Look Closer, Draw Better - by Kateri Ewing (Paperback)

About the Book

Look Closer, Draw Better is a step-by-step technique book based on observational drawing by a noted American artist and author--written for advanced beginners and up, offering techniques in graphite, charcoal, ink, and watercolor wash.

Book Synopsis

Capture your subjects on paper like never before. Look Closer, Draw Better will transform the way you see the subjects of your artwork, lighting the way with practical techniques in a range of mediums.

Are you looking to make a leap in the quality of your artwork? Are you looking for new perspectives on the art of drawing? Or maybe you want to bring more poetry and presence to your work.

Look Closer, Draw Better will help you reach your goals with projects that explore graphite, charcoal, ink, and watercolor wash, emphasizing techniques that Kateri Ewing has refined over years of practice and teaching. Ewing teaches by training your eye to see subjects clearly in contour, line, and shadow, while you learn to make marks with tools that are expressive of what we really see. Her focus is on nature--birds, flowers, and plants that can be closely observed. Discover the techniques for capturing the delicacy of feathers, the natural blemishes on a piece of fruit, the veins and velvety texture of a leaf--all the tiny details that enhance the realistic quality of a drawing. Ewing takes you carefully through every step.

Let Look Closer, Draw Better inspire and transform your artistic eye.

Review Quotes

Look Closer, Draw Better will help aspiring artists to reach their personal and professional goals with projects that explore graphite, charcoal, ink, and watercolor wash... A comprehensive, profusely illustrated, and thoroughly 'user friendly' instructional guide, Look Closer, Draw Better is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and art school instructional reference collections.--Midwest Book Review

With her lyrical artwork of natural subjects, Ewing presents lessons in graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, and watercolor.--Artists Magazine

About the Author

The author of Look Closer, Draw Better, Watercolor Is for Everyone, and Drawing Is for Everyone, Kateri Ewing is an artist in residence and teacher at the Roycroft Campus in East Aurora, New York. For her artistic and writing endeavors, she was honored with the 2012 Mary and Gil Stott Award at Roycroft. Her artwork has also won numerous awards in both local and national exhibitions. She uses her Patreon virtual classroom to interact with her students, worldwide, daily. She lives in Western New York. Her website is kateriewing.com.