The Big Book of Drawing

Discover the Keys to Creating Beautiful Drawings with Master Artists

Between these pages, artists of all backgrounds will find anything and everything they need to know about drawing. With thorough explanations of materials and their composition, step-by-step demonstrations, and practical advice for creating compositions, The Big Book of Drawing is a comprehensive authority on the medium that is the foundation of all other visual arts.

Learn how to handle charcoal, pastel, pencil, and an array of inks; master various shading techniques, including cross-hatching and chiaroscuro; and discover the secrets to constructing attractive and unique compositions. Aspiring artists will learn from the best, with a plentiful array of work by old masters, such as Van Dyke, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others.

This combination of a detailed instruction book and folio of masterpiece art inspires and informs artists in a way that no other drawing book does. 

Contents:

Drawing in black and white. Pencil drawing --

Drawing in charcoal --

Drawing with sanguine --

Drawing in pen and ink --

Drawing with color. Drawing with crayons --

Drawing with pastels --

Drawing with colored inks --

Drawing with markers --

Drawing techniques. Objective drawing --

Drawing in perspective --

Modeling and shading --

Studies and sketches --

Expressive drawing --

Drawing subjects. Still life drawings --

Landscape drawing --

Drawing animals --

Drawing the human figure.