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Name: Learn to draw with pencils, pens and pastels
Author: Ian Sidaway

📘 Learn to draw with pencils, pens and pastels by Ian Sidaway

Discover the traditional techniques of pencil drawing, pen drawing, and pastel drawing. This comprehensive guide, featuring over 550 photographs, teaches you how to create detailed and realistic drawings of landscapes, buildings, still lifes, animals, flowers, trees, and people. With step-by-step instructions and practical examples, you'll learn composition, outlines, line and wash, shading and tonal work, sketching and blending. Whether you're a beginner or a more experienced artist, this book is your complete guide to mastering pencil drawing, pen drawing, and pastel drawing.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Arts & Culture/Fine Art

Authors: Ian Sidaway

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