Drawing Animal Portraits in Coloured Pencil

A masterclass in producing lifelike animals with coloured pencils. Animal portraiture is about more than creating a likeness. It is about capturing a moment, the essence of an emotion that connects with the viewer. An eternally popular subject for art, animals present unique opportunities and challenges to the artist. In this book, international art teacher Lisa Ann Watkins shares her coloured pencil techniques to help you capture character and realism in your art. Lisa's clear, simple techniques are presented through focused studies on key features including fur, eyes, and noses. These studies explain the important and unique aspects of the medium, such as the amount of pressure to use – and make beautiful artworks in their own right. A series of step-by-step animal portrait projects then follows, ranging from cats and dogs to cows and horses. Use coloured pencils and watercolour pencils with the masterclass techniques inside Learn how to capture the best reference photographs from which to work Discover 10 step-by-step studies and 5 complete animal portraits A masterclass in producing lifelike animals with coloured pencils. Domestic animals are an eternally popular subject for art, and present unique challenges to the artist. Lisa Ann Watkins has made a career of teaching her coloured pencil techniques to capture character and realism in her art. A section on materials covers coloured pencils, watercolour pencils (wet and dry), and PanPastels. A chapter on character shows how to capture the best reference photographs to work from; information on anatomy – eyes, bone structure, fur direction – and notes on tools/apps that can be used to help with tonal values. Clear simple techniques are then presented through short exercises that focus on a particular technique or effect selected by the author from her experience teaching, such as a cat’s eye. Answers to common technical questions from students/followers that cover unique aspects of the medium, such as the amount of pressure to use. A series of step-by-step projects then follows, including a cat, dog, donkey and a baby animal.

Pagina's: 144, Paperback, Search Press Ltd