Playing With Sketches

Author : Whitney Sherman
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781610589451

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Playing with Sketches by Whitney Sherman Pdf

DIVDrawing is the backbone of art and design; with all of the tantalizing wonders of the digital world, the best designers, illustrators and artists know that it’s good to step back occasionally and hit the refresh button on your hand and mind. Playing with Sketches is a hands-on, fun approach to exploring drawing principles. Beginning with an introduction to the philosophy of learning through the process of play, this book brings you through a series of basic warm-up exercises that can be combined with later projects. Then you’ll move quickly on to more challenging and engaging exercises, including word games, dimensional shapes, and inventive sketchbooks and letterforms, eventually creating a “toolkit� of ideas and skills developed through the process of play. This book features creative, adaptable ideas, and numerous examples of designers and artists responses to each exercise, giving you a peek into their way of thinking and seeing. /divDIVWith over 25 contributors, from high-profile designers, illustrators and artists to talented graduate students, you see work that will walk you step-by-step through a process or inspire by example. The book provides meaningful outcomes for your practice, including building an image archive, being exposed to new ways to use media and tools, inspiring you to break the rules, to collaborate, and much more!/div

Author : Betty Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Cerebral dominance
ISBN : 0874775132

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards Pdf

Author : Róisín Curé
Publisher : Quarry Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781631599316

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The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People by Róisín Curé Pdf

In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People, urban sketcher and workshop instructor Róisín Curé shows how to make your figures more than just anonymous bystanders by sharing the basics of drawing people on the go as well as how to successfully render poses, faces, and expressions. Following an essential section on proportion, you’ll find tips, tricks, and examples for surmounting the intimidating prospect of capturing ever-shifting subjects, plus techniques for portraying poses accurately and distilling details that convey personality and emotion, whether individually, in small groups, or in crowds. Bring figures and people to life on the page and tell an authentic visual story with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing Expressive People. The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips and advice, and an abundance of visual inspiration. These handy references come in a compact, easy-to-carry format with an elastic band closure—perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote.

Author : Steven B. Reddy
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781580935050

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Everyday Sketching and Drawing by Steven B. Reddy Pdf

Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers an easy-to-follow, 5-step formula, which teaches beginner-friendly techniques for learning the skills necessary to make drawing and sketching an everyday habit. For those who have always wanted to or tried and failed to learn to draw it provides simple step-by-step instruction, plus easy-to-follow practice exercises, and provides the motivation and inspiration readers need to be successful. For those who already draw, Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers another technique to add to their drawing arsenal. Why do so many adults come to view drawing as difficult or fraught with anxiety? Traditional art instruction is often bogged down with jargon, rules, and admonishments that unintentionally stifle the joy of drawing for its own sake. Steven Reddy's new and easy approach to drawing instructs sketchers to document their unique and compelling lives in realistic yet playful sketches that record the places, spaces, and objects that help define them as individuals. He reminds artists to slow down, notice, and attend to the sketch-worthy scenes and subjects that are unstaged and always there in our everyday lives. He offers a versatile technique that can lead to a skill that fills sketchbooks with the visual details that differentiate one life from another. This approach is a meditative, relaxing alternative to academic concerns about perspective, proportion, and accuracy. Reddy encourages artists to capture in whimsical but detail-specific illustrations their unique, subjective interpretation of their visual surroundings. Steven Reddy's drawing method produces extremely detailed and realistic scenes of objects and scenes in everyday life in a relatively short period of time (60 minutes to 3 hours or more, depending on the sketcher's preference). Modifying a technique utilized by Old Master oil painters, the drawings pass through 5 clearly articulated stages where each step focuses on one visual concept at a time.

Author : Gabriel Campanario
Publisher : Quarry Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781610581967

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The Art of Urban Sketching by Gabriel Campanario Pdf

The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits of working in this art form, this inspiring book shows how one can participate and experience this creative outlet through modern-day social networks and online activity. You'll find more than 600 beautiful, contemporary illustrations, as well as artists' profiles and extended captions where these urban sketchers share their stories, how they work, sketching tips, and the tools behind each drawing. With sketches and observations from more than 50 cities in more than 30 countries, TheArt of UrbanSketching offers a visually arresting, storytelling take on urban life from different cultures and artistic styles, as well as insight into various drawing techniques and mediums.

