Foolproof Sketching & Painting Techniques for Beginners: For Pencil, Pen and Watercolors (with Over 400 Illustrations)

Cover
Title Page
Contents
Why I Wrote This Book
PART ONE Drawing Objects with a Box Shape
	How Surfaces Look in Relation to Your Eye Level
	A Quick Look at Perspective Rules
	Let’s Try Drawing a Tea Canister
	Let’s Try Drawing a Rubik’s Cube
	Using Light and Shadow to Show Threedimensionality
	Box Perspective: Commonly Made Errors
	Toy Cars: Trim a Box Shape
	Height and Orientation
	Using the Box Shape
	Gallery of Box Shapes
PART TWO Drawing Objects with Cylinders
	Cylinder Vantage Points—Cross Sections
	Draw a Basic Cylinder
	Let’s Use the Basic Cylinder to Draw a
	Let’s Try Drawing a Can of Tomatoes
	How to Differentiate Your Drawings
	Let’s Try Drawing a Bottle of Balsamic Vinegar
	Various Bottles and Jars
	How to Draw a Cylinder on Its Side
	Using a Cylinder on Its Side
	Shadows Created on a Cylindrical Shape
	The Regularity of Flower Shapes
	Gallery of Cylinder-based Shapes
	Let’s Try Drawing a Teacup with a Handle
	Let’s Try Drawing a Teapot
	Cup and Pot Gallery
	Variations of the Cylinder Shape
PART THREE Drawing Flat Objects
	A Basic Plate
	Let’s Draw a Basic Plate
	Let’s Try Drawing a Spoon and a Fork
	Let’s Try Drawing a Roll Cake on a
	Let’s Try Drawing a Sandwich on a
	A Gallery of Plates with Objects
	Depicting Flat Objects
PART FOUR Additional Information
	Art Supplies
	Review: Basic Steps
	How to Use Solid Watercolors
	Mixing Colors
	How to Take Care of Your Paints
	How to Take Care of Your Palette
	Color Swatches
	Layered Paint Swatches
	Mixed Color Swatches
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