Learn How To Draw & Paint: A Complete Course On Practical & Creative Techniques: Drawing, Watercolour, Oil & Acrylic And Pastel

Author: HAZEL HARRISON

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Price : $33.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781780191621
Publisher : Anness Publishing
Imprint : Anness Publishing
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Weight (g) : 1.279
Publication date : July 2012
Dimensions : 297mm X 228mm X 23mm
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Availability date : September 2013
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Dewey classification : 751.4
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Description

This is a complete course on practical & creative techniques: drawing, watercolour, oil & acrylic and pastel. It is a comprehensive artists' manual that includes examples of many different styles and treatments. It is perfect both for the beginner and the more advanced artist. It includes up-to-date information on all the latest techniques, materials and equipment. It is packed with practical guidance on how to treat all the classical subjects - portraits, figures, buildings, landscapes and flowers - in the most popular mediums. You can learn techniques such as brushwork, texturing and knife painting, then apply them to your own project. It features over 750 at-a-glance, step-by-step photographs show clearly how to achieve successful results. This comprehensive book offers a complete guide to all the materials, techniques and approaches an artist needs to get started. As well as step-by-step instruction for beginners it offers expert tips, advice and ideas to offer inspiration to more advanced practitioners. Divided into four parts, this book covers all the most popular art mediums: drawing; watercolour; oil and acrylic; and pastel.
Each section describes the range of materials and equipment available, and reveals how to get the best out of them. There are over 30 step-by-step projects each designed to teach a skill in depth. More specialized methods are then explained, for increasingly advanced and sophisticated effects.

Author description

Hazel Harrison is a highly experienced and respected figure in the world of practical art publishing. Her many works include An Introduction to Painting in Oils, An Introduction to Painting in Watercolour, The Oil Painter's Question and Answer Book and Watercolour Step-by-Step. She is a practicing artist, having studied at the Guildford School of Art and the Royal Academy School of Painting in London. She now divides her time between writing and painting.

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The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.