The Practical Guide to Drawing Techniques
Jan 2014 · Arcturus Publishing
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From the quickest of pencil sketches to inked-up artwork, mastering different drawing techniques is vital to becoming an accomplished artist.
In this practical guide, author and illustrator Peter Gray guides you through the different materials available and how to deploy them to best effect. Whether you are an experienced artist or a complete beginner, these tailored step-by-step exercises and practical hints will help you discover the techniques that work for you.
Materials include:
• Pencils
• Pen and ink
• Drybrush and wash
• Charcoal and chalk
• Scraperboard
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Artist's Workbook series contains practical guides for artists interested in getting to grips with a particular drawing subject. Other books in the series include Drawing Animals, Drawing Portrits, Drawing Landscapes and Drawing Caricatures.
In this practical guide, author and illustrator Peter Gray guides you through the different materials available and how to deploy them to best effect. Whether you are an experienced artist or a complete beginner, these tailored step-by-step exercises and practical hints will help you discover the techniques that work for you.
Materials include:
• Pencils
• Pen and ink
• Drybrush and wash
• Charcoal and chalk
• Scraperboard
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Artist's Workbook series contains practical guides for artists interested in getting to grips with a particular drawing subject. Other books in the series include Drawing Animals, Drawing Portrits, Drawing Landscapes and Drawing Caricatures.
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4.6
59 reviews
Baz Myers
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November 28, 2017
Not a bad beginers book to learn the basics
6 people found this review helpful
nursandi ko
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December 20, 2024
can improve my drawing
Julio Garcia Mijares
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December 25, 2014
Very good and good tips.
2 people found this review helpful
About the author
Peter Gray is long established as an illustrator of books, magazines and newspapers with occasional forays into film storyboards and costume design, advertising and animation projects. Peter is also the author of many books for adults and children, which have been published in many languages all around the world. Since graduating from Loughborough College of Art and Design with a specialist degree in illustration, Peter Gray has contributed illustrations to many books, of wide-ranging subject matter. Peter has also worked on storyboards and costume design for the film industry and regularly contributes illustrations to national newspapers (Financial Times, Sunday Times) and magazines (The Spectator, Readers' Digest).
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