Absolute Beginner Art – serie

Take a course in pastel drawing and painting with this beginner-friendly guidebook featuring step-by-step instructions and 8 projects for hard and soft pastels!Start your journey with pastel painting and drawing, and learn how to produce modern, lively, and colourful artwork with this exciting art medium. In this complete, beginner-friendly course, you’ll find guidance on:Choosing and working with different materialsSetting up your workspaceStarting to draw – with confidence!Pastel techniques (2 step-by-step exercises)How to work with colour (1 step-by-step exercises)Painting landscapes (3 step-by-step exercises)Adding life to your paintings (2 step-by-step exercises)Mastering composition. The step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you build essential pastel painting and drawing skills, allowing you to produce a range of subjects–from landscapes and animals to still life! Vital drawing skills, colour theory, and other useful tips are demonstrated, offering beginner pastel artists a wealth of ideas and inspiration for their future works.'This thorough guide to the rewarding medium of pastel will teach you much more than just the basics and may be the only pastel book you'll ever need!' - The SAA

10th Anniversary edition‘If you want to learn to paint, but don’t know where to start, start here.’ Artbookreview.netThe ultimate guide to watercolour painting for the complete beginner, from expert teacher, Matthew Palmer. This is a revised and updated edition of his beloved bestseller, which has now sold more than 100,000 copies.Best-selling artist and tutor Matthew Palmer is renowned for his beautiful, detailed paintings and his ability to teach effective painting using simple, friendly, step-by-step techniques. This revised and updated anniversary edition celebrates ten years since this best-selling book was first published.In addition to the time-proven instruction of the original it includes three brand-new projects, over a dozen new or updated exercises and techniques, over 30 brand-new finished paintings plus fresh tips that Matthew has learned over the past decade. The book contains:Key advice for every beginner, including a guide to paint and paper and a handy brushstroke comparison guide.Essential techniques including drawing (from life and from photographs), composition, easy perspective, using light and shade and mixing colour.Watercolour techniques including washes, layering, wet-into-wet, lifting out and using masking fluid, plus in-depth step-by-step projects for painting a variety of skies, trees, reflections and figures.Six simple step-by-step painting exercises, and six further step-by-step projects, including a seascape, snow scene and a mountain landscape.Pull-out outline drawings for all the step-by-step exercises and paintings (Matthew shows step by step how to transfer these onto watercolour paper)The original edition of this book has already taught 100,000 complete beginners all the skills necessary to enjoy watercolour painting, and this revised edition includes plenty of new techniques, tips, and exercises to inspire many more.

WATERCOLOUR FOR BEGINNERS: 6 full-size, pre-drawn tracings help you paint lush watercolour landscapes with world renowned artist Matthew Palmer!Bestselling author, artist, and teacher Matthew Palmer guides beginners through their first steps in watercolour and reveals the power of this exciting medium.Build your watercolour painting skills with:Step-by-step exercises, mini projects, and 6 longer projectsDemonstrations of essential drawing skillsDemonstrations of watercolour techniques like colour mixing, scratch-out and more.Learn to apply natural-looking foliage to trees and woodlands... Use dry-brush techniques to depict intricate detail, and refer to Palmer’s finished paintings for even more inspiration!Featuring tons of easy-to-follow advice, this watercolour painting guide will help beginners produce landscape paintings they’re proud of.Includes material previously published in Matthew Palmer's Step-by-Step Guide to Watercolour Painting (2018), but with the addition of three brilliant new projects, many new illustrations and extensive textual revisions.

THE BEGINNER’S ULTIMATE HOW-TO DRAWING GUIDE: Learn to draw people, animals, landscapes, and more with this step-by-step drawing book covering all the need-to-know techniques.Take the first step to drawing with this easy-to-follow course on producing fantastic drawings with pen, pencil and more. Carole Massey’s practical drawing instruction and simple step-by-step approach will quickly get you started. Inside you’ll find chapters on:ToneShadingSketchingDrawing landscapesCompositionDrawing animals, figures, and movementDrawing buildings and perspectiveAnd more!If you have ever wanted to learn to draw, but lacked the confidence to start, then Drawing for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you.

The quick way to watercolour success is here! If you have ever wanted to learn to paint animals, then this is for you.Part of the bestselling Absolute Beginner Art series from Search Press.Packed easy-to-follow techniques, quick exercises and 9 outlines – so there’s no need to draw anything - let best-selling author, artist and teacher Matthew Palmer show you how to use watercolours with confidence to paint a range of animals in simple steps. Matthew expertly demonstrates how to paint realistic eyes, mouths, noses, fur markings and feathers in watercolour, and clearly explains all the techniques needed for the projects, including wet into wet, lifting out, adding shadows and the all-important dry-brush blending.Full-size, fold-out outline sketches are provided for all projects, allowing you to simply trace the sketches onto watercolour paper and start painting with ease. A clear and comprehensive colour-mixing section is included to allow you to confidently choose and mix the colours you need.3 starter projects to start you off with a simple: Bird, Dolphin, Penguin - are the perfect introduction to the basic techniques before moving on to 6 larger projects, each set in a simple scene: Parrot, Cheetah, Panda, Giraffes, Sea turtle, Polar bear.Matthew includes many handy hints and tip for beginners and improving artists alike to fill you with confidence to create your own stunning watercolour animals.

If you have ever wanted to learn to paint, but lacked the confidence to start, then Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you.Take the first step to painting with acrylics with this easy-to-follow course on producing fantastic artworks using this highly versatile medium.Charles Evans' friendly, practical advice and simple step-by-step approach will quickly get you painting. With notes on light and shade, buildings, water, skies, figures, animals, working from photographs, and colour mixing, this book guides you to six stunning projects, each accompanied by an outline to get you started quickly, which cover a variety of subjects.Discover:An invaluable guide for any aspiring artist12 versatile and reusable outline drawings provided6 stunning step-by-step projects.

Learn how to sketch like a pro with this beginner-friendly course offering 5 step-by-step projects and essential technical guidance. Covers a variety of media, including sketching with pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, and more!Starting with a clear, simple method to bring all the senses into play, successful author and guest judge on Channel 5's Watercolour Challenge, Peter Cronin RSMA shows you how to bring artistry and economy to your sketching. Work your way toward more complex, rewarding artworks by following his simple, step-by-step demonstrations and completing 5 projects.Whether sketching as the basis for painting, or simply for pleasure, this is the ultimate course in sketching for beginners! You’ll find guidance on:Getting started and understanding materialsWorking with the eye, hand, and heartTypes of sketching and essential techniquesMastering compositionHandling complex subject matterAnd more!Most of the artworks are created using graphite pencil, but Peter also demonstrates how to use charcoal and pen and ink to broaden the possibilities; and encourages you to experiment with other media. By the end of the book, you’ll know how to take your sketching skills further and become an accomplished artist in your own right!