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Sketch: a Step-by-step Guide for Absolute Beginners (Collins You Can Paint)
Sketch a Stepbystep Guide for Absolute Beginners - Collins You Can Paint Author:Jackie Simmonds Relaunched in paperback, this book is the indispensable guide to the basics of sketching for the absolute beginner. Full of easy-to-follow exercises and step-by-step demonstrations, 'You Can Paint Sketch' will give even the most hesitant of beginners the enthusiasm and confidence to start sketching in a variety of media. Jackie Simmonds takes ... more »the reader by the hand and starts by explaining how to make different marks using a variety of sketching media. Then, with easy step-by-step exercises, she demonstrates how to sketch the separate elements of a picture one by one. You can learn how to sketch simple still life, figures and animals in pencil, charcoal, pastel, water-soluble pencil and conte. It won't be long before you can produce sketches to be proud of. Sketching media covered: / graphite pencil and charcoal / conte and pastel pencils / watercolour soluble pencils and crayons / pen and ink / markers and felt-tips / coloured pencils« less