Sketch Book for the Artist

An innovative, practical approach to drawing the world around you SARAH SIMBLET BOOK FOR THE ARTIST ...

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BOOK FOR THE ARTIST SARAH SIMBLET DK PUBLISHING ...

LONDON • NEW YORK MELBOURNE • MUNICH • DELHI Senior Editor Paula Regan Senior Art Editor Mandy Earey Art Editor Anna Plucinska M ...

Earth and Portraiture Poise Anatomies Revelations Self-Portraits Silver Point Head and Neck Essential Observations Drawing Port ...

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Foreword MEMORY THEATERS This pen-and-ink drawing was made from imagination during research for my PhD. I was training in anatom ...

INTRODUCTION Where We Begin There is a fundamental drive in our human nature to make take in what is said. We are surrounded by ...

FIRST PORTRAIT For sorre forgotten reason, the hair of my first portrait was most important. Eyelashes take up as much of my att ...

INTRODUCTION PEN-AND-INK BEE This tiny drawing has been enlarged to show its texture and composition. It was made with a few bol ...

A UNIQUE SIGHT This innocent yet sophisticated drawing of boats, harbor and sea is one of many that Alfred Wallis made from memo ...

INTRODUCTION BIRD STUDIES The flutter of faint scratches that dance across the pages on the right is an attempt to see the movem ...

should not try to know how every finished picture will look, but it is important to be clear why we are making it. Decide before ...

INTRODUCTION ALCHEMY At school, and sometimes beyond, we are advised or even required to plan our pictures, declare the idea, ex ...

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PLACE AND MOMENT The heat and teeming atmosphere of this Parisian dressing room, left, lives on, more than 100 years after its m ...

FREEING THE HAND If you are just beginning to learn how to draw, try not to grip your pen worrying about the technical terms you ...

THE THINKING EYE Techniques and materials are the grammar and vocabulary of drawing and can be studied and shared. An artist's p ...

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INTRODUCTION Drawing Books and Papers DRAWING BOOKS Select drawing books to suit your aims. For evening classes, choose larger f ...