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Drawing and painting animals : problems and solutions

Friend, Trudy2006
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Trudy Friend highlights common problems and solutions to create effective drawings and paintings. She covers a range of popular animals including farm animals, wild animals, birds, reptiles, and insects. The techniques demonstrated are applicable to watercolour, graphite pencil, charcoal, conte, pastels, acrylic, and gouache. Trudy Friend's innovative approach highlights common problems and simple solutions to create more effective drawings and paintings. Clearly annotated pictures and easy-to-follow technique demonstrations ensure that problems can be quickly corrected. The book covers a wide range of popular animals including farm animals, wild animals, birds, reptiles and insects. The techniques demonstrated throughout are applicable to watercolour, graphite pencil, charcoal, Conte, pastels, acrylic and gouache.
Imprint:
Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 2006.
Collation:
121 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction; Materials; Techniques; Mixing Colour * Textures * Line * Form * Tone * Heads and Features * Feet * Movement * Body Mass * Exercise in Accuracy * With an Artist's Eye; Theme 1: Domestic Pets; Dog * Cat * Rabbit * Guinea Pig * Mouse * Shetland Pony; Theme 2: Farm Animals; Cow * Pig * Goat * Sheep * Horse * Chicken * Duck; Theme 3: Zoo Animals; Elephant * Rhinoceros * Giraffe * Zebra; Theme 4: Wild Animals; Fox * Badger * Otter * Beaver * Grey Squirrel * Wolf * Deer * Bear; Theme 5: Birds, Reptiles and Insects; Eagle * Parrot * Penguin * Swan * Toad * Crocodile * Butterfly * Grasshopper; Index.
ISBN:
9780715322239 (pbk)
Dewey class:
758.3
LC class:
ND1380
Local class:
758.3
Language:
English
BRN:
409527
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