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Sketching Techniques for Artists is the modern guide for learning essential sketching and watercolor techniques for creating landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, figures and faces, still lifes, and more.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 | Materials and Tools
    1. A Personal Choice
    2. Pens, Pencils, and Inks
    3. Paper and Sketchbooks
    4. Brushes
    5. Watercolor Paint
    6. Miscellaneous Tools
  6. 2 | General Sketching Techniques
    1. Using the Language of Film to Tell a Story
    2. Selecting What to Sketch
    3. Rendering Light in a Sketch
    4. Details
  7. 3 | Composition
    1. Telling a Story
    2. The Rule of Thirds
    3. Contrast and Detail
    4. Thumbnail Sketches
  8. 4 | Perspective
    1. Basic Bones
    2. Linear Perspective
    3. The Horizon Line
    4. One-Point Perspective
    5. Two-Point Perspective
    6. Three-Point Perspective
    7. Perspective on a Curved Street
  9. 5 | Still Life
    1. A Poem Made Visible
    2. A New Way to See Objects
    3. Rendering Light
    4. Adding Color
    5. Structure
    6. Negative Space
  10. 6 | Landscapes
    1. Landscape Composition
    2. Sketching Landscapes and Line Weight
    3. Atmospheric Perspective
  11. 7 | Architecture
    1. An Overview of Basic Forms
    2. Roofs
    3. Doorways and Arches
    4. Windows
    5. Balconies
    6. Awnings
    7. Signs
    8. Architecture as Character
  12. 8 | Figures
    1. The Basic Figure
    2. Adding Volume
    3. Capturing Gesture
    4. Drawing Figures in Groups
    5. Drawing the Head
  13. 9 | Watercolor
    1. Dancing with Watercolor
    2. Creating Multiple Effects with One Color
    3. Creating Texture: Splatters, Splashes, and Scrapes
    4. Color Mixing
    5. Warm and Cool Colors
    6. Painting with a Limited Palette
    7. Stages of a Painting
    8. The Color and Consistency of Shadows
    9. Contre Jour
  14. Conclusion: Keep Going
  15. Resources
  16. Influences
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. About the Author
  19. Index
  20. Copyright
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