Author : France Belleville-Van Stone
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780385346092

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Sketch! by France Belleville-Van Stone Pdf

Drawing activities, art instruction, and advice for artists and non-artists alike. Urban sketching--the process of drawing on the go as a regular practice--is a hot trend in the drawing world. It's also a practical necessity for creatively minded people in a busy world. In this aspirational guide, self-taught French artist France Belleville-Van Stone emboldens readers to craft a ritual of their own and devote more time to art, even if it's just 10 minutes a day. She offers motivation to move beyond the comfort zone, as well as instruction on turning rough sketches into finished work. Belleville Van-Stone learned how to draw through her own daily practice and knows first-hand how hard it is to find time to incorporate creativity into a busy life. She encourages and teaches us how to do it with advice and guidance such as: · An A-to-Z list of daily sketch prompts, from airports to bananas, faces to hands, meetings and workplaces · Tips on what drawing supplies you can and should have--and how to carry them around · Sections on accepting mistakes, drawing with limited resources, and redefining completion · Plusses and minuses of going digital, including apps, styluses, and brushes For those of us who dream of drawing in the minutes between school and work, bathtime and bedtime, and waking and walking out the door, the practical advice in Sketch! is a revelation. By sharing her own creative process, Belleville-Van Stone Sketch inspires artists both established and aspiring to rethink their daily practice, sketch for the pure joy of it, and document their lives and the world around them.

Author : Emily Mills
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781633226227

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The Art of Visual Notetaking by Emily Mills Pdf

Improve your bullet journals, to-do lists, class notes, and everything in between with The Art of Visual Notetaking and its unique approach to taking notes in the twenty-first century. Visual notetaking is the perfect skill for journaling, class lectures, conferences, and any other time that retaining information is key. Also referred to as sketchnoting, visual notetaking is ideal for documenting processes, planning projects, outlining ideas, and capturing information. And as you'll learn in The Art of Visual Notetaking, this approach doesn't require advanced drawing or hand-lettering skills; anyone can learn how to use simple lines, connectors, shapes, and text to take dynamic notes. In The Art of Visual Notetaking, aspiring sketchnoters and journalers will find helpful "Getting Started" pages of icons and badges for common note-taking purposes, with tips and encouragement for creating you own unique icons. You'll go on to discover instruction and how-to techniques, tips, and tutorials that focus on visual notetaking for different settings, from a business meeting, workshop, or convention, to a college lecture or sermon. Expert instruction from a professional sketchnote artist and educator demonstrates how to visually arrange and compile ideas, focal points, and key concepts.

Author : Liz Steel
Publisher : 5-Minute Sketching
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1782219994

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5-Minute Sketching: Architecture by Liz Steel Pdf

Author : Juliette Aristides
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781580935135

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Figure Drawing Atelier by Juliette Aristides Pdf

"The best way to learn about art is to make it. Discover the secrets of great figure drawing as you sketch along with past and present masters. This working artist's sketchbook guides you from beginning gestures to delicate rendering. It's your art, your tradition, your time. Take your voice and add it to the tradition as if the history of art has saved the best for now."-- Juliette Aristides Figure Drawing Atelier offers a comprehensive, contemporary twist to the very traditional atelier approach to the methods that instruct artists on the techniques they need to successfully draw and ultimately paint the figure. The book offers art instruction, practical and progressive lessons on drawing the figure, and high-quality sketchbook paper in a beautiful package that includes blank pages for sketching and copying. Artists will then have a record of their process, like with a sketchbook, which many artists like to document and save. In this elegant and inspiring workbook, master contemporary artist and author Juliette Aristides breaks down the figure drawing process into small, manageable lessons, presents them progressively, introduces time-tested principles and techniques in the atelier tradition that are easily accessible, and shares the language and context necessary to understand the artistic process and create superior, well-crafted drawings. Atelier education is centered on the belief that working in a studio, not sitting in the lecture hall, is the best way to learn about art. Every artist needs to learn to master figure drawing. Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time--and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Students begin by copying masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. Figure Drawing Atelier is like having an atelier in a book--and the master is Juliette Aristides, a classically trained artist and best-selling art-instruction author with almost rock star popularity in the contemporary world of representational art. On every page, Aristides uses the works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists to demonstrate and teach the principles of realistic figure drawing and painting, taking students step by step through the learning curve yet allowing them to work at their own pace. Unique and inspiring, this book offers a serious art course for serious art students and beginners alike.

