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Get Started in Drawing: Teach Yourself Robin Capon

Get Started in Drawing: Teach Yourself By Robin Capon

Get Started in Drawing: Teach Yourself by Robin Capon


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Teach Yourself Drawing offers a comprehensive course for the beginner as well as a helpful source of reference for those with more experience.

Get Started in Drawing: Teach Yourself Summary

Get Started in Drawing: Teach Yourself by Robin Capon

Drawing is one of the most enjoyable and creative ways of expressing your thoughts and ideas about different subjects and it is a vital supporting technique for every type of painting and craft. Get Started in Drawing: Teach Yourself offers a comprehensive course for the beginner as well as a helpful source of reference for those with more experience. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of drawing. THINGS TO REMEMBER Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

About Robin Capon

Robin Capon studied painting and lithography at University of London Goldsmith's College School of Art and then completed the post-graduate art teacher's certifcate course at Brighton College of Art. Until 1988 he combined a successful career in teaching with writing and pursuing his own fine art work, but sonce then he has worked exclusively as a freelance artist and writer. Initially he concentrated on landscape and abstract paintings for exhibition at various galleries in the South of England, but gradually the empahsis has moved to writing and now most of his time is devoted to art journalism and writing books on artists and art techniques. Robin has also worked as a tutor for the National Extension College and as an examiner for several leading examining boards. He writes monthly features and reviews for 'The Artist and Leisure Painter' magazines and he is the author of 20 books on art and craft subjects, including two in the Teach Yourself series: Teach Yourself Drawing and Teach Yourself Watercolour Painting.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 What is drawing? Chapter 2 Materials and equipment Chapter 3 Making a start Chapter 4 Light and dark Chapter 5 Drawing in colour Chapter 6 Observation and interpretation Chapter 7 Keeping a sketchbook Chapter 8 Planning your drawing Chapter 9 Design principles Chapter 10 Subject matter Chapter 11 Developing your ability Chapter 12 Framing and presentation glossary taking it further index

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GOR002432419
9781444103731
1444103733
Get Started in Drawing: Teach Yourself by Robin Capon
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Murray Press
20101029
224
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