Drawing Techniques for Beginners

Painting begins with drawing, because drawing techniques form the basis of all kinds of art. Therefore, knowing the basic principles of drawing is the ABCs of painting. Readers of this book will learn the importance of first perception, the nature of the first careful look at reality, whatever the subject may be; still life, human figure and animal sketches, cityscapes, portraits, and others.

The systematic and comprehensive structure of this book in your hands shows everything in detail that those who want to learn drawing techniques will need. After introducing the necessary materials, the book first deals with drawing techniques: The use of lines, basic lines, hatching, drawing with sanguine, the study of light
working by erasing, light and shadow, contrasts, tonal transitions, plan, composition and picture planes, proportions, the concept of perspective.

Then, advanced techniques and applications that will improve your drawing work are discussed: Drawing with ink, copying with squaring, creating texture, figure drawing, human figure and human face, various figure sketches, animal sketches, characteristics of landscape.

With a total of 17 exercises recommended at the end of each chapter of the book, you have the chance to apply the techniques taught step by step.
The most instructive part of the book is the reproduction of 4 important drawing works by famous painters; you will be able to make these paintings by following the drawing styles of Claude Lorraine, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Georges Seurat with step-by-step applications.