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Watercolor / Oil Painting Tips and Techniques
Dramatic Light : Paint Eye Catching Art in Watercolor And Oil
Sample pages include:
preparing and planning ... tools and setup ... how to prepare oil paints for use ... palette ... paints ... mediums ... what to paint on ... how to stretch watercolor paper ... four degrees of paper wetness ... color basics and transparency
CONTENTS
Preparing and Planning ... tools and setup ... what to paint on ... four degrees of paper wetness ... color basics and transparency ... the three aspects of color ... basic watercolor painting techniques ... exercise: begin with one brush, one color and simple shapes ... exercise: add color to your shapes ... creating positive and negative shapes ... exercise: creating depth with overlapping shapes ... three basic edges help create depth and add light ... demonstration: enlarge without a measuring tool ... demonstration: create a grid drawing ... painting from photos ... use digital cameras for convenience ... composition ... flatten your subject to see composition ... use lighter tones on silhouettes ... zoom to analyze your work ... the spatial worlds ... oil demonstration: pro paint-by-numbers with oil ... oil demonstration: color patch technique
Transparency ... transparency simplified ... exercise: how to convey transparency ... watercolor demonstration: paint transparent glass ... oil demonstration: paint highlights on clear plastic ... watercolor demonstration: paint water and light distortions ... watercolor demonstration: white creates shimmering light
Translucence ... exercise: paint semitransparency ... watercolor demonstration: layer to create transluscent light ... watercolor demonstration: paint backlit silk ... oil demonstration: paint translucent silk ... watercolor demonstration: create special light with stained glass ... watercolor demonstration: use translucent light for simple drama
Luminosity ... watercolor demonstration: paint luminous backlighting ... watercolor demonstration: paint the surrounding glow of candlelight ... watercolor demonstration: an exercise in value range control ... oil demonstration: capture glowing, sunlit interiors ... watercolor demonstration: paint a street scene with glowing lights ... watercolor demonstration: neon lights illuminate the luminous principle ... oil demonstration: use luminous light for mystery
Light and Reflection ... exercise: combine techniques to paint reflection ... anatomy of reflections ... oil demonstration: paint from your imagination ... watercolor demonstration: paint a sun-filled scene with people ... oil demonstration: capture the golden light and reflections of a venetian canal ... watercolor demonstration: another view of the venetian canal ... oil demonstration: water reflections capture rich texture and nuances
Finding Inspiration
The Business of Art
The Five Scariest Gallery Issues
Pricing your Art
Art Brushes
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Patrick Howe Painting Books Paint Eye Catching Art in Watercolor And Oil |
This Watercolour / Oil Painting Books contents ...
Preparing and Planning ... tools and setup ... what to paint on ... four degrees of paper wetness ... color basics and transparency ... the three aspects of color ... basic watercolor painting techniques ... exercise: begin with one brush, one color and simple shapes ... exercise: add color to your shapes ... creating positive and negative shapes ... exercise: creating depth with overlapping shapes ... three basic edges help create depth and add light ... demonstration: enlarge without a measuring tool ... demonstration: create a grid drawing ... painting from photos ... use digital cameras for convenience ... composition ... flatten your subject to see composition ... use lighter tones on silhouettes ... zoom to analyze your work ... the spatial worlds ... oil demonstration: pro paint-by-numbers with oil ... oil demonstration: color patch technique
Transparency ... transparency simplified ... exercise: how to convey transparency ... watercolor demonstration: paint transparent glass ... oil demonstration: paint highlights on clear plastic ... watercolor demonstration: paint water and light distortions ... watercolor demonstration: white creates shimmering light
Translucence ... exercise: paint semitransparency ... watercolor demonstration: layer to create transluscent light ... watercolor demonstration: paint backlit silk ... oil demonstration: paint translucent silk ... watercolor demonstration: create special light with stained glass ... watercolor demonstration: use translucent light for simple drama
Luminosity ... watercolor demonstration: paint luminous backlighting ... watercolor demonstration: paint the surrounding glow of candlelight ... watercolor demonstration: an exercise in value range control ... oil demonstration: capture glowing, sunlit interiors ... watercolor demonstration: paint a street scene with glowing lights ... watercolor demonstration: neon lights illuminate the luminous principle ... oil demonstration: use luminous light for mystery
Light and Reflection ... exercise: combine techniques to paint reflection ... anatomy of reflections ... oil demonstration: paint from your imagination ... watercolor demonstration: paint a sun-filled scene with people ... oil demonstration: capture the golden light and reflections of a venetian canal ... watercolor demonstration: another view of the venetian canal ... oil demonstration: water reflections capture rich texture and nuances
Finding Inspiration
The Business of Art
The Five Scariest Gallery Issues
Pricing your Art |
Sample pages include ... preparing and planning ... tools and setup ... how to prepare oil paints for use ... palette ... paints ... mediums ... what to paint on ... how to stretch watercolor paper ... four degrees of paper wetness ... color basics and transparency |
Watercolour Tips and Techniques
Paint Watercolors That Dance With Light
Sample pages include:
pictures of flowers ... how to see like an artist ... painting starts with seeing ... look at your subject in new ways ... study this tree ... turn it upside down ... look at negative space ... training your mind ... perceiving abstract form, value, line and color ... practice subject ... find the puzzle pieces ... lose yourself in your subject ... make your subject important
Flower Painting Books
How to see like an artist
Learning the steps: the methods and the madness
Composition: choreography for the eye
Masquerade: protecting pure color and light
Water in watercolor: a balancing act
Color: making visual music
Light and shadow: partners in the dance
The whole dance
Evaluating the result
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Dramatic Light: Paint Eye-catching Art in Watercolor And Oil ...
