About this ebook
This book will teach you how accurately sketch simple and complex shapes in seconds.
There are two methods: 1) using basic shapes (square, triangle and circle), 2) using polygons. Both methods are complementary. They can be used alone or together.
These are absolutely essential skill sets for the artist. If you already paint or draw, these exercises will help you clarify your skill sets and speed them up.
Peter Inglis
Peter is the Principal of the Inglis Academy in Sydney, Australia, where people come to develop their literacy in art and music. For over four decades Peter Inglis has performed music professionally in Rock, Jazz and Classical music. He performs with orchestras and with string quartets and jazz bands as well as doing solo guitar concerts. Audiences enjoy his work in venues ranging from the Sydney Opera House and the Art Gallery of N.S.W. to open air concerts in the Australian outback. His Art workshops use accelerated learning techniques to enable beginners to paint masterworks by Van Gogh and Monet in their first lesson!
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How to Sketch Shapes - Peter Inglis
How to Sketch Shapes (Inglis Academy: Let's Start Art! #2)
Edition 1.26 (Smashwords edition) © 2014
Author: Peter Inglis. Shop 1/36-48 Albany St. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia
Web: www.inglisacademy.com | Email: [email protected]
Publisher: Smashwords ISBN 9781311523037
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Table of Contents
About this Project | What we will learn in this project | Benefits of learning to draw and paint
Your Studio | Sketching Materials
Simple Shapes | Circle | Triangle | Square | Variants
Technique | Coordination | Sketching Technique: the Circle | Sketching Technique: the Triangle
Using basic shapes to construct a Pear | Using Polygons to construct a Pear
More irregular shapes | Fruit | Rocks | Geometric Forms | Simple vases | Complex vases | Industrial shapes
Definitions | Counterpoint | Rule of 3rds | Tone
Testimonials | You can Paint | Benefits | Inglis Academy courses
About this Project
This book will teach you how accurately sketch simple and complex shapes in seconds.
There are two methods: 1) using basic shapes (square, triangle and circle), 2) using polygons. Both methods are complementary. They can be used alone or together.
Turn an image like this into a sketch in seconds.
Using these skills you will be able to turn a complex subject into an accurate outline sketch.
These are absolutely essential skill sets for the artist. If you already paint or draw, these exercises will help you clarify your skill sets and speed them up.