Inspired by modern masters, Use This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing is a playful introduction to contemporary drawing styles, techniques and ideas. This sketchbook features thought-provoking prompts and eye-popping illustrations to sharpen your skills and unlock the outer limits of your imagination. Far from a free-for-all of random exercises,…
Accessible and jargon-free guide to painting, including watercolour, oil and acrylic
An original approach to the art of drawing using pencil, with a spread-based accessible formula allowing the reader to understand key concepts quickly and easily
This book demystifies the art and practice of drawing. Through fifty drawings by great masters past and present, the techniques and ideas behind their master sketches will put you on the path to making your own great drawings. The entries also feature exercises with step–by–step instructions as well as simple diagrams providing further visual explanation to the jargon–free discussion. For aspiring artists of all ages and abilities, Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing will motivate and strengthen your drawing talent. Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing is part of the internationally–bestselling 'Read This' series, which has sold over half–a–million books worldwide and has been translated into over 20 languages. More titles in the 'Read This' series: Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing People by Selwyn Leamy Use This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786274052) Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll (9781780673356) Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll (9781780676241) Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places by Henry Carroll (9781780679051) Use This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: A Photo Journal by Henry Carroll (9781780678887) Read This if You Want to Be a Great Writer by Ross Raisin (9781786271976) Read This if You Want to Be Instagram Famous edited by Henry Carroll (9781780679679)
Lernen Sie von den inspirierenden Skizzen und Zeichnungen 50 grosser Künstler aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart: darunter: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Lucian Freud, Robert Crumb, Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, Henry Moore, Frank Auerbach, Matthew Barney, Alberto Giagometti, M.C. Escher, Ellsworth Kelly, Wiliam Kentridge
Das einfachste und beliebteste Schreibwerkzeug ist tatsächlich der Schlüssel zu einem ganzen Universum künstlerischer Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten. Vom einfachen Kritzeln und Markieren bis zu akribisch aufgebauten Kunstwerken – ein Stück Graphit ist alles, was man braucht, um neue Welten zu erschaffen. Hier werden die vielen verschiedenen Möglichkeiten erkundet, wie Blei- und Buntstifte verwendet werden können: für Schraffuren und Verwischungen, für Frottagen und Collagen. Jede Technik wird sehr anschaulich anhand der Werke von bekannten zeitgenössischen Zeichenkünstler*innen erklärt.
