Encyclopedia of Sketching. More than 900 projects

Sketching as a form of art emerged many centuries ago and has evolved from hasty, careless sketches to well-developed drawings. This versatile and simple technique remains popular today—its materials are easy to carry, allowing you to practice not only at home or in a studio but also outdoors, while traveling, or simply in between tasks. Many ideas begin with an ordinary sketch; it is an ideal way to bring ideas to life, an expressive and flexible means of pondering thoughts, intentions, and stories. The ability to accurately and concisely express observations and thoughts, having only paper and pencil at hand, requires constant practice and attention. This book will help you easily learn to create any sketch. For more comfortable assimilation of the material, 900 storylines are illustrated with sketches in four key stages, each clearly outlined, allowing you to study the construction of a sketch and practice. It is extremely important to work on many themes, from animals and nature to people, familiar objects, and buildings, rather than analyzing a specific storyline for mastering the stages. As you improve and gain confidence, the versatile skill of depicting various outlines, surfaces, and scales will enable you to bring ideas and images to life. The book aims to address this task, and here you will find everything necessary—from an overview of essential tools and techniques to ways to build a vast skill set. You will master topics such as basic figures, perspective and scale, light and shadow, line and stroke, and texture. You will even possess a whole library of textures! With this encyclopedia, you will learn to draw: Food and drinks Cars and transport People Musical instruments Sports equipment Buildings and structures