The series offers practical guidance for artists through six titles that cover essential subjects, including Still Life, Landscapes, Portraits, Perspective and Composition, Life Drawing, and Animals. Each book is designed to enhance skills and techniques, catering to a wide range of artistic interests and providing valuable insights into various drawing disciplines.
Focusing on essential drawing techniques, this reference guide by Barrington Barber is designed for both beginners and more experienced artists. It covers key subject areas including still life, figures, landscapes, and portraits, providing step-by-step instructions to develop specific skills. The book progresses from fundamental concepts to more complex topics such as dynamic figures, symbolic portraits, and imaginative landscapes, making it an invaluable resource for anyone looking to enhance their artistic abilities.
The Complete Guide to Drawing is a practical and comprehensive course for students of all abilities. With a wide spectrum of subjects to choose from, this clear and informative book will help the burgeoning artist to learn a broad range of skills and techniques, including the secrets of perspective and composition.
An essential guide to drawing by internationally bestselling practical art author Barrington Barber.Whether you want to learn to draw from scratch or to brush up your skills, this comprehensive drawing manual contains all you need. With introductory chapters on techniques, basic drawing exercises and composition, the book goes on to explore the major subject areas available to you as an still life, landscape, and figure drawing.Barrington Barber's combination of clear step-by-step exercises and inspirational examples has enabled people all over the world to learn to draw, and to enjoy this incredibly rewarding pastime.ABOUT THE Arcturus' Art Class books are a curated series of instructional art and craft titles designed to inspire artists of all levels, from beginner to professional. Stunningly presented in full color and in a highly usable landscape format, these comprehensive books are packed with all the ideas, inspirations, step-by-step projects, and techniques you'll need to master the subject covered.
Barrington Barber and Peter Gray are two of the world's bestselling practical artists, and here their work is brought together for the first time in this unique and accessible package.Each section focuses on getting to grips with a particular subject, from portraits to landscapes.
How to Create Your Own Artwork
This comprehensive drawing manual by Barrington Barber offers essential guidance for both beginners and those looking to refine their skills. It covers fundamental techniques, basic exercises, and composition, followed by an exploration of major subject areas for artists. Ideal for anyone eager to learn or improve their drawing abilities, the book serves as a complete resource for developing artistic talent.
The Fundamentals of Drawing is a practical and comprehensive course for students of all abilities. Opportunities for practice and improvement are offered across a wide spectrum of subjects - still life, plants, landscapes, animals, figure drawing and portraiture - and supported by demonstrations of a broad range of skills and techniques, including perspective and composition
This fully illustrated, user-friendly drawing manual by best-selling artist Barrington Barber incorporates all the elements of his highly successful teaching style. It demonstrates that, with practice and persistence, all of us can benefit from this marvelously satisfying activity. Covering areas including the human figure, still life, the natural world, and landscapes, this book aims to encourage pupils to find their own style through experimentation.
Written by one of the world best-selling authors of practical art titles, The Ultimate Drawing Book is a great guide to taking the first steps to become an artist. From choosing the right equipment and making those initial, tentative marks on paper to building up the composition of a still-life picture to learning how to draw figures, this easy-to-follow guide will have the reader creating beautiful images in no time. Readers will learn how to portray the texture of different materials, such as cloth and glass; how to depict the elements in a landscape, like water, trees and sky; how to understand perspective, and how to convey the features and movement of humans. Illustrated by the author himself, often with step-by-step sequences, and accompanied by easy-to-understand instructions, this will become the go-to reference for the new artist.