Author: Boucher, Kate
Drawing & drawings
Published on 16 November 2021 by The Crowood Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 144 pages, 223 Illustrations, colour
221 x 279 x 13 | 552g
Charcoal is a versatile and dramatic medium with incredible potential for expression. This stunning book shows you how to create a drawing using its subtle, complex and bold qualities to best effect. Through step-by-step demonstrations and tasks, it explores the process, explaining how to capture a scene or the feeling of a scene, and, essentially, how best to fix an image to the page. With over 200 illustrations, this beautiful book is a compelling guide for everyone who wants to work with this elusive and powerful medium. Topics covered include: The basics of charcoal β explains the material, its qualities and ways of using it; Charcoal lenses β advises on how to choose interesting subjects with the use of photography and sketchbooks, and how to build a library of visual references; Mark making β includes techniques for complete beginners, as well as more advanced ideas for those hoping to develop and refine their work; Demonstrations β shows how to use the techniques and build a body of work; Soft pastel β suggests ways of combining charcoal with pastel to add colour to your work; Tasks and extensions β gives tips for trying and exploring ideas further to develop your own skills and to create a unique style to your work and finally: Protecting your work β advises on the key techniques used for fixing, photographing, storing and framing your work.