The Complete Drawing & Painting Course

by Sanmiguel, David

• ISBN13: 9781402705687
• ISBN10: 1402705689
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Overflowing with full-color images that demonstrate techniques and illustrate the correct use of materials, this is an art school in a book. A team of experienced professionals furnishes the budding painter with all the tools to finish a project: invaluable instruction in color theory and composition; the basics of drawing and painting, from strokes to perspective; and meticulous coverage of each medium, from pencil to wax crayon. Detailed exercises cover still lifes, nudes, landscapes, self-portraits, impressionist techniques, and more.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(3)
Materials	7	(26)
Drawing Materials and Techniques	9	(8)
Pencils to suit all tastes	11	(2)
The eraser	13	(1)
Drawing paper	14	(1)
Paper: Appearance, weights, and measurements	15	(1)
The pencil par excellence	16	(1)
Training the Hand	17	(8)
The basic strokes	18	(1)
Shading and gradation	19	(2)
Applying the basic strokes	21	(4)
Training the Eye	25	(8)
Calculating distance	26	(2)
Using the pencil for measuring proportions	28	(1)
Proportioning and outline drawing	29	(2)
See, think, and draw	31	(2)
Light, Shade, and Perspective	33	(28)
Light and Shade	35	(4)
Shading with the finger or torchon	36	(1)
Light and shade. Elementary study	37	(2)
Perspective	39	(8)
Parallel perspective of a cube	40	(1)
Oblique and aerial perspective of a cube	41	(1)
The circle in perspective	42	(1)
Perspective of geometric forms	43	(2)
Cubes, prisms...buildings!	45	(2)
Using Perspective In the Outline Sketch	47	(6)
Examples of perspective and the outline sketch	48	(5)
Depth in Perspective	53	(8)
Calculating depth in perspective	54	(1)
A grid in perspective	55	(2)
Regular and irregular shapes in perspective	57	(1)
A practical example	58	(2)
Two examples	60	(1)
Color	61	(18)
The Theory of Color	63	(8)
Colors of light and pigment colors	64	(2)
Creating colors by mixing primaries	66	(5)
Color Harmony	71	(8)
Harmony with warm colors	72	(1)
Harmony with cool colors	73	(1)
Harmony with muted colors	74	(1)
A rural landscape: harmony with warm colors	75	(4)
The Human Figure	79	(34)
Study of the Human Head	81	(8)
The rule of proportions	82	(1)
The skull	83	(1)
Construction of the head, based on a sphere	84	(3)
Applying the rules	87	(2)
The Features	89	(8)
Three examples from masters of the genre	90	(1)
The eyes	91	(3)
The ears, the nose, and the lips	94	(1)
Pencil drawing of a female face	95	(2)
The Human Figure	97	(8)
Law of proportion	98	(1)
Law of proportion based on ``eight heads''	99	(1)
Law of proportion for children and adolescents	100	(1)
Elements of anatomy	101	(1)
The skeleton	102	(1)
The muscles	103	(2)
Study of the Hands	105	(8)
Three examples from old masters	106	(1)
The skeleton	107	(1)
A study of proportions	108	(1)
Life Drawing exercises	109	(4)
Techniques and Exercises	113	(166)
Colored Pencils	115	(12)
Tools and techniques	116	(2)
Exercise with three primaries and black	118	(5)
Exercise with water-soluble pencils	123	(4)
Drawing With Charcoal	127	(8)
Characteristics and techniques of charcoal	128	(3)
Four examples	131	(1)
Charcoal drawing using a plaster-cast model	132	(3)
Pen and Ink Drawing	135	(8)
Four examples of pen and ink	136	(1)
Tools	137	(1)
Sample strokes	138	(1)
Techniques	139	(1)
Pen and ink exercise	140	(3)
Drawing In Ink With A Paintbrush	143	(8)
Materials and techniques	144	(2)
Line and color technique	146	(2)
Dry brush technique	148	(2)
Three examples	150	(1)
Sanguine Crayons and Colored Chalks	151	(8)
Female nude	152	(6)
Three examples	158	(1)
Reflecting on the Art of Portraiture	159	(8)
Four examples from the masters	160	(1)
Composition in the portrait	161	(1)
Portrait in sanguine crayon and charcoal	162	(5)
Sanguine Crayons and Colored Chalks	167	(8)
Landscape in full color	168	(6)
Three examples	174	(1)
The Ink Wash	175	(8)
Ink wash with reed pen line work	176	(6)
Two examples	182	(1)
Drawing With Pastels	183	(8)
Study for a portrait	184	(6)
Three examples	190	(1)
Wax Crayons	191	(8)
A floral subject in wax crayon	192	(6)
Three examples	198	(1)
Watercolor Painting	199	(16)
The watercolor wash	200	(1)
Materials	201	(4)
Two-tone study	205	(5)
Watercolor painting in all its glory	210	(1)
A still life in watercolors	211	(3)
Two examples	214	(1)
Watercolor. An Abstract Landscape	215	(8)
Three examples	222	(1)
Watercolor Painting A Seascape	223	(8)
Painting In Oils	231	(8)
Materials	232	(3)
Color scales	235	(1)
The method to follow	236	(2)
Three examples	238	(1)
Oil Painting	239	(8)
The still life. A little bit of history	240	(1)
The still life. Preparatory steps	241	(3)
Painting a still life in oils	244	(3)
Landscape Painting In Oils	247	(8)
Landscape painting in oils. Study of trees	252	(2)
Three examples	254	(1)
Painting On A Textured Canvas	255	(8)
A figure	256	(7)
Painting With Acrylics	263	(8)
A rapid sketch with acrylics	264	(7)
Using homemade Acrylic Paints	271	(8)
Using homemade oil paints	278	(1)
Glossary	279	(4)
Index	283