This reference guide to sketching covers: advice on sketching materials and equipment; using pencil, charcoal, pen and ink and watercolour; guidance on perspective; help with design and composition; and sketching in colour.

Sketch (Learn to Paint)

Arts & Photography

Crawshaw, Alwyn

Study & Teaching

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

Revised edition of Betty Edwards' drawing instruction book, in large format with colour illustrations.

Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain

EDWARDS, BETTY

History & Criticism

Fontana/ Collin

The market-leading text for the art history survey course, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES has served as a comprehensive and thoughtfully crafted guide to the defining phases of the world's artistic tradition. With this book in hand, thousands of students have watched the story of art unfold in its full historical, social, religious, economic, and cultural context, and thus deepened their understanding of art, architecture, painting, and sculpture. By virtue of its comprehensive coverage, strong emphasis on context, and rich, accurate art reproductions, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES has earned and sustained a reputation of excellence and authority. So much so, that in 2001, the Text and Academic Authors Association awarded both the McGuffey and the"Texty" Book Prizes to the Eleventh Edition of the text. It is the first art history book to win either award and the only title ever to win both prizes in one year. The Twelfth Edition maintains and exceeds the richness of the Gardner legacy with updated research and scholarship and an even more beautiful art program featuring more color images than any other art history book available. The Twelfth Edition features such enhancements as more color photographs, a stunning new design, and the most current research and scholarship.

Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Volume II (12th Edition) Text Only

Christin J. Mamiya

Fred S.Kleiner

Thomson/Wadsworth

A practical, stimulating and superbly illustrated book for intermediate watercolourists who are looking for greater challenges in their work and who are prepared to experiment with this popular medium.
Shirley Trevena’s watercolours are visually inspiring, vibrant with colour and strong in composition. This book shows what stunning results she achieves and how she does it by taking risks with watercolour. Although watercolour can be a difficult medium to handle, Shirley maintains that you get the best results if you have no sense of fear and just let yourself enjoy watercolour’s fascinating versatility.
Taking you through her paintings from the first concept to the finished watercolour, Shirley explains and illustrates her prize-winning techniques for producing luminous and colourful watercolours. She covers a wide range of topics, encouraging the reader to experiment with vibrant colour, dynamic composition, tone, and bold textures and patterns to produce exciting still life, landscape and flower paintings. She also explains what to do if things go wrong, and how to develop your paintings successfully and move on in your work.

Taking Risks with Watercolour

Trevena, Shirley

Collins

This best-selling title will be relaunched in September 05 with a fresh new cover design. Jane Evans is well known for her Chinese brush painting and this book provides an ideal introduction to this fascinating style of painting. Chinese brush painting is a versatile and expressive medium which offers Western artists a range of exciting and different techniques and a fresh approach to composition. In this book Jane Evans introduces the artist to the specialist materials required and then looks at techniques such as grinding the ink, creating flowing brush strokes, using colour and applying washes. A wide range of subjects is featured, including flowers and plants, birds, fish and other aquatic creatures, animals, people and landscapes, all illustrated with step-by-step examples and Jane's beautiful paintings.

Chinese Brush (Collins Learn to Paint)

Jane Evans

This bumper gift book for beginners is full of practical advice and step-by-step exercises on drawing a wide range of popular subjects – wildlife, people, the countryside and buildings.Drawing for Beginners covers all the essential aspects of drawing, starting with advice on the various drawing media – from pencils and pens to charcoal, pastel, pen and wash, and conté – and explaining how they can be used to achieve different effects. Other sections look at topics such as proportion, composition, light, tone and texture. All the techniques are very clearly and simply described, providing an ideal introduction to drawing for the complete beginner.

Drawing for Beginners

Robertson, Bruce

Partington, Peter

Patenall, Philip

Cook,david

An essential little book – perfect for the pocket or art bag – covering all practical aspects of sketching and drawing. Sketching is a skill that every artist needs to master and this handy book shows you how in a very clear and simple way.
Jackie starts by describing all the different media used for sketching, including pencils, charcoal, coloured pencils, pens, pastels, watercolours and gouache, as well as the different types of sketchbooks. She then looks at the basic techniques of sketching, emphasizing the importance of observation and showing how to make marks, use tone, create 3-D form and portray pattern.
She then covers a wide range of subjects, such as plants and flowers, skies, animals, the urban landscape, and figures and portraits, explaining how to compose your sketches and giving useful tips about sketching on the move. There’s also a fascinating section on sketching from the Masters, to provide additional inspiration.
The instruction is clear and concise throughout, providing an ideal resource for artists of all levels to dip into when sketching out on location.

Sketching (Collins Gem)

Simmonds, Jackie

This book, aimed at beginners, includes advice on basic materials and palette, simple exercises on watercolour techniques, advice on painting skies and water, numerous step-by-step demonstrations and tips from a professional artist.

Watercolour Landscapes (Collins Learn to Paint)

David Bellamy

HarperCollins, Publishers

David Bellamy’s Watercolour Landscape Course is a popular guide to landscape painting that has sold over 55,000 copies to date. Structured and practical in approach, it is unique in that it has amateur painters painting pictures right from the start.
Well-known teacher-artist David Bellamy helps students to learn techniques by producing actual sketches, studies and watercolour paintings in this inspiring and practical guide.
The book is divided into three main parts: • The first section covers all the practical aspects of watercolour painting; • the second section is more challenging, requiring students to take a little more initiative and develop their own style; and • the third shows how to paint the many different elements of the landscape.
The course includes numerous practical exercises which highlight the key points covered in each chapter and there are twelve demonstration pictures with clear, step-by-step instructions.

David Bellamy’s Watercolour Landscape Course

Bellamy, David

This practical and inspirational guide, in a handy sketchbook format, is aimed at the practised beginner and shows how to achieve successful oil paintings in just 30 minutes – ideal for the busy amateur artist who doesn't have much time to paint.Everyone thinks you need to set aside a long time to do an oil painting, but in this attractive guide Melanie Cambridge encourages quick and simple painting. By working with just a few materials and focusing on the key techniques it is possible to achieve successful paintings in no more than half an hour. You then just need to leave the paintings to dry, or use a hairdryer to speed up the process. For those artists who already have a little painting experience, learning to work more quickly enables them to free up their style and paint more spontaneously.With clear, easy-to-follow advice and ideas, this guide proves that it is possible to paint quickly and successfully with oils in no more than half an hour. This book is filled with practical projects and step-by-step demonstrations as well as helpful tips and checklists to guide you through each stage of your painting.

Oils (Collins 30-Minute Painting)

Cambridge, Melanie

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