Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting: Pencils, Charcoal, Pen & Ink, Watercolors, Oil, Acrylic, Pastels Paperback - 2008
by Editors of Reader's Digest
- Used
A comprehensive book on the fundamental of drawing and painting provides expert instructions and encouragement.
With more than 800 full-color illustrations and step-by-step demonstrations, this guide provides thorough coverage of the materials and techniques for all the most popular drawing and painting media including pencils, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, oil, acrylic, and pastels. You'll learn new methods and shortcuts in drawing and painting, and discover the basics of color and composition.
This hands-on guide first introduces the fundamentals of drawing and painting, such as perspective and mixing colors. Next, the book covers basic problem-solving skills with examples from artists who have tackled similar problems, such as making objects appear to advance or recede. You'll learn how to employ the methods that best suit the particular drawing or painting you're working on. The wide range of examples, from the old masters to contemporary artists, present a flexible, adventurous, and stimulating array of techniques, media, and mixtures. For aspiring and practicing artists alike, Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting delivers just the right balance of solid teaching and friendly encouragement.
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- Title Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting: Pencils, Charcoal, Pen & Ink, Watercolors, Oil, Acrylic, Pastels
- Author Editors of Reader's Digest
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Readers Digest, Pleasantville, NY
- Date 2008-11-20
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # K14P-01365
- ISBN 9780762109357 / 0762109351
- Weight 2.6 lbs (1.18 kg)
- Dimensions 11.6 x 8.9 x 0.8 in (29.46 x 22.61 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Painting - Technique, Drawing - Technique
- Dewey Decimal Code 741.2
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