Book description
A must-have reference for anyone who draws!
This is your complete guide to drawingÂ-packed with everything you
need to know about materials, techniques and drawing styles. Learn the
secrets to rendering any subject, and quickly find the answers to
common problems and questions so that you can get back to the drawing
board. Secrets of Drawing, Start to Finish is a handy, one-stop
reference that beginners and experienced artists simply can't be without.
Learn how to:
- Master essential line and tone techniques
- Use proper
perspective and proportions
- Create everything from quick
sketches to finished drawings
- Draw in graphite, charcoal,
pen and ink, colored pencil, pastel and more.
Craig Nelson teaches painting and drawing at the Academy of Art
College in San Francisco, where he is Department Director of Fine Art.
His clients include Capitol Records, Sony and MGM. He has won over two
hundred awards of excellence, his works can be found in several
galleries throughout the United States, and they continue to appear in
exhibitions both nationally and internationally. He resides in Southern
California.