Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects: Volume 4
A complete guide to rendering flowers, landscapes, and animals
Published on 2. March 2021
144 pages
978-1-60058-901-0 (ISBN)
Description
Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects teaches beginning artists how to create realistic, detailed drawings in graphite pencil.
Featuring in-depth instruction on basic drawing techniques, creating texture, developing likeness, and more, Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects is the perfect guide for you as a beginning or intermediate artist. After an introduction to basic materials and pencil techniques, four accomplished artists offer insight, tips, and step-by-step demonstrations that help create detailed, lifelike drawings of your chosen subjects, including animals, flowers, and landscapes. Learn to create texture and likeness using basic pencil techniques, understanding perspective, exploring light and shadow, developing values, and more.
Dogs & Puppies: From a soulful Basset Hound puppy to a full-grown German Shepherd, learn to draw your chosen breed step by step.
Flowers & Botanicals: Explains basic flower anatomy and how to render detailed still lifes and florals using basic pencil techniques to convey light and shadow.
Beautiful Landscapes: See the world through the eyes of an artist as you recreate coastal scenes, warm cottages, and pastoral landscapes.
Lifelike Animals: Capture the essence of your favorite wild animals, including elephants, tigers, lions, wolves, and more.
Throughout the book, artists Diane Cardaci, Nolon Stacey, Linda Weil, and Diane Wright offer practical drawing techniques and easy-to-understand, step-by-step instruction, but also encouraging words. The journey through Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects is not about making perfect drawings; it's about achieving likeness and drawing skills with each new project, while having a great time.
The books in the Step-by-Step Studio series introduce beginning artists to the fundamental tools and techniques of their chosen medium. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects help beginners hone their skills while creating artwork across a variety of subjects, from still life and landscapes to animal portraits and botanicals.
Featuring in-depth instruction on basic drawing techniques, creating texture, developing likeness, and more, Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects is the perfect guide for you as a beginning or intermediate artist. After an introduction to basic materials and pencil techniques, four accomplished artists offer insight, tips, and step-by-step demonstrations that help create detailed, lifelike drawings of your chosen subjects, including animals, flowers, and landscapes. Learn to create texture and likeness using basic pencil techniques, understanding perspective, exploring light and shadow, developing values, and more.
Dogs & Puppies: From a soulful Basset Hound puppy to a full-grown German Shepherd, learn to draw your chosen breed step by step.
Flowers & Botanicals: Explains basic flower anatomy and how to render detailed still lifes and florals using basic pencil techniques to convey light and shadow.
Beautiful Landscapes: See the world through the eyes of an artist as you recreate coastal scenes, warm cottages, and pastoral landscapes.
Lifelike Animals: Capture the essence of your favorite wild animals, including elephants, tigers, lions, wolves, and more.
Throughout the book, artists Diane Cardaci, Nolon Stacey, Linda Weil, and Diane Wright offer practical drawing techniques and easy-to-understand, step-by-step instruction, but also encouraging words. The journey through Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects is not about making perfect drawings; it's about achieving likeness and drawing skills with each new project, while having a great time.
The books in the Step-by-Step Studio series introduce beginning artists to the fundamental tools and techniques of their chosen medium. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects help beginners hone their skills while creating artwork across a variety of subjects, from still life and landscapes to animal portraits and botanicals.
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Series
Edition
Revised Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
400 color illustrations
File size
29,57 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-60058-901-0 (9781600589010)
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Diane Cardaci | Nolon Stacey | Linda Weil
Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects: Volume 4
A complete guide to rendering flowers, landscapes, and animals
Book
03/2021
Walter Foster Publishing
€38.59
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Persons
Diane Cardaci was classically trained at the Art Students League of New York City, Parsons School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts. Her passion for both realism and nature led her to start her professional art career working as a Natural Science Illustrator in New York City, where she specialized in medical and natural science illustrations. Her work has been published by the American Museum of Natural History, and by major textbook companies such as Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. After studying portraiture with acclaimed artists such as Nelson Shanks and John Sanden, commissioned portrait work soon became an important part of her artwork. She is a signature member of the American Society of Portrait Artists and has contributed to the organization's publications. Diane is also a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the Graphic Artists Guild, and the Illustrator's Partnership of America.
Nolon Stacey is a self-taught graphic artist who specializes in realistic portraits of animals, people, and landmarks. As a child in South Yorkshire, England, Nolon cultivated his interest in drawing throughout school. He eventually earned a degree in mathematics from Warwick University, but he soon returned to his artistic passion. He currently lives in Boroughbridge, England, and undertakes a variety of commissioned work, ranging from portraits of people and pets to buildings and street scenes. Prints of Nolon's celebrity portraits are published through Kadinsky Art. His work also is sold through Braithwaites Gallery in York, England. Nolon lives in Boroughbridge, England.
Nolon Stacey is a self-taught graphic artist who specializes in realistic portraits of animals, people, and landmarks. As a child in South Yorkshire, England, Nolon cultivated his interest in drawing throughout school. He eventually earned a degree in mathematics from Warwick University, but he soon returned to his artistic passion. He currently lives in Boroughbridge, England, and undertakes a variety of commissioned work, ranging from portraits of people and pets to buildings and street scenes. Prints of Nolon's celebrity portraits are published through Kadinsky Art. His work also is sold through Braithwaites Gallery in York, England. Nolon lives in Boroughbridge, England.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Tools & Materials
- The Elements of Drawing
- Basic Pencil Techniques
- Chapter 1: Dogs & Puppies with Nolon Stacey
- Rendering Hair
- Focusing on Features
- Understanding Basic Proportions
- Project 1: Golden Retriever
- Project 2: Shih Tzu Puppy
- Project 3: German Shepherd
- Project 4: Parson Russell Terrier
- Project 5: Basset Hound Puppy
- Chapter 2: Flowers & Botanicals with Diane Cardaci
- Anatomy of the Flower
- Blocking in Basic Shapes
- Shading Techniques
- Sketching Basic Flower Parts
- Project 1: Calla Lily
- Project 2: Tulips
- Project 3: Hibiscus
- Project 4: Ornithogalum
- Project 5: Water Lily
- Project 6: Hydrangeas
- Project 7: Sunflower
- Project 8: Landscaped Gate
- Project 9: Arrangement
- Chapter 3: Beautiful Landscapes with Diane Wright
- Landscape Textures
- Drawing Trees & Foliage
- Drawing Leaves
- Skies & Clouds
- Project 1: Kirkwall Harbour Basin
- Project 2: House Portrait
- Project 3: Molen de Adriaan
- Project 4: Honey Creek
- Project 5: Venice Canal
- Project 6: Before the Storm
- Chapter 4: Lifelike Animals with Linda Weil
- Animal Textures
- Drawing from Life
- Sketchbook Selections
- Project 1: Asian Elephant
- Project 2: Tiger Cub
- Project 3: Koala
- Project 4: Dingo
- Project 5: Lion
- Project 6: Giraffes
- Project 7: Zebra
- About the Artists
- Copyright
