Painting Light and Shade (Beginner Art Guides) - Hardcover

Books in the popular Beginner Art Guides series instruct in the fundamentals of drawing and painting, focusing on projects especially designed for beginning students to master. Projects are presented in order of difficulty and are supplemented with practical suggestions, ideas for color experiments, and techniques for creating special effects. InLight and Shade students are instructed on mastering techniques that employ light and shading effects that add dimension and a sense of perspective to drawn and painted figures or objects. Instruction covers both monochrome and color media. Color illustrations on every page.

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BarronÂ’s Beginner Art Guides instruct you in techniques for mastering a variety of art media and genres. All titles in this series are practical how-to manuals for beginners in art, presenting easy-to-follow explanations of techniques and materials. Exercises come with illustrative sketches and practical advice. Painting Light and Shade will help you master techniques of rendering light and shading effects that will give your paintings a sense of drama, dimension and perspective. This book concludes with a brief survey of masters of light and shade from the Italian Futurist school.

BEGINNER ART GUIDES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Color and Creativity
Drawing with Charcoal, Chalk, and Sanguine Crayon
Painting the Human Figure
Painting Landscapes
Painting Light and Shade
Painting Still Lifes
Painting with Acrylics
Painting with Oil
Painting with Watercolor