The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques

by Stanyer Peter

One of the most important aspects of an artist's skill is their facility with various techniques. All practicing artists will over time develop their own style of drawing. Technique is the means by which that style is given expression. When an artist is well versed in a wide range of techniques, their creative vocabulary becomes richer and artistic possibilities are greatly increased. The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques is intended for artist who are looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of materials and the wide range of available media. It will teach them about the characteristics of these media and materials and how to use them to get the required effect. With unique combination of instruction and practice the book provides examples of the type of mark-making each media produces and follows these with a range of projects to demonstrate effective ways of working with them. By the end of the book it is hoped that every budding artist will have sufficient knowledge and confidence to utilize the techniques they have learnt in a broad range compositions of their own choosing.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Drawing, Design, Ebooks

207 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[BananaTea · Rating 1 out of 5]

Imagine trying to learn perspective and anatomy from someone who barely has a grasp of either subject themselves, and you have this book. Seriously, I thought maybe it was a joke, or that it was illustrated by Picasso. Just wow. They present many of the basic artistic techniques, but fail to apply them successfully for like 90% of the book. Not sure how this got published.

[Lloyd Downey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peter Stanyer has actually come up with a very detailed book on drawing techniques and the use of different materials. Actually, I've covered off most of this sort of thing with other books on drawing...though he does go into considerable details with materials such as charcoal. He mentioned the technique of "Tonking" (which I'd never heard of before). Essentially it's beating the charcoal sketch with a cloth to soften the image and then reworking it a bit to reinstate the tones as desired. I thought that this gave quite a good effect. He also mentions using a burnt cork as a drawing instrument....something that I'd never heard of.
Overall. quite a thorough text but not one that I'm going to keep.(Mainly because I'm short of space). Four stars from me.

[سُميَّة · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing & simple Book :)
213 pages full of guidelines to all the artists , contents three simple parts which talking about types of pencils and charcoal and ways to holding it while drawing , it can be instant guide to those who try to be more professional painters ..
happy to read it ! :)