How to Draw Portraits in Charcoal


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Whether you're an aspiring artist or new to the medium, seasoned instructor and accomplished artist Nathan Fowkes makes drawing portraits in charcoal not only accessible, but also a real pleasure! From stocking the best supplies to using them effectively, and composing a portrait while avoiding common mistakes, How to Draw Portraits in Charcoal by Nathan Fowkes will place you firmly on the path to producing the charcoal portraits you've dreamed of creating. His easy-to-follow tips, in-depth tutorials, and valuable exercises make this guide your first step toward building an understanding and appreciation for every face you draw. This handy book will equip you with the skills to capture them in beautiful charcoal fashion.




Drawing with Charcoal, Chalk, and Sanguine Crayon


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"Beginner Art Guides instruct in the fundamentals of art, then present a series of projects for the student to master. Projects are presented in order of difficulty, and are supplemented with practical suggestions, ideas for color experiments, and techniques for creating special effects. The final page of each book presents a capsule biography of a famous artist whose work offers classic examples of the title's central subject. This volume summarizes basic art principles for art students and ambitious amateurs, and then presents several dry-medium projects for them to complete. This title presents a brief, enlightening illustrated discussion of James Ensor (1860-1949), a Belgian artist particularly noted for his work in charcoal, chalk, and sanguine."--Publisher's website.




Charcoal Drawing


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Written by artists of national profile, this book provides an insiders guide to good tools, and tricks along with best practice techniques. Step by step "proofs".




Drawing Step-by-Step


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This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all drawing enthusiasts, from the beginner to the experienced artist. It begins with advice on a wide variety of drawing media including graphite and coloured pencils, charcoal, chalks, pastels, conte crayons, water soluble pencils and various pens. It goes on to explore the various techniques that can be used with these media from making marks and creating tone and texture to mixing and overlaying colours. There is detailed, specific advice on drawing landscapes, trees and pets, with step-by-step demonstrations for readers to follow. Each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational drawings by the five featured artists, in a rich variety of styles. Comprises material from the Leisure Arts series: Basic Drawing Techniques (9780855328429) Drawing Landscapes (9780855328467) Drawing Trees (9780855325824) Drawing Pets (9780855325565) Water Soluble Pencils (9780855329631)




Drawing with Charcoal


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Charcoal is a versatile and dramatic medium with incredible potential for expression. This stunning book shows you how to create a drawing using its subtle, complex and bold qualities to best effect. Through step-by-step demonstrations and tasks, it explores the process, explaining how to capture a scene or the feeling of a scene, and, essentially, how best to fix an image to the page. With over 200 illustrations, this beautiful book is a compelling guide for everyone who wants to work with this elusive and powerful medium. Topics covered include: The basics of charcoal – explains the material, its qualities and ways of using it; Charcoal lenses – advises on how to choose interesting subjects with the use of photography and sketchbooks, and how to build a library of visual references; Mark making – includes techniques for complete beginners, as well as more advanced ideas for those hoping to develop and refine their work; Demonstrations – shows how to use the techniques and build a body of work; Soft pastel – suggests ways of combining charcoal with pastel to add colour to your work; Tasks and extensions – gives tips for trying and exploring ideas further to develop your own skills and to create a unique style to your work and finally: Protecting your work – advises on the key techniques used for fixing, photographing, storing and framing your work.




Once Upon a Place


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Learn How to Draw with Charcoal For The Beginner


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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Drawing Materials RENDERING Pencil Sphere Cone Cube Cylinder Charcoal Application Drawing an Outline Grid System Drawing and Rendering Landscapes in Charcoal Sahara Desert in Pencil The Chocolate Hills in Charcoal The Lone Tree in Pencil Mountain View in Charcoal Nature’s Path in Pencil Desert Rock Formation in Charcoal The Bridge in Charcoal Tips to Remember Portraits of People in Charcoal Portrait of the Little Girl How to render the Eyes How to render the Nose How to Render the Lips How to Render the Ear How to render the Face How to render the Hair How to render the Grown, Necklace and Earring How to render the Background Portrait of a Young Man Couples Portrait Couples Portrait 2 The Portrait of Grandfather Grant Animals in Charcoal Zebra Giraffe Elephant Baby Chimp Lion Author Bio Introduction: Ever wonder how an artist draw a beautiful landscape, how with ease uses his chosen medium and finished his masterpiece. Well let me tell you, that can do it too, picking this book is the first step you showed your interest to draw Landscape. I promise you if you read and do the instructions step-by-step in this book in no time you will be drawing your Landscape masterpiece in no time. Imagine that you will not just amaze yourself but also your friends and others by your skill in drawing as well rendering it adding tones to make in realistic. Both in pencil and Charcoal, as what I always tell beginner artist, you must be dedicated, persevere and be patient, if your first drawing attempt is not the same as you seen in the examples, don’t be discourage, try to relax or take a break and after that do it again with your calm mind. This book will be showing you how easy it is to draw landscapes, people and animals so let’s begin the journey and adventure of the world of drawing with your pencil and charcoal, and remember have fun and free your creative mind.




Charcoal


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Charcoal drawing is timeless, stylish, atmospheric and arresting. In this easy-to-follow beginner's guide, readers are taken on a journey to explore the rich potential of monochrome using the medium of charcoal. Inexpensive and easy to source, charcoal is perfect for the beginner artist. To increase the variety of mark-making, or simply to make life easier, readers can choose to buy different types and sizes of charcoal, and tools such as blenders and brushes for different effects. This is all explained clearly so the reader can make informed choices. Following the section on tools and materials, the basic techniques are presented, showing how to exploit the medium to best effect. The fundamentals of drawing are also covered, including perspective, composition and observational drawing.




The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune


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In the first book he has both written and illustrated, master artist P.J. Lynch brings a Mayflower voyager’s story to vivid life. At a young age, John Howland learned what it meant to take advantage of an opportunity. Leaving the docks of London on the Mayflower as an indentured servant to Pilgrim John Carver, John Howland little knew that he was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. By his great good fortune, John survived falling overboard on the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, and he earned his keep ashore by helping to scout a safe harbor and landing site for his bedraggled and ill shipmates. Would his luck continue to hold amid the dangers and adversity of the Pilgrims’ lives in New England? John Howland’s tale is masterfully told in his own voice, bringing an immediacy and young perspective to the oft-told Pilgrims’ story. P.J. Lynch captures this pivotal moment in American history in precise and exquisite detail, from the light on the froth of a breaking wave to the questioning voice of a teen in a new world.




Pencil Drawing


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This complete kit makes it easy to start exploring the exciting art form of pencil drawing because it comes with everything a beginning artist needs—from a set of high-quality materials to comprehensive instructions. The project book covers the basics, such as handling the pencil and applying shading, before delving into simple step-by-step lessons that give would-be artists a chance to apply their newfound knowledge. And every lesson can be accomplished with the array of drawing materials provided. The hardcover case includes a 40-page paperback book with corresponding Spanish instruction, 6 drawing pencils (B, F, H, HB, 2B, 2H), a flat sketching pencil, a charcoal pencil, a sharpener, kneaded and rubber erasers, an artist’s triangle, 2 tortillons, a sandpaper block, and drawing paper and pad. Warning! This product is intended for use by ages 13 and older and is not intended for use by children.