Sketching Techniques for Artists: In-Studio and Plein-Air Methods for Drawing and Painting Still Lifes, Landscapes, Architecture, Faces and Figures, and More
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Summary
Learn dynamic sketching and watercolor techniques for creating cityscapes， landscapes， figures and faces， still lifes， and more， enhancing the story you want to tell with form， line， and color。
Discover incredible methods and tips for creating dramatic street scenes and vivid landscapes， and capturing dynamic figures and graphic architectural details。 Artist Alex Hillkurtz， a top Hollywood storyboard artist and international workshop instructor， presents fundamental concepts of sketching with pencil and pen for a number of popular genres。 Discover simple ways to jot down spontaneous ideas in pencil， capture rough details in ink， and add watercolor for extra depth and interest。
Make sketching more enjoyable by adopting innovative techniques that will make a difference in your practice， and your artwork。 No matter your experience or skill level， you’ll benefit from learning:
Compositions that draw the eye
How to avoid common sketching mistakes
Ways to create light and shadow to define shapes and add interest
Successful ways to use negative space
The importance of perspective in creating depth
Easy color washes that create drama
Get started today， and fill your sketchbooks with unique drawings and paintings you will be proud of。
The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art。
Discover incredible methods and tips for creating dramatic street scenes and vivid landscapes， and capturing dynamic figures and graphic architectural details。 Artist Alex Hillkurtz， a top Hollywood storyboard artist and international workshop instructor， presents fundamental concepts of sketching with pencil and pen for a number of popular genres。 Discover simple ways to jot down spontaneous ideas in pencil， capture rough details in ink， and add watercolor for extra depth and interest。
Make sketching more enjoyable by adopting innovative techniques that will make a difference in your practice， and your artwork。 No matter your experience or skill level， you’ll benefit from learning:
Compositions that draw the eye
How to avoid common sketching mistakes
Ways to create light and shadow to define shapes and add interest
Successful ways to use negative space
The importance of perspective in creating depth
Easy color washes that create drama
Get started today， and fill your sketchbooks with unique drawings and paintings you will be proud of。
The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art。
Reviews
Renee Cameron
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There are many nuggets of artistic insight in this book; it is one I will continually refer to。
Andreea
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Disclaimer: I received this book in exchange of my honest opinion。This is a very quick to read book， yet it gives you a lot of great sketching tips， plus a little foundation on composition， perspective， and even colours too！ I really enjoyed this book， but I do have a teeny tiny big complaint: the author talks too much about what they like to sketch and how， and it completely ignores everything else。 Personally I prefer things to be presented in a general way， and then add a few personal things。
Agnes Preszler
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Wow。 Very good and original book about sketching that makes you want to begin isntantly。 After the usual materials you find a very interesting approach: you have to tell a story。 So you have to answer the questions: What， Where， How， When， Who。 You learn the essential about composition， perspective。 The next chapters are dedicated to the subjects: still lifes， landscapes， artchitecture and figures and finally the tecnnique of the watercolor。 Well written， beautifully illustrated， well presented。
Annie
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Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 In-Studio and Plein-Air Methods for Drawing and Painting is a new technique volume written by Alex Hillkurtz。 Due out 12th Jan 2021 from Quarto on their Rockport imprint， it's 144 pages and will be available in paperback format。 The author is a skilled and well known storyboard artist who uses cinematic visuals to convey story and context。 There is a useful amount of philosophy and technique contained in the instructions here to help artists no Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 In-Studio and Plein-Air Methods for Drawing and Painting is a new technique volume written by Alex Hillkurtz。 Due out 12th Jan 2021 from Quarto on their Rockport imprint， it's 144 pages and will be available in paperback format。 The author is a skilled and well known storyboard artist who uses cinematic visuals to convey story and context。 There is a useful amount of philosophy and technique contained in the instructions here to help artists not only render what they *see* but to tell the story of what they're seeing at the same time。 Guided directions help the student convey who， what， where， when， and why in their renderings。 The layout is straightforward and easy to understand。 The introduction includes a survey of the tools， materials， and basic techniques。 The following chapters progress through exercise lessons in composition and perspective to give the reader a basic understanding and facility with visual storytelling， contrast， thumbnails， and different perspective views （and which to choose for specific situations）。 The rest of the book provides specialized tutorial lessons grouped roughly thematically: still life， landscape， architecture， figures， and a final chapter showing several watercolor techniques。 The book wraps up with an afterword from the author， abbreviated resources and influences lists for further reading， and a short author biography。 The overall feel of the book is technically rich， useful， and varied and I saw many things which got my fingers itching to jump in and start drawing。 I'm not a professional artist by any stretch of the imagination， but there were a number of takeaways here which I will certainly incorporate in my drawing practice going forward。Five stars。 This would make a superlative selection （possibly bundled with drawing supplies？） for gift giving， as well as as a good support text for more formal drawing instruction/learning。 The perspective tutorials were especially apt and well written。 Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more
Desiree M
