A Closer Look

by Patrick Woodroffe

An explanation of Patrick's traditional and invented art techniques. His work has included drawings, copper etching, painting and sculpture. Woodroffe has developed a variety of resourceful techniques to produce natural-media artwork over the years. Woodroffe's work also includes Tomographs; these are photographs that combine actual objects with cut-outs of his paintings.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Patrick James Woodroffe was an English artist, etcher and drawer, who specialised in fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that border on the surreal. His achievements include several collaborations with well-known musicians, two bronze sculptures displayed in Switzerland and numerous books.

Reviews

[Mansour S منصور السدحان · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is not a how-to-do book, as it's been cleared by the author in the introduction. Which is a good thing. How-to-do art books are never practically satisfying anyway, and besides, you need a huge volume to explain the techniques used by Patrick Woodroffe! This book is a tour into the challenges/solutions, techniques and fine touches that Patrick implies to achieve the perfection you see in his art. It's a good read for today's young digital artists, not in a grumpy "in my time things were better" way! Instead, to appreciate how having it hard results in giving it a thought before doing it. If you already appreciate Patrick's art, then you'll double that appreciation after knowing the amount of effort, dedication and talent that went into making it! Some of Patrick's techniques are considered old fashioned way back in his time, 1980s! This is because Patrick is concerned about the actual art piece itself, as well as the reproduced copy for commercial purposes. This book is joy to look at, it can be looked at as a showcase for the whimsical, fantasy, sci fi art of Patrick Woodroffe regardless of the text. A particularly interesting chapter is the last chapter, there you will learn how Patrick mixes painted elements with the real world without the convenience of digital imaging, and creates art pieces that rivals the best of today's digital art!

[Jussi Peritalo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative Look Into the working methods of the multitalented Woodroffe.