The Fairy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible: Ready-to-Draw Templates and Step-by-Step Rendering Technique

by Linda Ravenscroft

Book illustrators, computer games artists, and others who want to develop their skill as specialists in fairy art will find this book a practical instruction guide and an imaginative source of inspiration. The author demonstrates how to bring magical people from the "otherworld" vividly to life in a series of progressive instruction units. Following an opening chapter that specifies tools and materials, this book instructs in-- Rendering fairy subjects from sketches and/or photo of humans to finished illustrations Understanding human anatomy as the basis of fairy anatomy Drawing convincing fairy costumes Understanding and illustrating the many different kinds of fairies, including Sylphs, Dryads, Flower Fairies, Nymphs, Corn Spirits, Goblins, Pixies, Mermaids, Brownies, Hobgoblins, and many others Both beginners and experienced artists will find plenty of inspiration in these pages, whether they are working in traditional media or on computers. T

Genres: Art, Drawing, Fairies, Crafts, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2009

Reviews

[Bonnie Ferrante]

A magical book. The illustrator gives readers the opportunity to copy templates and imitate her drawings or mix and match her ideas to come up with unique figures. The tips on color theme in detail are amazing. There's even a mini lesson on constructing the head. I'm going to use this book to create a mural for my garden.

[Simone Stetter]

Wollte bisschen meine Zeichenkenntnisse erweitern und dafür war es perfekt, vor allem wenn man Natur- und Feenmotive zeichnen möchte :)

[Samantha McGuire Mirror Bridge Jewelry)]

This is one of my all time favorite drawing demo books for fairy art. There is a large variety of drawing demonstrations that show how to draw the tiniest things you can add to your drawings, such as magic amulet bags, charms, purses, tree stumps, hats, different types of wings, mystical creatures, leaves, and other tiny details. It is a fun book to look through and get ideas from..