num_pages: 130
description: A complete course for the can't-wait-to-get-started beginner!Got the urge to draw? What are you waiting for?! Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3 with Grant Fuller's Start Sketching &amp; Drawing Now! Packed full of easy and fun techniques readers will learn to create accurate and expressive likenesses of people animals landscapes and objects. Suddenly rendering even something as mundane as an electrical plug will become an adventure in seeingand as you'll discover learning how to really see your subject is half the battle.  A progressive series of lessons range from proven exercises for developing hand-eye coordination expressive line work and keen powers of observation to creating the illusion of depth and dimension realistic textures reflections and more  30 step-by-step demonstrations cover an exciting range of subjects including still lifes landscapes architecture animals and people  Graphite pencil is the featured medium but charcoal pen &amp; ink colored pencils and pastels are also exploredPractice is important of course but this expert instruction will fast forward you past many hours of trial error and frustration. With every lesson you'll develop skills and confidence. Get started today with simple materials you may already have or can easily pick up at any major retailer. Before you know it you'll be able to capture a wide range of subjects with artistic style and vision.
language: English
title: Start Sketching & Drawing Now: Simple techniques for drawing landscapes, people and objects
publisher: North Light Books