As a beginning artist everyone is faced with these questions....
"How do I make what I see look real or look like the picture I am copying?"
" How do I draw it the way I see it?"
"Why do all my objects such as tables, and chairs, cups and saucers, look like they are going up in the air?"
"Why do all my pictures look flat and out of proportion when I first draw my piece."
"Why does my realistic picture look like a cartoon?"
"What am I missing in my shading? I can't seem to get it to look 'touchable and believable!
" Why does my colored piece look so unnatural and flat?"
In one simple word I will sum up what THE MAJOR issue all artists face....PERSPECTIVE...
Perspective is the cornerstone of any understanding of getting your masterpiece to look real, and believable because that word encompasses a whole passel of art techniques that you must know in order to master this skill. This book will help you understand perspective as if you are looking thru a CAMERA! And not in the traditional way it is usually explained.
BUT...it doesn't stop there, and this is where 'THE REST OF THE STORY" is usually left off...THEORIES!
When I was teaching I noticed that there were certain problems that came up that confused the student even after they learned the basics.
The BASICS teach how and where to look at an object in the "skeletal form" of drawing.
This book is divided up in two segments...the first t 12 chapters will explain how to draw or the FRAMEWORK of art... this will be done in a fun and colorful way.
The first half consists of 8 chapters which are titled:
1. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE
2. RULES
3. "EL FLATO"
4.LEARNING THE RULES
5. THE MAGICAL ILLUSION OF PERSPECTIVE
6.. UNDERSTANDING VANISHING POINTS
7.. CAMERA VIEW
8. HORIZON LINE
Then the second half of the book will consist of 'THEORIES'.' This is the finishing touches of how to put the "Skin" on the skeletal framework of the Att Basics...there will be 14 chapters. Rhey are:
1.THE PHYSICS OF LUMPY AND BUMPY THEORY
2. YOU ARE NOW A MICROBE THEORY
3. COFFEE CUP THEORY
4. THE SMILE AND FROWN THEORY
5. THE HAPPY "Y' AND TIRED "T" THEORY
6. THE COIN THEORY
1.THE GLASS GHOST THEORY
8. THE SPIDER WEB THEORY
1.THE BUTTERFLY MORPHING THEORY
10. THE BUCKING BRONCO THEORY
11 ."WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR THUMB?" THEORY
12. SUMMARY
This book is all about fun, learning in a different way, full of memorable graphics and encouraging words.
