Questo volume vi insegnerà come disegnare e dipingere la figura umana e realizza re ritratti. Imparerete a padroneggiare la prospettiva e le tecniche per rappresentare con suc cesso le texture, le forme e i colori dei tessuti, i capelli e la pelle. Verrete guidati con consigli pratici e suggerimenti sull'utilizzo di modelli e fotografie, su come fare bozzetti, suggerire pose e creare scenari. Vi verranno fornite esaustive spiegazioni sui materiali e tutta l'attrezzatura necessaria, su come utilizzare ogni tipo di strumento, dalla matita al carboncino, dai pastelli, i colori a olio e acrilici ai colori gouache e gli acquerelli.

Whatever your choice of drawing and painting medium - oil, acrylic, gouache, water paints, pencil, charcoal or pastels - this practical and comprehensive book offers budding artists the chance to take lessons with highly acclaimed experts, and learn the art of drawing and painting people and the world around them. Easy-to-follow tutorials are complemented with beautiful galleries of professional art.

A comprehensive fully illustrated step-by-step manual to drawing with expert advice, techniques, inspiration and projects.

Learn to depict the human form in every art medium, with expert step-step tutorials and 35 projects all shown in more than 800 clear photographs.

How to draw and paint sky, sea, lakes, town and countryside, with expert step-by-step tutorials and projects, shown in 800 pictures.

A popular quilter offers 20 new projects, providing insider tips and teaching needle-turn appliqué and hand-quilting techniques, in a book with full-color photos.

This inspiring book shows how to draw and paint a wide variety of mammals, from learning to capture the texture of fur and skin to creating beautifully composed portraits in water paints, gouache, oils, acrylics, pencils, charcoals and pastels.

Create beautiful studies of a variety of subjects in a range of media, and learn techniques for drawing feathers, scales and shells. With step-by-step tutorials and galleries of art, this is an essential guide for the amateur or professional artist.

A boxed set of two practical hardbacks with 65 projects, galleries, and 1700 step-by-step photographs.

Helps you in mastering the art of drawing and painting with step-by-step projects and techniques shown in over 2450 photographs. Whether you are a complete beginner or a more experienced artist looking for inspiration and to expand your skills, this title covers the varied media of watercolours, acrylics, oils, gouache and drawing.

Demonstrates how to depict water and sky scenes through an introduction to the tools, materials, and techniques used for this type of painting and projects of features such as sunsets, waves, clouds, waterfalls, and lakes.

Offers a practical introduction to various aspects of drawing from beginners to intermediates. This title contains a guide to artist's materials and equipment you need, including monochrome and coloured pencils, charcoal, wax crayons, chalks, soft pastels, conte sticks, pen and ink, easels and the various types of drawing paper.

How to draw and paint landscapes, from coastal vistas to rolling hills to city skylines. Clear tutorials are followed by practice sketches and over 30 easy-to-follow projects by professional artists.