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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as art-technique)
avg rating 3.87 — 374,655 ratings — published 1979
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
by (shelved 9 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.11 — 17,900 ratings — published 2010
The Natural Way to Draw (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,235 ratings — published 1941
The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,982 ratings — published 1940
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1) (James Gurney Art)
by (shelved 7 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,447 ratings — published 2009
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as art-technique)
avg rating 3.99 — 23,340 ratings — published 1943
Rendering in Pen and Ink: The Classic Book On Pen and Ink Techniques for Artists, Illustrators, Architects, and Designers (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.25 — 555 ratings — published 1976
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,660 ratings — published 2006
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,981 ratings — published 1977
Anatomy for the Artist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,073 ratings — published 2001
Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,971 ratings — published 2006
Interaction of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 3.95 — 14,322 ratings — published 1971
Drawing the Head and Hands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,523 ratings — published 1956
Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,201 ratings — published 1998
Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.27 — 401 ratings — published 1989
Formulas for Painters (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.14 — 35 ratings — published 1967
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,767 ratings — published 1964
Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun (Lab Series)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.15 — 10,374 ratings — published 2010
Painting Abstracts: Ideas, Projects and Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.00 — 170 ratings — published 2008
The Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.02 — 22,266 ratings — published 1973
Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,435 ratings — published 1986
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life: Over 1,000 Illustrations (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,779 ratings — published 1971
Learning to Draw: A Creative Approach (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.58 — 12 ratings — published 1950
Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,199 ratings — published 1939
Creative Illustration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,254 ratings — published 1947
Watercolor Painting: A Comprehensive Approach to Mastering the Medium (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.24 — 215 ratings — published 1979
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 3.95 — 117,704 ratings — published 2002
Digital Painting Techniques: Practical Techniques of Digital Art Masters (Digital Art Masters Series)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.25 — 369 ratings — published 2009
How to Render: the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.61 — 278 ratings — published 2012
How to Draw: Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from Your Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,170 ratings — published 2012
Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.38 — 441 ratings — published 2009
Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,388 ratings — published 2004
Art Journal Freedom: How to Journal Creatively With Color & Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.10 — 610 ratings — published 2013
Picture This: How Pictures Work (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,824 ratings — published 1991
How to Draw What You See (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,945 ratings — published 1972
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.00 — 130,015 ratings — published 1993
Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,168 ratings — published 1999
Water Paper Paint: Exploring Creativity with Watercolor and Mixed Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.08 — 750 ratings — published 2011
Oil Painting Techniques and Materials (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.25 — 541 ratings — published 1987
Hawthorne on Painting (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.15 — 527 ratings — published 1960
Techniques of the Impressionists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 3.93 — 29 ratings — published 1988
The Artistic Anatomy of Trees (Dover Art Instruction)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.03 — 87 ratings — published 1915
The Book of a Hundred Hands (Dover Anatomy for Artists)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.19 — 309 ratings — published 1920
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators (Force Drawing Series)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,982 ratings — published 2006
Drawing Workbook: A Complete Course in Ten Lessons (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 3.42 — 19 ratings — published 1998
The New Creative Artist: A Guide to Developing Your Creative Spirit (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.08 — 106 ratings — published 2006
Watercolor Made Simple with Claudia Nice (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.12 — 82 ratings — published 2003
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.08 — 6,256 ratings — published 1951
Dynamic Figure Drawing (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,539 ratings — published 1970
Rethinking Acrylic: Radical Solutions For Exploiting The World's Most Versatile Medium (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 3 times as art-technique)
avg rating 4.21 — 172 ratings — published 2008
“Artistic "style" that does not evolve as a result of a natural process is the embodiment of "fake it till you make it," referring to the way something APPEARS, not the way that it IS. It's a veneer, a hollow afterthought technique hung on the artwork to dress it up... I prefer to think in terms of the artist's VOICE. Voice is deeper, manifested from the very core of your being. You earn it through research, experimentation, and discovery. It is a synthesis of the experiences, intellectual concepts, and aesthetic interests you possess, executed in your distinctive way, in the formal, emotional and intellectual language of your chosen medium. When successful, the realization of your voice follows the gestalt principle. The combination of your ideas and the work's physical embodiment is greater than the sum of its parts and distinguishes your outcome from everyone else's.”
― Art from Your Core: A Holistic Guide to Visual Voice
― Art from Your Core: A Holistic Guide to Visual Voice
“In the summer of 1961, Segal taught an adult painting class in New Brunswick. The class was encouraged to make use of odd and unlikely materials in assemblages, and one woman brought to class a box of surgeon's bandages. Segal took some home, with the intention of wrapping them around one of his chicken wire framworks. Then a thought occurred to him: why not dip the cloth bandages in plaster, and apply them directly to the body? Segal sat on a chair and instructed his wife to cover him in soaked bandages. The new technique led to a few anxious moments when the plaster began to harden, heat up, and contract, and the artist lost a good portion of his body hair in the course of frantically removing the casts. With great difficulty, he was able to reassemble the pieces into a complete figure which he then placed on a chair. Next Segal provided an environment for his plaster effigy. The chair was moved up to a table, to which was nailed an old window frame. The result, entitled Man Sitting at a Table, marked the discovery of a new sculptural technique and a turning point in the artist's career.
Segal has never looked back.”
― George Segal
Segal has never looked back.”
― George Segal
