Drawing for the beginning artist : practical techniques for mastering light and shadow in graphite and charcoal

Martín i Roig, Gabriel 1970- (Author).

Summary: Step-by-step techniques for the process of drawing light and shadow using graphite pencils and charcoal.

Record details

ISBN: 9781633221901
ISBN: 1633221903
Physical Description: print
127 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Publisher: Lake Forest, CA : Walter Foster, [2016]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Tools & materials -- Graphite pencils -- Charcoal -- Compressed charcoal -- Varieties of chalk -- Inks & washes -- Selecting your paper -- Techniques -- Basic layout of shadows -- Total synthesis with charcoal -- Smudging with powdered pigment -- Dividing areas according to tone -- Values in gradation -- Shading negative space -- Sculpting -- Shading with diffuse borders -- Creating atmosphere -- Solid shading -- Shading & simultaneous contrast -- Classic light & shadow -- Light-toned shading -- Dark-toned shading -- Backlit landscape in light & shadow -- Shading with white highlights -- Shading with the smudge tool -- Shading on dark-colored paper -- Cast shadows -- Shading on coarse-grained paper -- Engulfed in shadow -- Shading with ink wash -- Shading with hatching patterns in ink -- Subjects -- Origami with graphite pencils -- Bottle with graphite watercolor pencils -- Gradations with graphite pencils -- Landscape shaded with hatching patterns -- Backlit landscape with chalk -- Cup in light & shadow -- Still life with charcoal on textured paper -- Drawing of building with graphite pencils -- Indoor scene in lateral light with blue chalk -- Nighttime scene with compressed charcoal pencils -- Shading with various colors of chalk -- Hands in light & shadow with the sculpting technique -- shading with colored pencil -- Flowers with blended shading -- Drapery with chalk -- Flat shading of a human figure -- Nude figure in light & shadow -- Face in dark-toned shading -- Urban subject with ink wash -- Portrait of girl with ink hatching.