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Book Description

Whether you have experience drawing or are completely new to it, this exciting workshop-style book provides practical, inspiring, and creative exercises which will expand your drawing skills and provide a framework for integrating illustration with other mixed-media techniques, With a focus on drawing what you love and what is familiar, you will be led through the development of several illustration exercises, which launch from jotted notes and eventually blossom into unique mixed-media creations. You will become familiar with a wide variety of media and approaches to drawing, learn how to work through “creative blocks,” and discover ways to scan and layer your illustrations using a computer.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. CONTENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. CHAPTER 1 BASIC MATERIALS
    1. Surfaces
      1. Wood, Paper, Canvas
    2. Drawing Mediums
      1. Paints
      2. Pencils, Pastels, Inks
    3. Adhesives for Collage and Protective Coatings
  6. CHAPTER 2 ILLUSTRATION AS STORYTELLING
    1. Capturing the Essence (1/2)
    2. Capturing the Essence (2/2)
      1. Make Note Taking Easy
    3. Ideas from Out There and In There
    4. Let the Idea Blossom
    5. Here, There, and Everywhere (1/2)
    6. Here, There, and Everywhere (2/2)
  7. CHAPTER 3 INSPIRATION: DRAW WHAT YOU LOVE
    1. Honor Your Muses (1/2)
    2. Honor Your Muses (2/2)
    3. Inspired by Fiction (1/2)
    4. Inspired by Fiction (2/2)
    5. Inspired by Simple Things (1/2)
    6. Inspired by Simple Things (2/2)
  8. CHAPTER 4 SHARING EMOTIONS THROUGH PERSONAL STORIES
    1. From the Heart to Paper
    2. Processing Emotion Exercise (1/4)
    3. Processing Emotion Exercise (2/4)
    4. Processing Emotion Exercise (3/4)
    5. Processing Emotion Exercise (4/4)
  9. CHAPTER 5 INCORPORATING TEXTURES & FOUND MATERIALS
    1. Be Open to the Unusual
      1. Sew, Staple, Tape, Tear, Hammer
      2. Magazine and Paper Scrap
    2. Using the Computer to Scan and Layer Your Illustrations (1/2)
    3. Using the Computer to Scan and Layer Your Illustrations (2/2)
  10. CHAPTER 6 WHEN THINGS AREN’T WORKING
    1. Working Through Block with Nature and Movement
    2. Working Three-Dimensionally for Inspiration
      1. Creating a Simple Puppet
  11. CHAPTER 7 GALLERY OF PROJECTS (1/4)
  12. CHAPTER 7 GALLERY OF PROJECTS (2/4)
  13. CHAPTER 7 GALLERY OF PROJECTS (3/4)
  14. CHAPTER 7 GALLERY OF PROJECTS (4/4)
  15. APPENDIX
    1. Resources
    2. About the Author
    3. Acknowledgments
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