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Alex Hillkurtz's Sketching Techniques for artists is not really a "generic" sketching book， but rather one that I feel falls into the genre/trend of "Urban Sketching。" That's not necessarily a bad thing by any means， but because of that， it's definitely worth knowing going in that this book will feature more landscapes， buildings/architecture and city scenes than it will say， figure sketching （which does appear， but is brief）。 And you won't see any life drawing sketching here either。 Instead， th Alex Hillkurtz's Sketching Techniques for artists is not really a "generic" sketching book， but rather one that I feel falls into the genre/trend of "Urban Sketching。" That's not necessarily a bad thing by any means， but because of that， it's definitely worth knowing going in that this book will feature more landscapes， buildings/architecture and city scenes than it will say， figure sketching （which does appear， but is brief）。 And you won't see any life drawing sketching here either。 Instead， this book follows a very standard formula of "urban sketching，" - basic introduction to pens and pencils with a clear preference for what's most portable， and then the addition of watercolors， followed by discussing all the necessary techniques for choosing and crafting your sketch subjects on location。 I feel the most valuable additions Hillkurtz gives to this format is his emphasis on the "gesture" of architecture and buildings in relation to one another， followed by his developed eye for composition and talking about where to position oneself for the best view -- clearly inspired by his time as a storyboarder。 。。。more
Amit Verma
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It is an advanced course book for artists。First of all its illustrations are wonderful and soulful。It goes in depth to cover all important aspects of realistic drawing especially of nature。It sheds light on perspective while drawing， postures， moods， watercolor， shadows and body movements。A really important book full of practical wisdom and one book that will be very helpful to polish your drawing skills。
Helen
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A great book with lots of useful tips for all levels of artists。 It goes into great depth about composition and perspective， and shows you what could make a great picture， and what doesn't work。 Easy to follow， it will help you refine your drawing skills and improve your techniques。 A great book with lots of useful tips for all levels of artists。 It goes into great depth about composition and perspective， and shows you what could make a great picture， and what doesn't work。 Easy to follow， it will help you refine your drawing skills and improve your techniques。 。。。more
Flora
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I love how the author approaches drawing and painting from the perspective of someone who has a background in storyboarding and illustrations for film。 For example， one of his headings is Using the language of film to tell a story， and still-life can be a “poem made visible。” He presented fresh ways of looking at sketching and painting such as “draw a verb， not a noun” and watercolor is a dance in which we must be ready to adjust if the paint begins to improvise。There are useful tips and techniq I love how the author approaches drawing and painting from the perspective of someone who has a background in storyboarding and illustrations for film。 For example， one of his headings is Using the language of film to tell a story， and still-life can be a “poem made visible。” He presented fresh ways of looking at sketching and painting such as “draw a verb， not a noun” and watercolor is a dance in which we must be ready to adjust if the paint begins to improvise。There are useful tips and techniques for composition， perspective， still life， landscapes， architecture， figures， and watercolor。 In other words， all the essentials。Because of the above reasons， I really enjoyed this book。 I wish each chapter was longer with more material though。 As it is， this is a small volume with about 73 pages。Great for learning urban sketching， either for the beginner or the sketcher who wants to enhance their art。 After reading this book， I hurried to follow the author on social media！ 。。。more
Janet
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Date reviewed/posted: December 5， 2020Publication date: January 12， 2021When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is once again closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book f Date reviewed/posted: December 5， 2020Publication date: January 12， 2021When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is once again closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review。 From the publisher， as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews， I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸。Learn dynamic sketching and watercolour techniques for creating cityscapes， landscapes， figures and faces， still lifes， and more， enhancing the story you want to tell with form， line， and colour。Discover incredible methods and tips for creating dramatic street scenes and vivid landscapes， and capturing dynamic figures and graphic architectural details。 Artist Alex Hillkurtz， a top Hollywood storyboard artist and international workshop instructor， presents fundamental concepts of sketching with pencil and pen for a number of popular genres。 Discover simple ways to jot down spontaneous ideas in pencil， capture rough details in ink， and add watercolour for extra depth and interest。Make sketching more enjoyable by adopting innovative techniques that will make a difference in your practice， and your artwork。 No matter your experience or skill level， you’ll benefit from learning: ****Compositions that draw the eye****How to avoid common sketching mistakes****Ways to create light and shadow to define shapes and add interest****ways to use negative space****The importance of perspective in creating depth****Easy colour washes that create dramaGet started today， and fill your sketchbooks with unique drawings and paintings you will be proud of。The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art。I am not the best drawer but this book is perfect for artists like me and those with mad skills。 There are tonnes of tips and ideas that will get you to draw amazing creations no matter what you are drawing。 It covers the gamut from people to buildings so there is a lot to learn here… Remember， practice makes “perfect”。 I just wish that this book came up before Christmas as it is a perfect git， along with some paper and pencils … maybe give the teen or older artist in your family and IOU this book for their gift？？As always， I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I simply adore emojis （outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube Millionaires/snowflakes / literally-like-overusers etc。 " on Instagram and Twitter。。。 Get a real job， people！） so let's give it ✒ ✒ ✒ ✒ ✒ 。。。more
D
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Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this book in return for an honest review。This book is very informative and I really enjoyed the architecture parts due to enjoying architecture photography so I have reference photos that I can use！ The book not only helps my drawing skills but it also helps me refine my photography！Rating: 5⭐Would I Read It Again？ YesWould I Recommend it？ Yes
Nicki Markus
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