Drawing TechniquesAn introduction to drawing with many step-by-step sequences to illustrate the various stages towards the finished picture. This book is part of a series designed to be of help to all artists, whether complete beginner or more experienced. |
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4B pencil achieve angle applied Aquarelle background ball-point pen basic blended Blu-Tack charcoal pencil choose clean water coloured drawing coloured pencils composition Conté crayon contrasts craft knife create detail develop diluted dip-pens dotting drawing inks drawing paper drawing pencil drawing tool drawn drinking straw edges equipment faint fibre-tip pen fineline foreground give graphite green guide-lines heavy quality highlights ideas Indian ink ink or paint landscape light and dark look main shapes mapping pen Marker pens markers MATERIALS For Step-by-Step media and techniques medium mixed-media objects oil crayon oil pastels outlines pen and ink pen lines perspective pressure putty eraser range of tones sgraffito sharpened sheet of paper sketchbook slightly smudging sort spray Step stick charcoal stretched paper suggest surface technical pen tonal type of paper variety various water-soluble pencils watercolour brush watercolour paper whilst white wax crayon whole drawing Winsor & Newton