Learn to paint and draw

Bókin fjallar um: grunnatriðin, efnin, tæknina, samsetningu, liti, sjónarhorn og línur og tóna.

Bókin Learn to Paint and Draw er skipt niður í 14 kafla með undirköflum, þeir eru:

• Techniques
• Lead pencil
• Coloured pencil
• Pastels
• Pen and ink
• Oil painting
• Acrylics
• Gouache
• Watercolour
• Mixed media
• Advanced techniques
• Landscapes
  • Sketching
  • Composition: proportion and balance
  • Composition: rhythm and movement
  • Space in landscape: planes
  • Space in landscape: linear perspective
  • Space in landscape: tonal perspective
  • Light, atmosphere and contrast
  • Elements of landscape: buildings
  • Elements of landscape: trees
  • Elements of landscape: skies and clouds
  • Elements of landscape: water
  • Methods of drawing: observation
  • Methods of drawing: selection
  • Methods of oil painting: all prima
  • Methods of oil painting: traditional
  • Studies for and oil painting
  • Completing an oil painting
  • Foregrounds
• People
  • Making a mark
  • Learning to see
  • Perceiving form
  • Analysing movement
  • Constructing form
  • Using line
  • Proportion
  • Recording detail
  • Tackling a subject
  • The clothed figure
  • Sketching
  • Advanced techniques
• Animals
  • Introduction to anatomy
  • Dogs: basic structure
  • Dogs: basic form
  • Dogs: detail
  • Dogs: tackling a subject
  • Cats: basic structure
  • Cats: basic form and movement
  • Cats: detail and tackling a subject
  • Horses: basic structure
  • Horses: tackling a subject
  • Capturing movement
  • Birds: basic form and structure
  • Painting a bird in watercolour
  • Sketching at the zoo

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