Created by Nigel J. Hayler
Paperback: 40 pages in color
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1916234119
ISBN-13: 978-1916234116
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
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Do you find it hard to get started drawing? Hone new or existing creative talents sketching, doodling, coloring and drawing under the inspiration of some great artists.
Get inspired — take a fun sketching and doodling trip to your own big-name art gallery.
The unique ready-made foundation drawings help you get started quickly. They let you concentrate freely on your drawing and mark-making skills, without the need to worry about composition or proportion.
This hands-on book includes work by Vermeer, Canaletto, Degas, Monet, Seurat, Van Gogh, Vigée-Le Brun, Manet, Lautrec, and Cassatt. Full-color illustrations with notes on all of the paintings, as well as easy drawing and mark-making tips and exercises, all help you to find confidence in creating your own masterpiece.
It’s a gallery and a sketchbook rolled into one!
Inside this book:
15 famous artworks to copy & inspire drawing
reproduced in full color
This is a gallery in a book – and inside you’ll discover fifteen excellent works of art, each in glorious color. Fantastic inspiration to kickstart your creativity!
Easy-Start Foundation Drawings
draw directly in the book
Get started quickly and easily using the pale-blue outlines provided as your foundation. This frees you from the need to worry about composition. Now you can concentrate on your creativity and mark-making, drawing and doodling directly in the book.
Hints and Tips
with easy warm-up exercises
Before you start you’ll find handy hints and tips, as well as a page of warm-up drawing exercises to get you in the swing.
Notes and Introductions
for all the paintings and artists
Like any good gallery, you’ll be able to read helpful wall labels explaining each of the works and their context. For extra inspiration you’ll find there are other useful visual references scattered around too.