Drawing For Dummies (eBook)

Jamie Platt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 3. Auflage
352 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-394-19921-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Anyone can learn to draw with these easy instructions and fun practice ideas Drawing For Dummies makes it easy to learn the basics of drawing and even master advanced techniques. With a little instruction and practice, there s no such thing as I just can t draw. Drawing can help you relieve stress, express your emotions and creativity, communicate across cultures, improve memory, and develop and strengthen fine motor skills. This user-friendly Dummies resource will teach you how to see the world through the eyes of an artist, explore your inner visions, and open up your creativity through drawing exercises. Step-by-step illustrations and images, newly enlarged in this edition, will show you exactly how to achieve the results you want. It might be time to invest in some picture frames, because you re about to make art you can be proud of. Learn the fundamentals of drawing, including the essential supplies you ll need Practice drawing techniques, get your creativity flowing, and explore your own mind with fun drawing exercises Get step-by-step instructions on how to draw anything in a range of styles Improve your abilities with tips and ideas for making your drawings betterComplete beginners and more advanced artists alike will have fun developing their skills with Drawing For Dummies.

Autor

Jamie Platt is an artist and director of the art galleries at the University of Central Missouri where she sees her role as helping to bring people together over art. Jamie has an MFA in painting from Indiana University, in Bloomington Indiana and a BFA in painting from Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has exhibited her work widely including recent exhibitions at Manifest in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, West Virginia and Blue Mountain Gallery in New York City.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part 1: Discovering What It Takes to Draw 5

Chapter 1: Gearing Up to Start (and Continue) Drawing 7

Chapter 2: A New Kind of Seeing: Getting Familiar with the Artist's Perspective 19

Chapter 3: Gathering What You Need to Get Started 37

Chapter 4: Working through the Developmental Stages of Drawing 63

Part 2: Developing Basic Skills 77

Chapter 5: Planning Your Drawings 79

Chapter 6: Seeing and Drawing Lines and Shapes 107

Chapter 7: Exploring the Third Dimension 131

Chapter 8: Adding Life to Your Drawings with Shading 165

Chapter 9: Identifying and Rendering Textures 193

Part 3: Experimenting with Subject Matter 207

Chapter 10: Making Meaningful Still Life Drawings 209

Chapter 11: Representing the Natural World in Your Drawings 225

Chapter 12: Bringing Animals to Life on Paper 251

Chapter 13: Drawing People 275

Part 4: The Part of Tens 305

Chapter 14: Ten Tips for Drawing Cartoons 307

Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Grow as an Artist 315

Chapter 16: Answering Ten Common Copyright Questions 325

Index 331

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.8.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Schlagworte: ART • Kunst • lifestyle • lifestyles • Zeichnen
• ISBN-10: 1-394-19921-X / 139419921X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-19921-1 / 9781394199211