Drawing Still Life: A Practical Course for Artists

· A Practical Course for Artists Book null · Arcturus Publishing
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Still life has been a popular form of art for many hundreds of years, offering a wide choice of subjects, styles, and scale. Whether you want to work outdoors or at home, with carefully detailed studies or bold sweeps of line, with classical subjects or simple objects that you might find in your home, you will never be at a loss to find inspiration.

In Drawing Still Life, Barrington Barber explores this genre in all its richness. A teacher as well as a working artist, his clear and comprehensive instruction for artists of all levels is supported by easy-to-follow illustrations.

• Includes information and advice on materials and techniques
• Covers ways of representing different objects and textures
• Looks at different approaches to combining objects, themes, and at composition
• Offers step-by-step drawings and exercises to practise

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April 19, 2024
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About the author

Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and also a practising artist. After training as a graphic designer, he went into advertising, working for top agencies before progressing to freelance design and producing illustrations for a range of books and magazines. He taught art for many years and has written and illustrated books including Everyone Can Draw and The Art of Meditative Drawing. He lives in Wimbledon, London.

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