The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques: A Professional Guide For The Artist

The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques is intended for artists who are looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of materials and the wide range of available media. It will teach them about the characteristics of these media and materials and how to use them to get the required effect. With a unique combination of instruction and practice the book provides examples of the type of mark-making each medium produces. A range of projects then demonstrates effective ways of working with them. By the end of the book every budding artist will have enough knowledge and confidence to utilize the techniques they have learnt in a broad range of compositions of their own choosing.

Reviews

Peter Stanyer has actually come up with a very detailed book on drawing techniques and the use of different materials. Actually, I’ve covered off most of this sort of thing with other books on drawing…though he does go into considerable details with materials such as charcoal. He mentioned the technique of “Tonking” (which I’d never heard of before). Essentially it’s beating the charcoal sketch with a cloth to soften the image and then reworking it a bit to reinstate the tones as desired. I thought that this gave quite a good effect. He also mentions using a burnt cork as a drawing instrument….something that I’d never heard of.
Overall. quite a thorough text but not one that I’m going to keep. (Mainly because I’m short of space). Four stars from me.

About the Author

Peter Stanyer graduated in fine art at London’s Royal College of Art. He has had numerous exhibitions of his paintings both in the UK and abroad, and is joint author of A Foundation Course in Drawing. As a teacher he has devised and developed highly successful courses at the Chelsea College of Art and London’s City Lit. He is currently continuing his own work in Yorkshire and teaching at the Halifax School of Experimental Art.

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