Author: Angela Rizza Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 164611812X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 147
Book Description
An easy guide to drawing people for budding artists ages 9 to 12 Grab a pencil and an eraser—it's time to explore the world around you and illustrate the people in it! Featuring a step-by-step format for beginners, Figure Drawing for Kids is a great way to start sketching friends and family, pop culture icons, and epic superheroes—one simple exercise at a time. Project-based activities—Learn how to draw people with 13 different projects that will advance your skills from basic shapes and shading to full, detailed illustrations. Guided practice—Explore essential drawing concepts like proportion, negative space, point of view, composition, and crosshatch, and practice with a range of human sizes, shapes, skin tones, and abilities. Bonus drawing tips—Learn to draw from life or a photograph, how to set up a model station, and how to complete your drawings with additional objects and landscape elements. Dive in and let the doodling fun begin with this beginner's guide to drawing for kids.
Author: Anthony Ryder Publisher: Watson-Guptill ISBN: 0770434746 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
Many of us want to learn “how to draw.” But as artist Anthony Ryder explains, it’s much more important to learn what to draw. In other words, to observe and draw what we actually see, rather than what we think we see. When it comes to drawing the human figure, this means letting go of learned ideas and expectation of what the figure should look like. It means carefully observing the interplay of form and light, shape and line, that combine to create the actual appearance of human form. In The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing, amateur and experienced artists alike are guided toward this new way of seeing and drawing the figure with a three-step drawing method. The book’s progressive course starts with the block-in, an exercise in seeing and establishing the figure’s shape. It then build to the contour, a refined line drawing that represents the figure’s silhouette. The last step is tonal work on the inside of the contour, when light and shadow are shaped to create the illusion of form. Separate chapters explore topics critical to the method: gesture, which expresses a sense of living energy to the figure; light, which largely determines how we see the model; and form, which conveys the figure’s volume and mass. Examples, step-by-steps, and special “tips” offer helpful hints and practical guidance throughout. Lavishly illustrated with the author’s stunning artwork, The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing combines solid instruction with thoughtful meditations on the art of drawing, to both instruct and inspire artists of all levels.
Author: Doug Jamieson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 222
Book Description
Based on the principles of applied anatomy, this book shows the reader, in a step-by-step fashion, how to draw the human figure from their imagination, rather than having to rely on a live model or photography.
Author: Fiona Watt Publisher: Usborne Publishing Limited ISBN: 9781409565192 Category : Drawing Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
An easy-to-follow, step-by-step drawing book that helps children master the simple drawing skills required to render a range of animals, people and objects. It comes with plenty of space for doing their own drawings.
Author: Nathan Rohlander Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing ISBN: 9781600582059 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This guide makes it easy for aspiring artists to learn the classical approach to drawing the figure. Beginning with a study of human anatomy, accomplished artist and instructor Nathan Rohlander guides readers through proportion, gesture drawing, posing the model, laying in proportions, building up values, adding details, and more. Step-by-step projects allow readers to practice as they learn. The book also features a section on troubleshooting and a number of famous works for extra encouragement and inspiration.
Author: Marie-Claire Isaaman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0756642167 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
Building on the success of Drawing Workshop and Watercolor Workshop, the twelve new inspiring projects in each book targetartists who want to improve their skills and help them to further develop theirown style. Combines clear information with step-by-step projects Projects include up-close details, tips and hints Written by practicing artists whose innovative approach and enthusiasm aim to inspire Demonstrates how successful artists approach different themes and techniques
Author: Jeff Mellem Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1440353166 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Drawing Figures! To draw an anatomical figure, you don't need a stack of weighty anatomy books. Just take it step by step! In How to Draw People, author Jeff Mellem teaches beginning artists how to draw the human figure, from stick figure to anatomically accurate person, in clear, easy-to-follow lessons. More than just a reference, this book provides the step-by-step instruction to teach you to draw the human figure and the anatomical knowledge to draw it realistically. In each chapter, called "levels," you'll learn core concepts for drawing the human figure. Each new chapter builds on the previous one to give you the skills you need to add complexity to your drawing. By the end of each chapter, you will be able to draw the figure with greater detail. By the end of Level 5, you will be able to draw an expressive figure with defined muscle groups in a variety of poses both real and imagined. • Clear goals to progress from stick figure to anatomically correct • Exercises and assignments to practice new skills • Level-Up Checklists in each chapter to assess your skills before moving on With clear step-by-step demonstrations and check-ins along the way, How to Draw People is the beginner's guide to drawing realistic figures.