15-Minute Drawing: One-Line Drawing A simple step-by-step guide to quickly drawing florals, plants, portraits, and more using a single continuous line

by Nied, Heinke

• ISBN13: 9780760383285
• ISBN10: 0760383286
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-10-10
• Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing

Summary

Use a single continuous line to make beautiful art, all in 15 minutes or less! This interactive instructional book includes space for you to practice directly on the pages as you learn.

Professional artist Heinke Nied has perfected the quick one-line drawing technique and teaches it to art students in her native Germany. Now she brings the technique first made famous by Pablo Picasso to English-speaking artists in 15-Minute Drawing: One-Line Drawing. Included in the book are:
 

• A review of necessary tools and materials
• Instruction on how to use pen and ink
• Drawing techniques
• Step-by-step drawing projects that include florals, plants, portraits, objects, and much more
• An inspirational gallery

The easy-to-follow projects require only a pen or pencil, so they’re very transportable and fun to do wherever you like to draw.

Additionally, one-line drawing is a calming, meditative process that will appeal to all artists, whether you’re a beginner or just looking for a relaxing creative experience. Grab your pen and paper, and learn to draw in a single continuous line!

Books in the 15-Minute Series are perfect primers for beginning artists who want to learn the basics. Designed to be used as artist notebooks, these interactive workbooks include prompts and exercises that allow beginning artists to test out their skills directly inside the book.

Author Biography

Heinke Nied is a one-line artist, an illustrator, an author, and a lecturer. Since 2017, she has taught courses and workshops on writing, drawing, and painting. In 2020, she discovered her great passion of one-line art. Since then, she draws everything with one continuous line and especially likes to combine her motifs with watercolor or lettering. Heinke considers it her mission to make this art form accessible to all people through simple instructions. She also creates digital illustrations for clients, as well as portraits using digital and watercolor tools. Heinke is the author of Color in Reverse: Watercolor Florals and 15-Minute Drawing: One-Line Drawing, both from Walter Foster Publishing. Find her online at silberstolz.de.

Table of Contents

Introduction
What Is One-Line Drawing?
Drawing Tips
Tools & Materials
Warming Up
Your First Rose
Flowers & Leaves
Plants
Faces
Lifestyle
Still Life
Celebrations
Keeping a Sketchbook
Inspirational Gallery
About the Artist