Painting Urban And Cityscapes

Author : Hashim Akib
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 1785002694
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painting Urban and Cityscapes written by Hashim Akib and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities provide endless exciting scenes for the artist, from sun-baked cafes, rain-soaked streets, illuminated nightscapes and busy squares to quiet, atmospheric corners. This practical book explains how to paint these scenes using water-based painting materials and new techniques. With invaluable tips and advice throughout, it encourages a looser, more colourful approach to painting and shares a range of ideas for style and intepretation. Includes a guide to water-based mediums including acrylic, watercolour and mixed media, with advice on drawing, creative colour mixing and perspective. With step-by-step instruction to techniques, including tackling a street scene, and creating and capturing the movement of people, this inspirational book will help you capture the colour and movement of urban scenes and develop your own creative style of painting. Will appeal to all artists, architects, urban sketchers, interior designers and building companies.Superbly illustrated with 190 colour images.

Author : Gabriel Campanario
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1592539610
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes written by Gabriel Campanario and published by . This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapesprovides keys to help make the experience of drawing architecture and cityscapes fun and rewarding, using composition, depth, scale, contrast, line and creativity.

Author : Museum of the City of New York
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painting the Town written by Museum of the City of New York and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gabriel Campanario
Publisher : Quarry Books
ISBN 13 : 1610581962
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Urban Sketching written by Gabriel Campanario and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits of working in this art form, this inspiring book shows how one can participate and experience this creative outlet through modern-day social networks and online activity. You'll find more than 600 beautiful, contemporary illustrations, as well as artists' profiles and extended captions where these urban sketchers share their stories, how they work, sketching tips, and the tools behind each drawing. With sketches and observations from more than 50 cities in more than 30 countries, TheArt of UrbanSketching offers a visually arresting, storytelling take on urban life from different cultures and artistic styles, as well as insight into various drawing techniques and mediums.

Author : Fredric Sweney
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780131344952
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cityscape written by Fredric Sweney and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marc Taro Holmes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440334714
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Urban Sketcher written by Marc Taro Holmes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the world your studio! Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town. Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel. Packed with art and advice from Marc Taro Holmes, artist and co-founder of Urbansketchers.org, this self-directed workshop shows you how to draw inspiration from real life and bring that same excitement into your sketchbook. Inside you'll find everything you need to tackle subjects ranging from still lifes and architecture to people and busy street scenes. • 15 step-by-step demonstrations cover techniques for creating expressive drawings using pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor. • Expert tips for achieving a balance of accuracy, spontaneity and speed. • Practical advice for working in the field, choosing subjects, coping with onlookers, capturing people in motion and more. • Daily exercises and creative prompts for everything from improving essential skills to diverse approaches, such as montages, storytelling portraits and one-page graphic novels. Whether you are a habitual doodler or a seasoned artist, The Urban Sketcher will have you out in the world sketching from the very first page. By completing drawings on the spot, in one session, you achieve a fresh impression of not just what you see, but also what it feels like to be there . . . visual life stories as only you can experience them.

Author : Wayne Thiebaud
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452170029
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delicious Metropolis written by Wayne Thiebaud and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delicious Metropolis brings together two of Wayne Thiebaud's most celebrated bodies of work: desserts and cityscapes. Between the two, fascinating juxtapositions develop. The layers of a Neapolitan cake echo the shadows cast across a street in the late afternoon. The pastel hues of iced sponge cakes match California's candy-colored houses. Curators, critics, and artists guide the reader through the book via insightful bite-size essays. This gorgeous hardcover offers fans and newcomers a refreshing and accessible way to enjoy the oeuvre of this iconic American painter. Complete with multicolored page edges evoking the layers of one of Thiebaud's mouthwatering cakes, it's a treat for art lovers, city-dwellers, and gourmets alike.

Author : John Salminen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440348286
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Salminen - Master of the Urban Landscape written by John Salminen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a Journey with the Master of the Urban Landscape! John Salminen is one of the most accomplished watercolor artists working today, earning awards and recognition all over the world. Whether depicting the trees of Central Park, the architecture of San Francisco or the busy streets of Beijing, John Salminen's watercolor paintings are snapshots of urban life that are both rich in detail and universal in appeal. In Master of the Urban Landscape, Salminen shares over 150 pieces of his artwork, spanning his entire career. His early abstracts and recent plein air work in the book's Introduction set the groundwork for four chapters of remarkable watercolor paintings that highlight different aspects of his work: architectural form, organic form, human form and light and shadow. Throughout, Salminen shares the inspiration for his paintings, challenges he encountered and techniques he used to capture unique scenes from cities around the world. Embark on an amazing watercolor journey with John Salminen—Master of the Urban Landscape. "John Salminen is a master of the medium of watercolor. His sense of light and design sets him apart from his contemporaries, and he has emerged as one of the finest living artists of our times with a style very much his own." --Dean Mitchell

Author : Gabriel Campanario
Publisher : Quarry Books
ISBN 13 : 1627882057
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes written by Gabriel Campanario and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning illustrator Gabriel Campanario first introduced his approach to drawing in The Art of Urban Sketching, a showcase of more than 500 sketches and drawing tips shared by more than 100 urban sketchers around the world. Now, he drills down into specific challenges of making sketches on location, rain or shine, quickly or slowly, and the most suitable techniques for every situation, in The Urban Sketching Handbook series. It's easy to overlook that ample variety of buildings and spaces and the differences from city to city, country to country. From houses, apartments and shopping malls to public buildings and places of worship, the structures humans have created over the centuries, for shelter, commerce, industry, transportation or recreation, are fascinating subjects to study and sketch. In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes, Gabriel lays out keys to help make the experience of drawing architecture and cityscapes fun and rewarding. Using composition, depth, scale, contrast, line and creativity, sketching out buildings and structure has never been more inspirational. This guide will help you to develop your own creative approach, no matter what your skill level may be today. As much as The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes may inspire you to draw more urban spaces, it can also help to increase your appreciation of the built environment. Drawing the places where we live, work and play, is a great way to show appreciation and creativity.

Author : Shari Blaukopf
Publisher : Quarry Books
ISBN 13 : 1631599348
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Urban Sketching Companion written by Shari Blaukopf and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get great techniques, tips, and ideas from the Urban Sketching Handbook series in one place! With this thorough guide, discover how to sketch architecture and cityscapes, plus people and motion; learn drawing perspective; and see how easy it is to add color to artwork.