Includes drawing with pencils, pens and pastels, observing & measuring, perspective, shading, line drawing, sketching, texture, using negative spaces, and composition.
Ian Sidaway Books







Mixing paint, brush strokes, gouache, masking out, glazing, wet into wet, drybrush painting, washes, using resists, sponging, light to dark, sgraffito.
Painting with Acrylics
A Step-by-step Course Complete with Techniques, Materials and Projects
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Learn how to create beautiful works of art using acrylics with this comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide book.
Mastering the Art of Oils, Acrylics and Gouache
Mixing Paint, Brushstrokes, Blending, Underpainting, Working Alla Prima Glazing, Scumbling, Painting with Knives, Impasto Work, Drybrush Work
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Discover the pleasure of painting in acrylic, oil and gouache with this comprehensive, fully illustrated step-by-step guide to three popular painting techniques. Includes a complete guide to artist's materials, including paint, brushes, additives, gels, pastes, supports, varnish, easels and much more.
The Practical Encyclopedia of Watercolor
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Quickly master all the practical aspects of watercolor painting with this comprehensive practical encyclopedia.
Mastering the Art of Oils, Acrylics & Gouache
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A how-to introduction to all aspects of painting with oils, acrylics and gouache, from beginners to intermediates, with full technical instruction and learning projects, shown with 750 images.
- Entdecken Sie mit diesem leicht verständlichen, wunderbar bebilderten Standardwerk die Freuden und Möglichkeiten des Zeichnens. - Die detaillierten Beschreibungen und einfach nachzuvollziehenden Schritt-für-Schritt-Projekten werden alle Aspekte des Zeichnens behandelt. - Ausführlicher Überblick über alle benötigten Werkzeuge und Hilfsmittel. - Professionelle Anleitung und Praxisübungen zu allen wichtigen Zeichentechniken. - Über 25 durchgehend illustrierte Projekte, die von führenden Künstlern ausgesucht wurden, um Sie beim Üben der gelernten Techniken zu unterstützen. - „Schnelle Skizzen“ zeigen, wie Sie Stillleben, Landschaften, Menschen, Tiere oder Gebäude in weniger als 30 Minuten zu Papier bringen.



