Develop from a serious beginner into a dedicated professional artist. If looking at wonderful paintings fills you with desire to create your own, this book is for you. Practical, step-by-step instruction and fully illustrated demonstrations are provided. You will learn how to: select paint, canvas, brushes, other materials; practice good drawing skills, mix color ranges, design vital compositions; tone canvas, sketch and block in your subject, ac…

This one-of-a-kind book provides the opportunity to collaborate with Manga Artist Camilla d’Errico! Her first ever adult coloring book is filled with portraits, patterns, and her unique artwork, so you can add dimension, color, and texture to her gorgeous black and white linework. Featuring everything from haunting and surreal character portraits to pages filled with patterns and designs all rendered in d’Errico’s inimitable style, the Pop …

In this innovative guide, master art instructor William Maughan demonstrates how to create a realistic human likeness by using the classic and highly accurate modeling technique of chiaroscuro (Italian for light and dark ) developed by Leonardo da Vinci during the High Renaissance. Maughan first introduces readers to the basics of this centuries-old technique, showing how to analyze form, light, and shadow; use dark pencil, white pencil, and to…

Aimed at all those who love fantasy art, this latest instruction guide from best-selling author Christopher Hart deals with all the popular ingredients of the faerie kingdom-faerie personalities, faeries at work, faeries at play, faerie expressions, faeries in flight, faerie magic, faeries facing predatory household pets, and the secret faerie rituals of birth, courtship, and marriage. Step-by-step instructions for drawing faeries are revealed th…

Renowned manga artist and comics creator Camilla D’Errico’s beginner’s guide to drawing her signature Japanese-style characters. From comics to video games to contemporary fine art, the beautiful, wide-eyed-girl look of shoujo manga has infiltrated pop culture, and no artist’s work today better exemplifies this trend than Camilla D’Errico’s. In her first instructional guide, D’Errico reveals techniques for creating her emotive ye…