The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light

Portraying Light Effects in On-Location Drawing and Painting

Katie Woodward

Description

The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light is an informative guide to heightening the impact of your artwork by capturing the look and subtleties of light in any scene.

In settings ranging from fields and mountains at daybreak to neon cityscapes at midnight, learn how to express light effects through colour and value to improve and refine your drawings and paintings. The author offers strategies for:

  • Selectively translating values for maximum effect
  • Using your sketchbook to experiment with the effects of natural as well as artificial light
  • Considering many options for visual solutions through work contributed by experienced urban sketchers

Details

  • Format
    Paperback
  • Pages
    112
  • Size
    205 x 125mm
  • Publisher
    Quarry Books
  • ISBN
    9780760372036
Stock Code
210821
Our Price
$32.99
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