Dynamic Still Life for Artists

A Modern Guide to Essential Concepts and Techniques

Sarah Sedwick

• Editorial: Rockport Publishers
• Año: 2022
• ISBN:
  9780760377017
• Categoría: Art
• Categoría: Art Techniques

In Dynamic Still Life for Artists, noted artist and instructor Sarah Sedwick presents detailed, step-by-step instruction and insights on the many creative possibilities that drawing and painting still lifes can offer.

• Develop observational skills by setting up and assessing various arrangements, groupings, and formats.
• Evaluate an arrangement's abstract shapes by creating black-and-white value studies.
• Learn the process of alla prima painting, from underpainting to color mixing to applying color.

Featuring inspiring examples by other distinguished artists working in a variety of mediums, Dynamic Still Life for Artists will encourage all artists, from aspiring to accomplished, to explore this timeless genre through new arrangements, styles, and visual studies, empowering them to develop and expand their creative and technical skills. 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.

Índice

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Introduction: Welcome to Dynamic Still Life for Artists
• 1 Painting Spaces and Studios
• 2 What to Paint? Setting up a Still Life That “Clicks”
• 3 Planning Your Dynamic Still Life: Composition and Value Studies
• 4 Painting your Dynamic Still Life: Alla Prima in Three Steps
• 5 Your Art Journey Continues
• 6 Conclusion: Your Unique Artistic Fingerprint
• Resources
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Index
• Dedication
• Copyright