"An approachable and inspiring guide to sketching and painting the world around you including nature drawing, urban sketching, travel drawing, drawing from memory or photos, and sketch journaling"--

"No one understands the abstract pictures that Niko draws until a new friend sees the thought and feeling within his shapes and forms"--

Starting with basic shapes, uses a series of step-by-step illustrations to show how to draw household pets, wild animals, and a variety of birds.

Modern Drawing isn't a dry instruction manual; it's a contemporary guide filled with instruction, encouragement, and loads of helpful tips. Learn how to use basic drawing principles and techniques to create fresh, expressive pieces of art. With Modern Drawing, you'll enjoy a dynamic, easy-to-follow exploration of drawing media and tools as you work through creative exercises and projects. You'll also learn how to "see" a subject and render a personal...

On t.p.: 22 colored pencil projects, illustrated step-by-step with advice on materials and techniques.

Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color—a mixture of mediums and techniques—to suggest:
   • glass
   • cast iron
   • adobe...