawing a Tea Canister
- Let's Try Drawing a Rubik's Cube
- Using Light and Shadow to Show Threedimensionality
- Box Perspective: Commonly Made Errors
- Toy Cars: Trim a Box Shape
- Height and Orientation
- Using the Box Shape
- Gallery of Box Shapes
- PART TWO Drawing Objects with Cylinders
- Cylinder Vantage Points-Cross Sections
- Draw a Basic Cylinder
- Let's Use the Basic Cylinder to Draw a
- Let's Try Drawing a Can of Tomatoes
- How to Differentiate Your Drawings
- Let's Try Drawing a Bottle of Balsamic Vinegar
- Various Bottles and Jars
- How to Draw a Cylinder on Its Side
- Using a Cylinder on Its Side
- Shadows Created on a Cylindrical Shape
- The Regularity of Flower Shapes
- Gallery of Cylinder-based Shapes
- Let's Try Drawing a Teacup with a Handle
- Let's Try Drawing a Teapot
- Cup and Pot Gallery
- Variations of the Cylinder Shape
- PART THREE Drawing Flat Objects
- A Basic Plate
- Let's Draw a Basic Plate
- Let's Try Drawing a Spoon and a Fork
- Let's Try Drawing a Roll Cake on a
- Let's Try Drawing a Sandwich on a
- A Gallery of Plates with Objects
- Depicting Flat Objects
- PART FOUR Additional Information
- Art Supplies
- Review: Basic Steps
- How to Use Solid Watercolors
- Mixing Colors
- How to Take Care of Your Paints
- How to Take Care of Your Palette
- Color Swatches
- Layered Paint Swatches
- Mixed Color Swatches
- Copyright
