Artist's Drawing Techniques: Discover How to Draw Landscapes, People, Still Lifes and More, in Pencil, Charcoal, Pen and Pastel

by D.K. Publishing

Learn how to draw with charcoal, pen, and pastel with step-by-step workshops from professional artists. Artist's Drawing Techniques is your guide to every aspect of drawing, from choosing a subject to mounting your finished masterpiece. Follow the workshops that teach you more than 80 artist's techniques, including cross-hatching, stippling, blending, and masking using pencil, charcoal, coloured pencils, and pastels. Develop your artistic style by following step-by-step drawing tutorials through beginner, intermediate, and advanced projects. Explore new creative challenges with inspiring exercises and art projects to develop your skills, and study the stunning feature drawings that showcase every artistic technique and show you how that technique can be applied. Artist's Drawing Techniques will help you tap into your creative potential and unlock new talents.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Drawing, How To, Art Design

304 pages, Hardcover

Published August 3, 2017

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the BEST art reference books I've seen. I checked this out of my local library - now I MUST buy it!

Artist's Drawing Techniques covers all the basics first: composition, focused/gestural lines, tone, color, value, expression, perspective, etc. It also covers the pros and cons of drawing from life vs. drawing from photo references. Discusses indoor and outdoor setups.

Then it moves into different mediums and showcases art and step by step tips on each medium: pencil, charcoal, pen & ink, colored pencils and soft & oil pastels. Each section also discusses which items you will need and how to use them. Each media section has projects and examples from beginner to intermediate to advanced. The examples are good.

This 304 page book is just amazing! I MUST add it to my art reference book collection. Enjoy.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND

[Shani · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good book. It has a variety of drawing techniques and mediums given with good instructions.

[Jesús · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent introduction to different materials and techniques.

[Andrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me quite a while to finish this book, and I am really sure I will return to it many times. It is a wealth of knowledge on different techniques for different drawing media. I really love the structure of the material and illustrations and how everything is put together so that you can easily locate particular technique and exercises for it.

[Kandace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up this book at my local library and I was not disappointed. If I were teaching a drawing course I would assign this book. It details the materials and different techniques for dry and wet mediums used for drawing and provides useful tips on how to make sense of your materials for the goals you want to achieve in your drawing practice. Gorgeous color photography of others' drawings helps you learn and explore your style. A gift of a text.

[Celine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice for a beginner who wants to be serious with art. This book listed the basic supplies you need and what its used for. You can learn many different techniques from beginner to expert level on different mediums in this book.

[Danielle Vasquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

don't let the title fool you! this book is not just about drawing. it goes into extreme detail about drawing but also has a little bit of everything else. A very good book for the artist looking to draw different things.

[Soumya Shyam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely wonderful book to learn the basics of drawing.

[Hog · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very clear, useful tips on a range of mediums and techniques.

[Brigitte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m so happy I purchased this book. It’s like having a bible of drawing techniques. So useful for my art practice.

[Ahmed Sayed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book in explaining the use of different mediums and tools. Good choice for beginner artists

[Rênas · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an excellent book for beginners you can find all mediums and basics you need for drawing, Good introduction but I didn't take any extra or new knowledge from reading it also I didn't enjoy a lot, it was not for me from the beginning since I'm not a beginner at the same time I liked to have a book like that in my Library and even if you are not beginner Artist still you need to go back to the basics from time to time and make exercises.Overall I highly recommend it for beginners.well explained.

[Lucas Brothers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was so good to help me with my drawing skills.