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Highlights
- The best resource to learn how to draw peopleDelve into the world of artistic expression with Sketching People: An Urban Sketcher's Manual to Drawing Figures and Faces.
- Author(s): Lynne Chapman
- 128 Pages
- Art, Techniques
Description
About the Book
Learn how to draw all sorts of people--sitting still or on the go--in many different settings. Fledgling artists will discover the keys to conveying character, age, skin tone, street life, and more. Clearly written, fun to read, and bursting with inspirational artwork and candid advice.Book Synopsis
The best resource to learn how to draw people
Delve into the world of artistic expression with Sketching People: An Urban Sketcher's Manual to Drawing Figures and Faces. This captivating guide provides insightful techniques to help budding and experienced artists capture the human figure in a new light.
Sketching People is your guide to observing and drawing people in urban settings, offering expert tips on depicting a range of individuals in various poses, expressions, and clothing. Artist Lynne Chapman shares her wealth of experience as an urban sketcher, equipping readers with the knowledge to skillfully sketch individuals, from fleeting figures in motion to detailed character studies.
Whether you are an aspiring artist wanting to expand your skills or an experienced sketcher seeking fresh inspiration, Sketching People is a valuable resource for your artistic journey.
Key Features:
- In-depth Techniques: Provides comprehensive instructions on sketching people, covering movement, expressions, clothing, and more.
- Expert Insight: Offers a wealth of knowledge from renowned urban sketcher, Lynne Chapman.
- Practical Exercises: Includes a variety of exercises designed to improve your drawing skills and encourage creativity.
- Detailed Illustrations: Features Chapman's own sketches as examples, enhancing understanding of the concepts discussed.
- Inspiring Content: Encourages readers to explore their artistic potential and see the world from a new perspective.
Review Quotes
"There's a chapter on choosing a sketchbook, and a chapter on pencils and pens and paintbrushes, there are chapters on technique for lighting, for drawing heads and hands and feet, all the requisite chapters for a how-to-draw book. What makes this book so useful are the chapters on more nebulous concepts, like how to choose a subject, or what to do when people notice you drawing. What Chapman's book does that makes it so helpful is that, instead of saying, "One day you might be able to do this, and maybe people will take you seriously," Chapman makes you, the artist, feel like a confident member of an envied community. She notes that almost everyone wishes they could draw, so the very idea that you're doing it at all makes you seem incredible."
--San Francisco Book Review, www.sanfranciscobookreview.com