Artist's Drawing Techniques

The ultimate complete drawing course to help you take your sketches to a higher level.

Packed with inspiring workshops and advice from practising artists, this art lesson book will help you sharpen your drawing skills in a range of media.

Here's what you'll find inside the pages of this artist's guide to drawing:

• Includes more than 90 detailed step-by-step workshops for pencil, charcoal, pen and pastel techniques
• A comprehensive range of techniques makes it suitable for beginners or more experienced artists
• Techniques are approached with progression in mind, so readers can learn the basics then move on to new creative challenges

Every aspect of drawing is explained in incredible detail in this drawing reference guide. It starts with the basics of drawing - such as learning how to draw and choosing a subject - and works all the way through to mounting your finished masterpiece.

Learn more than 80 drawing techniques, from cross-hatching and stippling to blending and using coloured pencils. Develop your own artistic style and grow as an artist by following the step-by-step drawing tutorials through beginner, intermediate and advanced art projects.

Artist's Drawing Techniques will help you tap into your creative potential and unlock new talents, whether you're a complete beginner or seasoned artist.

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Learn how to draw with charcoal, pen, and pastel with step-by-step workshops from professional artists.

Artist's Drawing Techniques is your guide to every aspect of drawing, from choosing a subject to mounting your finished masterpiece. Follow the workshops that teach you more than 80 artist's techniques, including cross-hatching, stippling, blending, and masking using pencil, charcoal, coloured pencils, and pastels. Develop your artistic style by following step-by-step drawing tutorials through beginner, intermediate, and advanced projects.

Explore new creative challenges with inspiring exercises and art projects to develop your skills, and study the stunning feature drawings that showcase every artistic technique and show you how that technique can be applied. Artist's Drawing Techniques will help you tap into your creative potential and unlock new talents.

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• 1: The basics
• • 1: Getting started
  • 2: Aspects of drawing
  • 3: Drawing from observation and imagination
  • 4: Drawing inside and outside
  • 5: Composition
  • 6: Perspective and measuring
  • 7: Sketchbooks
  • 8: Vocabulary of colour
  • 9: Choosing a medium
• 2: Pencil
• • 1: Drawing with pencil
  • 2: Pencil and graphite
  • 3: Pencil supports
  • 4: Beginner techniques
  • • 1: Basic mark-making
  • 2: Negative space
  • 3: Hatching and cross-hatching
  • 4: Weight of line
  • 5: Showcase drawing
  • 5: Intermediate techniques
  • • 1: Linear compositions
  • 2: Contouring 3D forms
  • 3: Soft tones
  • 4: Creating depth
  • 5: Pattern and repetition
  • 6: Showcase drawing
  • 6: Advanced techniques
  • • 1: Drawing with an eraser
  • 2: Masking and stencilling
  • 3: Fur and hair
  • 4: Layering graphite
  • 5: Reflective and transparent surfaces
  • 6: Showcase drawing
• 3: Charcoal
• • 1: Drawing with charcoal
  • 2: Charcoal
  • 3: Charcoal supports
  • 4: Beginner techniques
  • • 1: Gesture drawing
  • 2: Shadow shapes
  • 3: Smudged tone
  • 4: Subtractive tone
  • 5: Judging tonal value
  • 6: Showcase drawing
  • 5: Intermediate techniques
  • • 1: Mass and volume
  • 2: Mid-tone papers
  • 3: Chiaroscuro
  • 4: Tonal compositions
  • 5: Stippling
  • 6: Showcase drawing
  • 7: Advanced techniques
  • • 1: Aerial perspective
  • 2: Layered drawing
  • 3: Portraits
  • 4: Creating atmosphere
  • 5: Combining charcoals
  • 6: Showcase drawing
• 4: Pen and Ink
• • 1: Drawing with pen and ink
  • 2: Ink pens
  • 3: Inks and other materials
  • 4: Beginner techniques
  • • 1: Making marks
  • 2: Line quality
  • 3: Line width and direction
  • 4: Hatching and cross-hatching
  • 5: Stippling
  • 6: Showcase drawing
  • 5: Intermediate techniques
  • • 1: Scribbling
  • 2: Varying density
  • 3: Adding water
  • 4: Textured papers
  • 5: Line and wash
  • 6: Showcase drawing
  • 7: Advanced techniques
  • • 1: Blending and softening
  • 2: Layering with marker pens
  • 3: Using coloured inks
  • 4: Expressive texture
  • 5: Correcting mistakes
  • 6: Showcase drawing
• 5: Coloured pencil
• • 1: Drawing with coloured pencil
  • 2: Coloured pencil
  • 3: Supports and other materials
  • 4: Beginner techniques
  • • 1: Colour theory into practice
  • 2: Mark-making for effect
  • 3: Monochrome
  • 4: Order of drawing
  • 5: Using a limited palette
  • 6: Showcase drawing
  • 5: Intermediate techniques
  • • 1: Optical mixing
  • 2: Warm and cool colours
  • 3: Complementary colours
  • 4: Coloured papers
  • 5: Surface textures
  • 6: Showcase drawing
  • 7: Advanced techniques
  • • 1: Skin tones
  • 2: Mixed media
  • 3: Water-soluble pencils
  • 4: Showcase drawing
• 6: Pastel
• • 1: Drawing with pastel
  • 2: Pastels
  • 3: Pastels and other materials
  • 4: Pastel supports
  • 5: Beginner techniques
  • • 1: Mark-making in colour 1
  • 2: Mark-making in colour 2
  • 3: Using water-soluble pastels
  • 4: Varying pressure
  • 5: Layering versus blending
  • 6: Understanding value
  • 7: Feathering
  • 8: Blocking in
  • 9: Lightening colours
  • 10: Darkening colours
  • 11: Mixing neutrals
  • 12: Mixing greens
  • 13: Showcase drawing
  • 6: Intermediate techniques
  • • 1: Paper texture
  • 2: Using coloured papers
  • 3: Complementary colours
  • 4: Layering
  • 5: Using fixative creatively
  • 6: Working with edges
  • 7: Creating aerial perspective
  • 8: Fur and hair texture
  • 9: Warm and cool colours
  • 10: Expressive effects
  • 11: Showcase drawing
  • 7: Advanced techniques
  • • 1: Scumbling
  • 2: Creating a visual focus
  • 3: Working with shadows
  • 4: Drawing people on the move
  • 5: Impressionistic buildings
  • 6: Textured surfaces
  • 7: Skin tones
  • 8: Drawing water
  • 9: Moving to abstraction
  • 10: Showcase drawing