Sample pages include ... preparing and planning ... tools and setup ... how to prepare oil paints for use ... palette ... paints ... mediums ... what to paint on ... how to stretch watercolor paper ... four degrees of paper wetness ... color basics and transparency |
With two popular mediums and a favorite topic, Dramatic Light is sure to become a staple on every artist's bookshelf. This guide shows painters how to capture the elusive quality of light and make their work glow from within. Highlights include:
- Instruction in both watercolor and oils
- 23 step by step demonstrations on seeing and painting light
- An in-depth look at basic light principles: transparency, translucency, luminosity and reflections
- Gorgeous transparent and translucent subjects such as glass jars, sheer curtains, stained-glass windows and water
Artists at every level will come away with a better understanding of light -- and more dramatic paintings! |
Manga Mania
Fantasy Worlds
How to Draw the Enchanted Worlds of Japanese Comics
Sample pages include:
contributing artists, the medieval world
How to Draw a Knight
Choosing an Angle - Posing Manga Characters
how to draw the knight, knight illustration
Artist / Illustrator - Christopher Hart
how to draw knights, learn to draw manga, learn to draw knights, how to draw a knight, how to draw Japanese comics...
CONTENTS...
the medieval world, gothic beasts, the faerie kingdon, warrior women of manga, science fiction, monsters, steam punk
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How to Draw Caricatures
Sample pages include:
materials and supplies ... marker techniques ... drawing eyes ... pencil techniques ... shading
Artist / Caricaturist - Harry Hamernik
learn how to draw caricatures, learn to draw a caricature, learn how to draw eyes, learn how to draw an eye, learn pencil techniques, learn shading
Caricature Drawing Books
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Wizard Comics Basic Training
Sample pages include:
art essentials ... figure construction ...
Wizard Comics
learn how to draw, learn figure construction
Comic Drawing Books
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How to Draw Anatomy
for the
Comic Book Artist
Sample pages include:
... drawing skulls ...
Artist / Illustrator - Christopher Hart
learn to draw anatomy for comics, learn to draw comics, learn to draw skulls, learn to draw a skull, how to draw skulls, how to draw a skull
Comic Art Drawing Books
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How to Draw Heads and Portraits
Sample pages include:
Polyclitus and the Canon, anthropometry, proportions on a greek skulpture
Proportions on the Human Body (Male and Female)
Contents
Ingres's advice to his students
The Canon For the Human Head - anthropometry - that is the canon? - the head seen from the front - the head seen in profile
The Construction of the Human Head - the skull - the basic structure - the perspective of the circle and the sphere - the canon applied to the basic structure - the structure of the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth - practice exercises - examples of the head in different positions - practice exercise in drawing a model
Age and Gender in Drawing the Human Head - at the age of two - value and contrast in drawing children's heads - the development of the human head - elderly people - women's heads - examples of women's heads
Detailed Study of the Parts of the Face - eyebrows and eyes - the external appearance of the eyes - pairs of eyes - noses and ears - lips and mouths - hair
The portrait - a lesson from Velazquez - basic features of a good portrait - how to do a good portrait - likeness - applications of Ingres's advice
The Portrait as a Work of Art - lighting - pose - more about the pose and the distance of the model - preliminary sketches and composition - using preliminary sketches to study the pose - formats and sizes - How to Draw Portraits - portraits in red chalk, step by step - doing a self-portrait: you are your own model
Jose Maria Parramon
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How to Draw Digimon Monsters
Sample pages include:
how to draw your favorite digimon ... starting to draw
learn to draw Digimon monsters
Digimon Drawing Books
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Forensic Art
Sample pages include:
Introduction to forensic art and illustration
What is forensic art
Four categories of forensic art
ILLUSTRATIONS
image modification
demonstrative evidence
two-dimensional facial reconstruction from the skull
three-dimensional facial reconstruction from the skull
Art or Science
Artist / Illustrator - Karen T Taylor
CONTENTS
