In Pets, acclaimed artist Mia Tavonatti reveals the secrets to creating realistic pet portraits in pencil. She shares her own methods of developing drawings to their fullest potential as she walks you step by step through drawing techniques specific to rendering animal features, such as expressive eyes, fluffy fur, and moist noses. Best of all, [...]

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Walter Fosters the table of content includes, Choosing Your Materials, Setting up a still life, Finding Compositions, Working from Photos, Rendering Glass, Capturing Time of Day, Depicting Textures, Playing with Patterns, Choosing Nontraditional Subjects, Toning the Canvas, Narrowing the Focus, Applying Perspective, Painting Floral Bouquets, and Walter Foster Art Instruction Program. Still Life inside the [...]

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In Pets, acclaimed artist Mia Tavonatti reveals the secrets to creating realistic pet portraits in pencil. She shares her own methods of developing drawings to their fullest potential as she walks you step by step through drawing techniques specific to rendering animal features, such as expressive eyes, fluffy fur, and moist noses. Best of all, [...]

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In this delightful guide to painting, Elin Pendleton invites you into her artistic world as she shows you how to re-create a variety of beautiful horses in acrylic. The artist begins with tips on selecting supplies and setting up your studio. Then she delves into her own way of approaching painting, sharing the techniques she [...]

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In this valuable book—which also features contributions by acclaimed artist William F. Powell—Walter T. Foster invites you into his artistic world and shows you how to draw a variety of subjects. He explains the materials needed to get started, as well as a number of basic drawing techniques for developing simple drawings—from fruits and flowers [...]

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