
Art of Basic Drawing
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You'll find plenty of helpful tips on choosing the right tools and materials, fundamental drawing techniques, developing value and shading, and setting up an effective composition, as well as important information about the influences of perspective, balance, and texture. Detailed examples of animals, people, flowers, and landscapes will help guide you through the most challenging aspects of drawing almost anything, from basic shapes to realistic details.
Some included pencil drawing projects are:
Strawberries
Bottle and bread still life
Flamingo
Elephant
Giraffe
Horse
Siberian Husky puppy
English Bulldog
Clouds
Desert landscape
Half Dome, Yosemite
Woman in profile
Man in profile
and many more!
With a striking new design and refreshed, easy-to-understand instruction, this comprehensive drawing guide is the perfect first step for beginning artists. Follow along, step by step, as professional artists reveal their drawing secrets. With practice, you'll soon be able to capture amazing realism in your own pencil drawings. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3.
The Collector's Series offers approachable, step-by-step art instruction for a variety of mediums and subjects, such as drawing, oil, acrylic, watercolor, cartooning, calligraphy, and more. Perfect for beginning artists, each title features artist tips for drawing or painting anything and everything from people, animals, and still life to flowers, trees, and landscapes.
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Mia Tavonatti is an artist with a variety of interests, including a strong passion for painting and drawing. She moved from Michigan to California to attend art school at California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her BFA and MFA in illustration. She has also studied painting abroad, and she loves to spend her summers painting in Greece. Mia has exhibited her work extensively, both in Europe and throughout the United States. She is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, and her work can be seen on more than 45 book covers and in several magazines. In addition to her illustrative work, she has created a number of murals and commissions for restaurants, private residences, and corporations. She teaches illustration and painting at the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach and currently resides in Costa Mesa, California.
Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- GETTING STARTED
- Tools & Materials
- Basic Pencil Techniques
- Practicing Lines
- Perspective
- Warming Up
- Sketching
- Learning to See
- Beginning with Basic Shapes
- Developing Form
- STILL LIFE
- Fruit & Nuts
- Strawberries
- Pineapple
- Pinecone
- Candlelight
- Still Life Composition
- Reflections & Lace
- Bottle & Bread
- ANIMALS
- Drawing Animals
- Drawing at the Zoo
- Flamingo
- Elephant
- Kangaroo
- Toucan
- Tortoise
- Rattlesnake
- Giant Panda
- Giraffe
- Horse Portrait
- Pony
- Siberian Husky Puppy
- English Bulldog
- Miniature Schnauzer
- Persian Cat
- Tabby Cat
- LANDSCAPES
- Landscape Composition
- Perspective Tips
- Clouds
- Rocks
- Tree Shapes
- Structures
- Mountains
- Deserts
- Creek with Rocks
- Sycamore Lane
- Half Dome, Yosemite
- PEOPLE
- Adult Head
- Head Positions
- Eyes
- Noses & Ears
- Woman in Profile
- Man in Profile
- Girl in Profile
- Boy in Profile
- About the Authors
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