Part 1 - Forensic Art: The Foundation
Introduction to Forensic Art and Illustration
A History of Forensic Art
The Human Face
Drawing the Human Face
Part 2 - Forensic Art: Finding and Identifying the Living
The Interview
Composite Imagery
Age Progression: Growth
Age Progression: Aging
Image Assessment and Modification
Part 3 - Forensic Art: Finding and Identifying the Dead
Postmortem Drawing
Skull Protection and Preparation for Reconstruction
Two-Dimensional Facial Reconstruction of the Skull
Three-Dimensional Facial Reconstruction of the Skull
Methods of Superimposition
Part 4 - Forensic Art: Additional Responsibilities
Professional Ethics and Conduct
Printing and Graphics Reproduction
Dealing with the News Media
The Forensic Artist in Court
(Note : Search Inside book for more detailed contents list)
Forensic Art Books
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How to Draw the Human Head and How to Draw the Human Figure
Sample pages include:
how to draw the female eye, how to draw the female mouth, how to draw a lauging mouth vs. how to draw a straight mouth
Jack Hamm
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How to Draw Cartoon Animation
Sample pages include:
Character development ... Cartoon construction ... Stance ... Body built from circular and rounded forms ... Drawings of dogs ... More circular and rounded forms.
Animator - Preston Blair
DESCRIPTION
This is the one sourcebook that cartooning and animation enthusiasts have been clamoring about for years! A time-tested classic, this tried-and-true reference is often used as a textbook in cartooning workshops, and beginning and professional cartoonists alike are known to have copies of Cartoon Animation in their libraries. In this comprehensive title, famed animator Preston Blair shares his expertise on how to develop a cartoon character, create dynamic movement, and coordinate dialogue with action. Topics include character development, line of action, dialogue, timing, and, of course, animation! This valuable resource provides inspiration and information you need to begin drawing your own animated characters.
CONTENTS
Introduction ... Character Development ... Character Movement ... Animation ... Dialogue ... Technical.
224 pages.
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How to Draw Pictures that Look Real with Colored Pencils with artist Ann Kullberg
Sample pages include:
Getting started, drawing materials - the basics, drawing materials - accessories
CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED... materials the basics ... materials - accessories ... vertical line - smooth stroke ... pressure bar ...feather vs. definitive stroke ... vertical line - quick ... overlap and straddled strokes ... scribble stroke ... broken scribble stroke ... dense vs. airy ... where to start ... building color ... value.
INTERIORS... wicker basket and drapes ... upholstery and pillows ... carved wood ... wood grain floor ... patterned carpet ... windowsill ... walls ... metal fixtures ... patent leather shoes ... tennis shoes ... teddy bear ... eyelet lace.
EXTERIORS... apple blossom and sky ... tulips ... distant flowers ... rhododendrons - using a marker blender ... hedge, sidewalk, ivy and background greenery ... tall grasses, dirt and beauty bark ... close grass ... fir tree trunk ... lake and trees ... alder tree trunk with crosshatched background ... ocean and clouds ... tropics ... waterfall ... barn doors - old wood ... stone stairs ... stones or pebbles ... old brick ... new brick.
Art Materials
From Creation to Framing
For Artists, Sculptors and Crafters |
How to Draw Realistic Portraits with Coloured Pencil Step by Step with artist Ann Kullberg
Sample pages include:
Getting started, materials with hints, basic techniques.
CONTENTS
Introduction ... Getting Started ... Composing a Portrait ... Seeing the Light ... Creating Believable Skin Tones ... Painting Features of the Face ... Painting Hair ... Painting Fabric ... Putting It All Together.
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How to Create Animation
Sample pages include:
front and back covers with illustrations ... why this book? ... page with 10 illustrations ... a few autobiographical pages
Richard Williams
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Draw Squad
Mark Kistler
Sample pages include:
dissolving a popular myth ... the pre-test ... the key words of drawing
TV Artist Mark Kistler
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Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
Sample pages include:
list of illustrations ... learning to draw ... John Henry Fuseli
Robert Beverly Hale
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