Drawing Index, Materials, Techniques, Theory (Heftet (myke permer))

David Webb is an artist and tutor on the nationwide leisure painting circuit. His work is regularly featured in the leisure painting press, he runs his own workshops and painting breaks, and he is the author of The Animal Painting Workbook (D&C 2007). David lives in Paignton, Devon.

Artists of all abilities won't be able to resist this one-stop reference to all of today's drawing materials and how to use them. Truly comprehensive in scope, it addresses materials, techniques, combining and mixing media and basic theory - indispensable for draughtsmen no matter what their skill level or choice of medium.This book is highly illustrated with colourful design and minimal text - information is easily and quickly accessible, presented in a visual, artist-friendly style. Cool and compact design, together with funky flexibound cover, makes this highly desirable and hugely practical.

Introduction; 1 Materials media (graphite pencils, sticks and powder, coloured pencils, watersoluble coloured pencils, charcoal sticks and pencils, Conte sticks and pencils, artist's pencils and carres, soft and hard pastels, pastel pencils, inks, pens, oil pastels and paint sticks, etc); accessories (erasers, blenders, fixatives, etc); supports (papers, boards, etc); 2 Materials Techniques hatching, shading, erasing, textures, tone, building colour, scratching out, using a brush, highlights, scumbling, resists, blending, protecting work, etc; 3 Combining and Mixing Media comprehensive examples of mixing the above media; 4 Basic Theory colour, perspective, composition, etc; Index.