Drawing for Beginners : A Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Drawing

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780007198146
• ISBN10: 0007198140
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-02-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Summary

This practical illustrated introduction will teach the absolute beginner how to draw in all the basic drawing media. With guidelines for pencil, pen, charcoal, pastel, pen and wash, and conte, it features a broad range of subject matter, including animals, birds, landscapes, trees, people, and buildings. Beginners will learn how to master all the basic drawing techniques, and 400 drawings, sketches, and step-by-step demonstrations clearly illustrate how the techniques are put into practice. If you ever wanted to learn to draw, this is the book for you.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
Tools and Equipment	8	(8)
Wildlife	16	(52)
Choosing the Right Medium	18	(2)
Looking at Character	20	(10)
Looking at Features	30	(4)
Structure and Form	34	(4)
Proportion	38	(4)
Light and Shade	42	(2)
Texture and Pattern	44	(4)
Behaviour	48	(4)
Movement	52	(4)
The Complete Picture	56	(4)
Sketching	60	(2)
Framing and Composition	62	(2)
In Setting	64	(2)
Working from Photographs	66	(2)
People	68	(48)
Choosing the Right Medium	70	(2)
Measuring in Drawing	72	(2)
Proportion and Shapes	74	(4)
Light and Shade	78	(2)
Structure and Form	80	(6)
Heads and Facial Features	86	(4)
Portraying Expressions	90	(4)
Hands	94	(2)
Feet	96	(2)
Surface Texture	98	(2)
Sketching	100	(4)
Body Language	104	(2)
The Figure in Movement	106	(6)
People Indoors	112	(2)
People Outdoors	114	(2)
Countryside	116	(38)
Choosing the Right Medium	118	(2)
Measuring in Drawing	120	(2)
Perspective	122	(2)
Light and Shade	124	(2)
Surface Texture	126	(2)
Sketching	128	(6)
Drawing Trees	134	(6)
Drawing Skies	140	(4)
Drawing Water	144	(4)
Plants and Flowers	148	(4)
People in the Landscape	152	(2)
Buildings	154	(38)
Choosing the Right Medium	156	(2)
Measuring in Drawing	158	(2)
Using Shapes in Drawing	160	(4)
Space and Perspective	164	(6)
Light and Shade	170	(2)
Surface Texture	172	(2)
Working Indoors	174	(4)
Working Outdoors	178	(4)
Street Life	182	(4)
Buildings in Settings	186	(6)
Index	192