Tips for Producing Realistic Pencil Drawings
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“Tips for Producing Realistic Pencil Drawings” is an instructional guide for drawing lifelike drawings. This book or long article of about 6,100 words contains tips from the artist, besides well-known artists who’ve discovered ways to make their drawings realistic.
Basically, this is done by blending tones. Also contained in the book are drawings of the artists and useful links where readers can find art instructional books that have inspired her.
Venice Kichura
Venice Kichura is a freelance writer who writes for several websites and has been published in print media. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Venice holds a Bachelor of Science in English and History. She started her writing career as a feature writer for a South Florida newspaper where she also wrote a weekly column. Venice has been published in several print publications, including "Connecticut Parents Magazine", "God Allows U-Turns", "Pentecostal Evangel","Sonlight Christian Newspaper" and others. She's written more than 1,000 internet articles which have been published in sites such as Suite 101 and Associated Content. As a writer for Demand Media since 2008, she's written numerous articles for websites such as "Garden Guides" and others. Venice has a passion for encouraging others in their Christian walk and has written book reviews for the Christianity section of About.com.
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Tips for Producing Realistic Pencil Drawings - Venice Kichura
Tips for Producing Realistic Pencil Drawings
By Venice Kichura
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Tips for Producing Realistic Pencil Drawings
Cover art by Venice Kichura
Copyright 2011 Venice Kichura
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Introduction * Materials * Creating a Five-Box Value Scale * Elements of Shading * Steps for Creating Realistic Tones * Basic Pencil Techniques * Drawing Realistic Landscapes * Creating Texture in Wood * Drawing Realistic Portraits * Drawing Realistic Animals * Concluding Remarks * Photos of Pencil Drawings * References and Links * About the Author *
All rights reserved Copyright 2011 Venice Kichura
Introduction
Of all the art mediums I’ve used the pencil remains my favorite. Besides being clean and portable, it’s also the cheapest. Drawing lifelike realistic subjects, using a pencil, may at first seem overwhelming, but after mastering a few simple techniques many beginners are amazed at their work. The secret is all wrapped up in blending tones and creating depth and volume.
In this book I’ve included