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Title: Understanding Light (The Urban Sketching Handbook): Portraying light effects in on-location drawing & painting
Author: WOODWARD KATIE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 30/11/2021
Imprint: QUARTO
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
Understanding Light (The Urban Sketching Handbook) helps urban sketchers develop the skills they need to capture and express different kinds of light, both natural and artificial, in both day and night scenes.
Understanding Light (The Urban Sketching Handbook) is an informative guide to heightening the impact of your artwork by capturing the look and subtleties of light in any scene. In settings ranging from fields and mountains at daybreak to neon cityscapes at midnight, learn how to express light effects through color and value to improve and refine your drawings and paintings. Artist and urban sketcher Katie Woodward offers strategies for:
– Selectively translating values for maximum effect
– Using your sketchbook to experiment with the effects of natural as well as artificial light
– Considering many options for visual solutions through work contributed by experienced urban sketchers
Master the art of rendering light with Understanding Light (The Urban Sketching Handbook) as your guide. The Urban Sketching Handbook series offers location artists expert instruction on creative techniques, on-location tips and advice, and an abundance of visual inspiration. These handy references come in a compact, easy-to-carry format with an elastic band closure-perfect to toss in your backpack or artist’s tote.
ISBN: 9780760372036
Dimension: 203mm X 127mm
Pages: 112