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Author
Publisher
Monacelli Studio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Sketchbooks Drawing the Everyday volume 7
Language
English
Description
Examine the construction of a sketch from start to finish as you block in the simple shapes and values in your scene. Next, work from the foreground to the background as you develop basic forms, training your eye to see what's really there as you work. Yo
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Series
Sketchbooks Drawing the Everyday volume 5
Language
English
Description
Pack your bag for the great outdoors as you employ Paul's tips for sketching comfortably and quickly. You'll learn what tools you'll need and anticipate the creature comforts that will come in handy for sketching sessions before assessing your locations f
Author
Series
Sketchbooks Drawing the Everyday volume 2
Language
English
Description
Indulge in one of sketching's most joyfully simple forms: carrying a pencil and sketchbook into the field to explore your surroundings. Paul explains graphite grading scales and shows you how to use this forgiving medium to refine your skills in perspecti
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Language
English
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In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners, artist and Urban Sketcher correspondent Suhita Shirodkar shares essential skills for sketching architecture, people, and everyday objects on location. You'll learn the basics of value, colour mixing, and perspective through helpful studies and exercises, whether at home, in studio, and on location.
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Language
English
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Description
"In this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide -- the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritz -- a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls. In hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of...
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Language
English
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"Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was an established Urdu short story writer and a rising screenwriter in Bombay at the time of India's partition in 1947, and he is perhaps best known for the short stories he wrote following his migration to Lahore in newly formed Pakistan. Today Manto is an acknowledged master of twentieth-century Urdu literature, and his fiction serves as a lens through which the tragedy of partition is brought sharply into focus....
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The Art of Ballpoint offers a historical perspective of the pen as an art medium and how it has grown in popularity. The book explores the work, methods, and themes of over 30 leading contemporary artists who draw in many styles ranging from intensely realistic classical drawings, to modern abstractions, graphic illustration, location sketching and street art styles, A detailed section on ballpoint techniques will discuss and demonstrate line drawing...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Oh, The Places You'll Sketch! Capture the world as it lives and breathes in the pages of your sketchbook. Taria Dawson, creator of the popular blog Urban Sketching World, makes it easy to draw on location. Using the art form's loose, colorful and spontaneous method, you'll learn to create sentimental impressions of the places where you live and travel. And all with minimal supplies! Transform the everyday mundane into something magical as you work...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Packed with practical tips and advice, this book shows you how to fill your sketchbook or watercolor pad with a variety of everyday items that catch your eye. Author Tomoko Kuramae provides detailed step-by-step instructions on sketching and perspective, then shows you how to bring your finished sketches to life with brilliant transparent watercolors. She explains how to draw dozens of objects realistically from a variety of angles based on cubes...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Lifelong
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Emmy Award-winning and longtime PBS host Mark Kistler is back with You Can Draw It in Just 30 Minutes, the sequel to his hugely popular You Can Draw in 30 Days. Take a 30-minute creativity break and be amazed at what you accomplish! Learn to draw 25 different everyday objects--each completed in just half an hour--with step-by-step illustrations and friendly, personality-filled instructions for each lesson"--
Author
Publisher
David & Charles
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this accessible guide, largely self-taught artist Jen Russell-Smith takes beginners by the hand and breaks down the barriers we face around sketching, and shows you how to begin with quick, loose sketches building your confidence and skills to draw spontaneously, with nothing more than the things around you for inspiration. With simple exercises that anyone can follow, Jen shows you how to sketch the things and the places around you from life,...
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Publisher
Quarry Books, an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1920s and 30s, French artist Robert Lambry (1902-1934) created a series of charming step-by-step lessons for drawing for a weekly children's paper. Now, almost 100 years later, his beautiful lineworks will guide you to drawing perfection. With over 150 easy-to-follow drawings, this visual reference book offers instructions for drawing animals, people, plants, food, everyday objects, buildings, vehicles, clothing, and more. In Lambry's stylistically...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Have a blast while you learn to draw tons of sweet and whimsical objects with this all-in-one guide. Meet your doodle coach, Amy Latta--a bestselling lettering author and workshop instructor who is beloved for her practical, encouraging, "anyone can do it" approach to teaching art. With this workbook, learn how to personalize handmade cards, amp up your favorite notebook or simply unwind with some mindful drawing, either on your own paper or right...
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