The Artist's Sketchbook - Tapa dura

This guide shows the budding artist how to produce successful sketches, as well as the value of sketching and keeping a sketchbook. The subjects covered include people, animals, landscapes, interiors, and architecture. Each theme is accompanied by text on methods and materials.

Fill your sketchbook with spontaneity and life! On the pages of this personal "illustrated diary, " aspiring artists can take risks, experiment freely and fearlessly with new ideas, practice and perfect techniques, and put together a unique source of material to draw on in the future. A superb collection of more than 300 sketches by an acclaimed artist will inspire you with a delightfully informal and intimate approach to producing images of people, animals, interiors, landscapes, and architecture; each has a description of the methods and materials used, as well as the story behind the work. And, for every theme there's one polished piece with all its preliminary sketches--so you can see the artistic process unfold from start to finish. A Selection of F&W's Book Clubs.