The Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871565544 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 135 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Cathy Johnson's Guide to Sketching in Nature" according to PeggyB. Cathy Johnson scored another home run with me with this book. I'm newly returned to sketching after a Cathy Johnson's Guide to Sketching in Nature PeggyB Cathy Johnson scored another home run with me with this book. I'm newly returned to sketching after a 40-year break. I started with her "first series" sketching and drawing book after checking it out of my local library. The Sierra Club guide is broader and more inclusive, loaded with ideas and techniques from other artists, and very useful to a beginner. I like Cathy Johnson's style and her presentation - the idea of "suggesting" a form or shape or movement is appealing; she gives me enough information and encouragement to try something, modify it, and make up my own style.. 0-year break. I started with her "first series" sketching and drawing book after checking it out of my local library. The Sierra Club guide is broader and more inclusive, loaded with ideas and techniques from other artists, and very useful to a beginner. I like Cathy Johnson's style and her presentation - the idea of "suggesting" a form or shape or movement is appealing; she gives me enough information and encouragement to try something, modify it, and make up my own style.. Excellent Art Book Richard A. Ogden Love Cathy Johnson art books. And this is another great book. Great service from the vendor.. Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature Fitness Guy This little book packs more useful information within its covers than just about any other sketching book I know, and I have shelves of them. Cathy Johnson is a wonderful, articulate teacher and most generous with her help (her website is a prime example of this). The title of this book understates its value to just about any type of sketching or painting. Whether you practice graphite pencil, colored pencil, pen, charcoal, or watercolor sketching and painting, you will find many useful tips and examples. I wish I had purchased this book before so many others that I have I would not have needed them.
With a skillful blend of inspiration and instruction, artist and naturalist Cathy Johnson offers personal anecdotes, exercises, and helpful tips to guide even first-time artists in using sketching and painting to deepen their understanding of the natural world.Featuring simple, step-by-step instructions and 280 examples of the author's own work—in color and black-and-white—The Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature covers a broad range of subjects, including tools and equipment; mixing paints and washes; understanding color and using a color wheel; capturing the illusion of light; sketching clouds, flowers, trees, plants, and animals; and using field sketches as
Helpful source lists for art suppliers, national art workshops, and the bibliography have been brought up-to- date. . by Trafalgar Square, 1996), which represents the fine arts perspective, should satisfy nearly all patrons. The complexities of color theory are kept to a minimum. An inspiration for the naturalist/ artist, this practical, readable work focuses on drawing and sketching as ways of deepening one's relationship with nature. Highly recommended for general collections.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Johnson, the author and illustrator of 17 books on art and nature, has updated her popular 1991 volume in the "Sierra Club" series. This and Wendy Jelbert's Painting Nature's Details (Batsford Ltd., dist
A contributing editor to The Artist's Magazine and Country Living, she lives in Excelsior Springs, Missouri . Cathy Johnson has written and illustrated seventeen books on the subjects of art and nature, including How to Draw What You See