This book is written from an artist’s point if view – an artist with a love of structures, and a fascination for textures and how to recreate them in watercolour. I am not an architect, and have had no training in architecture – I simply respond as an artist might, to the environment within which I find myself and the visual stimulus that I seek is often to be found tucked away in the streets of villages, towns and cities.

Did you wonder why you picked up this made you do it? Could it have been the title, the cover image, a recommendation from a friend, or just simple curiosity? Or might you have been guided by an unseen force that seemed to urge you to visit another world? Deep in our psyches most of us have a sense that magic can happen and that the veil between two worlds can be i fled, just as it sometimes is in dreams.

Chinese Ink painting depicts the grape vine with fruit. The sumi painting with saturated black and light gray ink tones is mounted with bright yellow silk, which heightens the elegance of this brush painting.

Make your point - visually and in a funny way - by creating cartoons. If you can put an idea or observation across in a drawing then you can be a cartoonist. Here’s how not only to sharpen your illustrative skills, but also to convey humor, satire, and the emotions of your characters.

It is no so long ago  that books on airbrushing were practical unobtainable simply because publishers did not think there was an adequate demand. However, the continued and increasing need for highly finished, quality illustrations in every area of graphic design has brought an awareness of airbrushing to a wider audience, even though the techniques themselves may still be elusive to many.

This book is your complete reference for mastering more than 50 fabulous strokes. Inside you’ll find visual, step-by-step instruction divided into two sections that detail techniques for working with both round and flat brushes in acrylics.

In this book, Charles Reid guides the reader through a complete, step-by-step tour of the watercolor materials and methods needed to create expressive, masterful portraits. He begins with the basics, including which paints to use: how to choose your brushes; which papers are best for sketching; and how to set up and position your drawing board. Reid then presents 25 informative, beautifully illustrated demonstrations that incorporate such techniques as mixing washes and over-washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush, lifting out, and using more than one value.

An understanding of perspective is mandatory for all students and professionals involved with representational drawing. This includes a wide variety of fields, such as: Illustration, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Engineering Design, Scenic Design and even Fine Arts. While each of these areas applies perspective techniques for different purposes and to varying degrees of thoroughness, artists in all of them must be knowledgeable and experienced in basic perspective fundamentals and principles.

From author: “Whenever June and I are preparing to go on a painting trip, I am filled with a wonderful feeling of anticipation as check and recheck my painting equipment, making sure I have everything I need. Discovering new ways of packing important items, or remembering useful additions at the very last minute, only adds to my excitement, as does the thought of where we are going and what we are going to paint there”.

Благодаря этим практическим руководствам Вы сможете создать на канве с помощью бисера и мулине неповторимые произведения искусства! Вы без труда освоите различные техники вышивания и всевозможные декоративные и контурные швы. А перечень необходимых материалов и инструментов, подробные схемы и красочные иллюстрации помогут вам в работе!