A Practical Masterclass & Manual of Drawing & Pastels, Pencil Skills, Penmanship & Calligraphy: Expert Tuition on how to use Pencils, Pens, Charcoal ... Drawings and Beartiful Calligraphic Lettering - Couverture rigide

Sidaway, Ian; Hoggett, Sarah; Mehigan, Janet

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754817210 ISBN 13 : 9780754817215

Editeur : Lorenz Books, 2007

Synopsis

Drawing, sketching and writing skills are beautifully presented and taught in this superbly illustrated practical encyclopedia. Packed full of expert advice, step-by-step projects and practice exercises, this book is perfect for beginners and intermediate artists and calligraphers looking to improve their skills. Divided into three sections, the book provides professional advice on the techniques of drawing, pastel work and calligraphy with sample exercises to increase skill levels. There are also 12 classic calligraphic alphabets included with a useful 'common mistakes' section to assist the novice calligrapher. The techniques are all illustrated with clear step-by-step photography and are packed full of useful tips to improve skills. Artists will learn how to see things as simple shapes, try out different ways of shading, practice blending colours with soft pastels, understand perspective and composition among many other techniques. Calligraphers will study brush lettering, embossing, resists, gilding, how to form classic letter shapes and much more. After each technique section follows a wonderful selection of more than 150 inspirational projects specially created by leading artists and calligraphers and designed to consolidate and test the newly acquired skills from the technique sections. Artists can choose from a range of subjects including landscapes, still lifes, people, animals, buildings, and trees and flowers. From a simple study of trees in winter and a Mediterranean seascape to an ornate Venetian building and delicate Autumn leaves there is something here for every artist. Calligraphers will be delighted with the range of projects for all occasions including invitations, headed paper, gift boxes, greetings cards, poems and much more. With its authorative text, clear step-by-step guidance and more than 2000 super colour photographs and artworks, this book is a practical teaching course of the highest quality and is the perfect starter manual for beginners, as well as a stimulating source book of ideas for more experienced artists and calligraphers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ian Sidaway originally trained as a graphic designer and has been working as a freelance artist since 1970. He is the author of 20 art techniques books, including The Instant Artist, which won the Artist's Choice Art Instruction Book of the Year award in 2001. His other published works include The Acrylic Painter's Pocket Palette (Search Press); How To Draw Buildings (New Holland); Oils (Sunburst Books); Colour Mixing Bible (David & Charles); How To Draw Still Life (New Holland); The Watercolourist's Guide to Art Papers (David & Charles); Pastels (Sunburst Books); and How To Paint (New Holland). For Lorenz Books he has written The Practical Encyclopedia of Watercolour and The Practical Encyclopedia of Oils, Acrylics and Gouache. Sarah Hoggett is a freelance writer and editor who specializes in practical art and photography titles. As former Editorial Director of a major London publishing house, she has wide-ranging experience of producing highly illustrated books for the international co-edition market. She lives in London. Janet Mehigan is a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminatorsand of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society. She also teaches calligraphy and art in Adult Education. Janet runs a number of workshops and has been a participant at Art in Action. She has written a title called Illumination for Calligraphy and hasco-authored a number of books about calligraphy with Mary Noble, also a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society and a teacher in Further Education. These titles include The Beginner's Guide to Calligraphy and The Calligrapher's Companion. Janet has also contributed to many other publications about calligraphy. Hazel Harrison is a highly experienced and respected figure in the world of practical art publishing. She is a practising artist having studied at the Royal Academy School of Painting in London. She now divides her time between writing and painting.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lorenz Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754817210
• ISBN 13: 9780754817215
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Éditeur: Harrison Hazel
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible