A Beginner's Complete Guide to Painting and Drawing

A practical guide to the four fundamental disciplines of painting and drawing landscape, still life, figure drawing and portraiture. Through a series of exercises and step-by-step projects, the authors guide the reader to an understanding of the principles involved.

All the contributing authors use a variety of media, demonstrating that your choice of subject need never restrict your choice of materials. All stress the importance of sketch-books as a means of recording information, training the eye, and as a source of ideas, whatever your aim as an artist.

Authoritative and thorough, and full of inspirational ideas, THE COMPLETE ARTIST offers all that practicing artists need to know, whatever their competence, subject of interest, or favourite media.