The Complete Book of Drawing: Essential skills for every artist

by Barrington Barber

Overview

What does an artist need to know about drawing? And what has to be mastered in order to achieve the drawings you want? In this book Barrington Barber shows you, offering advice and tips as he takes you through the various stages.

From object drawing and still-life composition, the natural world and portraiture, to looking at form and shape, and assessing styles and techniques, The Complete Book of Drawing is a distillation of the many skills that the aspiring artist needs to develop.

As Barrington Barber knows from his many years of both teaching and practising art, it is crucial for you as an individual to find your own style and way of doing things. And, uniquely among practical art books, this is what The Complete Book of Drawing provides, by revealing new possibilities and enabling you to look at the world around you with fresh eyes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788881364
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	01/16/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	69 MB
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About the Author

Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and a practising artist. After training as a graphic designer, he went into advertising, working for top agencies before progressing to freelance design and producing illustrations for a range of books and magazines. He taught art for many years and has written and illustrated books including The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits and The Fundamentals of Drawing Still Life. He lives with his wife in Wimbledon, London.
Born 1934, Barrington was educated at Hampton Grammar School and later Twickenham Art Schoo for which he received a National Diploma of Design. He then practiced as an illustrator (Saxon Artist) and Graphic Designer, was Art Director at Ogilvie&Mather and S.H. Bensons, and was a lecturer in Graphic Design at Ealing Art School. Other credits include freelance work, designer, illustrator, animator and painter at Augustine Studios. He was awarded a one man exhibition in 2000 at St. Oswald Studios, and also exhibited in Putney in 2003 and Cork Street in 2004. He was Head of Art at St James's Independent Schools. He now paints, draws, writes about art, and enjoys sports, walking, philosophy and meditation.