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    Start Sketching & Drawing Now: Simple techniques for drawing landscapes, people and objects
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    Start Sketching & Drawing Now: Simple techniques for drawing landscapes, people and objects

    By Grant Fuller

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    About this ebook

    A complete course for the can't-wait-to-get-started beginner!

    Got the urge to draw? What are you waiting for?! Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3 with Grant Fuller's Start Sketching & Drawing Now! Packed full of easy and fun techniques, readers will learn to create accurate and expressive likenesses of people, animals, landscapes, and objects. Suddenly rendering even something as mundane as an electrical plug will become an adventure in seeingand as you'll discover, learning how to really see your subject is half the battle.

    • A progressive series of lessons range from proven exercises for developing hand-eye coordination, expressive line work and keen powers of observation, to creating the illusion of depth and dimension, realistic textures, reflections and more
    • 30 step-by-step demonstrations cover an exciting range of subjects, including still lifes, landscapes, architecture, animals and people
    • Graphite pencil is the featured medium, but charcoal, pen & ink, colored pencils and pastels are also explored
    Practice is important, of course, but this expert instruction will fast forward you past many hours of trial, error and frustration. With every lesson you'll develop skills and confidence. Get started today with simple materials you may already have or can easily pick up at any major retailer. Before you know it, you'll be able to capture a wide range of subjects with artistic style and vision.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNorth Light Books
    Release dateSep 29, 2011
    ISBN9781440320620
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