Author : James Richards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118232101

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Freehand Drawing and Discovery by James Richards Pdf

Features access to video tutorials! Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, Freehand Drawing and Discovery uses an array of cross-disciplinary examples to help readers develop their drawing skills. Taking a "both/and" approach, this book provides step-by-step guidance on drawing tools and techniques and offers practical suggestions on how to use these skills in conjunction with digital tools on real-world projects. Illustrated with nearly 300 full color drawings, the book includes a series of video demonstrations that reinforces the sketching techniques.

Author : Shari Blaukopf,Stephanie Bower,Gabriel Campanario
Publisher : Quarry Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781631599347

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The Complete Urban Sketching Companion by Shari Blaukopf,Stephanie Bower,Gabriel Campanario Pdf

Get great techniques, tips, and ideas from the Urban Sketching Handbook series in one place! With this thorough guide, discover how to sketch architecture and cityscapes, plus people and motion; learn drawing perspective; and see how easy it is to add color to artwork.

Author : Simone Grunewald
Publisher : 3dtotal Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 1909414905

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Sketch Every Day by Simone Grunewald Pdf

Absorb the extensive illustrative knowledge of Simone Grünewald and learn to create your own engaging characters and scenes.

Author : Lewis Rossignol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692169644

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Remedial Sketches by Lewis Rossignol Pdf

"Remedial Sketches" is a collection of my favorite pages from my sketchbooks, many of which I've never shown before. I've compiled them in a way that shows the variety of styles and methods that I use when exploring each subject. To me, sketchbooks are the most intimate of all art forms because the drawings inside are not usually made to be seen by other people. Through this engaging book you get to take an intimate tour through my sketchbooks, and mind.

Author : Mau-Kun Yim,Iris Yim
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440349768

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Lessons in Masterful Portrait Drawing by Mau-Kun Yim,Iris Yim Pdf

Draw the best portraits with form and spirit. Drawing techniques from a master! Mau-Kun Yim learned to draw as the Old Masters did and believes that to render the essence of life in portrait drawing, one must continue to pursue the old ways. This philosophy and methodology relies on a holistic approach to observation, analysis and critical-thinking honed through time and patience. • Start with a solid foundation - Classical bust drawing is a must. These lessons aid in constructing volume in your drawing and introduce concepts of structure. • Move on to sketching - The best way to train your observation skills. Anatomy, value and state of mind are the focus of these lessons. • 12 step-by-step tutorials put it all together - Form and spirit combine along with more clearly defined details to bring life and dimension to your portraits. • An extensive gallery of beautifully and classically executed portraits, figures, sketches and busts serves as inspiration.

Author : Robert Kaupelis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Drawing
ISBN : 0273015125

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Experimental Drawing by Robert Kaupelis Pdf

Creative exercises illustrated by old and modern masters including da Vinci, Michelangelo, Durer, Degas, Picasso, de Kooning, Dine, and Rauschenberg. Table of Contents: - Chapter One: A Few Words - Chapter Two: Some Basics--Contour, Gesture, and Modeled Drawing - Chapter Three: Organization/Structure--Making Things "Work Together" - Chapter Four: Using Light and Dark - Chapter Five: Photographs, Grids, and Projected Images - Chapter Six: Probing a Single Form-Idea - Chapter Seven: Old and Modern Masters--Appreciated and Exploited - Chapter Eight: Drawing Extended - Chapter Nine: Now to Begin...