Sketching for the Absolute Beginner
Learn how to sketch like a pro with this beginner-friendly crash course offering 5 step-by-step projects and essential technical guidance.

Covers a variety of media, including sketching with pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, and more!

Starting with a clear, simple method to bring all the senses into play, successful author and acclaimed artist Peter Cronin RSMA shows you how to bring artistry and economy to your sketching. Work your way toward more complex, rewarding artworks by following his simple, step-by-step demonstrations and completing 5 projects.

Whether sketching as the basis for painting, or simply for pleasure, this is the ultimate course in sketching for beginners! You’ll find guidance on:

• Getting started and understanding materials
• Working with the eye, hand, and heart
• Types of sketching and essential techniques
• Mastering composition
• Handling complex subject matter
• And more!

Most of the artworks are created using graphite pencil, but Peter also demonstrates how to use charcoal and pen and ink to broaden the possibilities; and encourages you to experiment with other media. By the end of the book, you’ll know how to take your sketching skills further and become an accomplished artist in your own right!
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Sketching for the Absolute Beginner
Learn how to sketch like a pro with this beginner-friendly crash course offering 5 step-by-step projects and essential technical guidance.

Covers a variety of media, including sketching with pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, and more!

Starting with a clear, simple method to bring all the senses into play, successful author and acclaimed artist Peter Cronin RSMA shows you how to bring artistry and economy to your sketching. Work your way toward more complex, rewarding artworks by following his simple, step-by-step demonstrations and completing 5 projects.

Whether sketching as the basis for painting, or simply for pleasure, this is the ultimate course in sketching for beginners! You’ll find guidance on:

• Getting started and understanding materials
• Working with the eye, hand, and heart
• Types of sketching and essential techniques
• Mastering composition
• Handling complex subject matter
• And more!

Most of the artworks are created using graphite pencil, but Peter also demonstrates how to use charcoal and pen and ink to broaden the possibilities; and encourages you to experiment with other media. By the end of the book, you’ll know how to take your sketching skills further and become an accomplished artist in your own right!
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Sketching for the Absolute Beginner

Sketching for the Absolute Beginner

by Peter Cronin
Sketching for the Absolute Beginner

Sketching for the Absolute Beginner

by Peter Cronin

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Overview

Learn how to sketch like a pro with this beginner-friendly crash course offering 5 step-by-step projects and essential technical guidance.

Covers a variety of media, including sketching with pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, and more!

Starting with a clear, simple method to bring all the senses into play, successful author and acclaimed artist Peter Cronin RSMA shows you how to bring artistry and economy to your sketching. Work your way toward more complex, rewarding artworks by following his simple, step-by-step demonstrations and completing 5 projects.

Whether sketching as the basis for painting, or simply for pleasure, this is the ultimate course in sketching for beginners! You’ll find guidance on:

• Getting started and understanding materials
• Working with the eye, hand, and heart
• Types of sketching and essential techniques
• Mastering composition
• Handling complex subject matter
• And more!

Most of the artworks are created using graphite pencil, but Peter also demonstrates how to use charcoal and pen and ink to broaden the possibilities; and encourages you to experiment with other media. By the end of the book, you’ll know how to take your sketching skills further and become an accomplished artist in your own right!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782218746
Publisher: Search Press
Publication date: 11/30/2021
Series: ABSOLUTE BEGINNER ART
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 8.56(w) x 11.04(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Peter Cronin RSMA loves the natural world. The pull of the outdoors and the fall of sunlight across the landscape inspire his work, and he can be found exploring the world around him in all seasons and weathers. Through his teaching, workshops and demonstrations he seeks to encourage, equip and help all who love art.

A Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales and the Pure Watercolour Society, Peter has been painting for over thirty years. Completely self-taught, he has gained an enviable reputation for his watercolour and oils; both of which rely on Peter's clarity of sight and the economy of line in his underlying drawings.

Peter lives in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

https://www.petercronin.org

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Materials 8

The eye, the hand and the heart 18

Making a start 22

Farm in Sunlight - step-by-step 28

Seeing the world 30

Harbour Scene - step-by-step 46

S.E.T. in action 48

Churchyard Scene - step-by-step 56

Types of sketch 60

Beyond the pencil 64

Composition 84

Fixing the Farm - step-by-step 92

Handling complex subject matter 98

Boat Sheds - step-by-step 138

Afterword 142

Index 144

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