Time spent sketching can be glorious as the chatter and demands of everyday life take a temporary back seat. How to sketch trees and plants encourages readers to look afresh, providing a complete beginner’s guide to producing dynamic, spontaneous images of the natural world around us. The introduction explains the ethos of the book. It also features examples from art history of the importance of sketching from nature, as well as a potted guide to the kinds of trees and plants most commonly encountered in our day-to-day lives. The following Basics section runs through the fundamentals of sketching such as line, tone and composition. Each Basic ends with exercises (called Your Turn) in which readers are encouraged to practice for themselves what they’ve just learnt. The accompanying sketchbook provides an easy opportunity to do this. One issue with many how-to draw books is that they demonstrate only one way of drawing (i.e. that of the author). The next section, “Multiples,” includes a number of different artists’ responses to the same subject (a piece of fruit, a walk in the park, a tree in the garden etc). This underlines the central idea that readers can and should discover their own way(s) of working. While sketching is an end in itself, it can also lead to further, more detailed pieces of work. The book’s final section will offer ideas for how readers can develop their imagery and thus deepen their understanding of trees and plants in the process. A pine tree in a car park, a forgotten house plant in the living room, the apple you ate for lunch—all reward longer study and contemplation. Using trees and plants as a framework for a series of sketched investigations, this uniquely presented book/ sketchbook offers new ways of slowing the world down and, ultimately, keeping our curiosity fresh.

Concise guide features easy steps for realistic depictions of trees. Discover shading, composition, shadow, and outlining techniques that add vitality and expression. Over 100 illustrations spotlight Oak, Willow, Pine, Palmetto, more.

This Children's Draw Book Is Full of Happy, Smiling, Beautiful Animals. for Anyone Who Loves Animals. An introduction explains the popular style of art, step-by-step how-to sequences make the process simple enough for beginners, and interactive pages get budding artists practicing right away. how to draw books for kids. If you have been looking for a book that will help you learn how to draw color then you have found the right book. This book is amazing for kids and adults. It is the best way to have fun together and at the same time to learn about the easier ways to draw. young artists learn to bring their favorite creatures to life

DIVThis inspiring sketchbook is part of the new20 Waysseries from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun. Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes - tree, tulip, shell, owl, peacock feather, mushroom, cloud,and much, much more–over 900 drawings, with blank space for you to draw your take on 20 Ways to Draw a Tree./divDIVThis is not a step-by-step technique book--rather, the stylized flowers, trees, leaves, and clouds are simplified, modernized, and reduced to the most basic elements, showing you how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the building blocks of any item that you want to draw. Each of the 20 interpretations provides a different, interesting approach to drawing a single item, providing loads of inspiration for your own drawing. Presented in the author’s uniquely creative style, this engaging and motivational practice book provides a new take on the world of sketching, doodling, and designing. /divDIVGet out your favorite drawing tool, and remember, there are not just20 Ways to Draw a Tree!/div

Every artist who works outdoors -- who draws, paints, or sketches landscapes -- will want to own this comprehensive handbook on drawing trees. It shows how to draw every major tree on the American landscape.

This comprehensive and authoritative handbook is for all those who want to portray plants and flowers with botanical accuracy. In it the author gives detailed advice on working in pencil, pen, scraper board, watercolour, acrylics and gouache; on building up a painting or drawing by stages; on taking measurements and understanding plant structure; on collecting, handling and preserving plant material.

This book woll teach you how to draw ships and boats in a fun and unique way step by step.