Urban Sketching: The Complete Guide to Techniques Author: Visit Amazon's Thomas Thorspecken Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1438003412 | Format: EPUB
Urban Sketching: The Complete Guide to Techniques Description
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The first thing you notice about the sketches is how 'alive' they feel and draw you into the atmosphere and feel of the original artists. There is a vibrancy and modern feel to the book that the traditional art book can lose at times. The tips it gives are handy and can persuade the reluctant to pick up a sketchbook and just have a go. As a graphic designer and concept art lecturer this book gave me an insight into the urban sketchers. To a few of my learners I asked to have a look at the book it gave a sense of movement they related to with their own concept art work being used to then model in 3D. Now if only it would stop raining I might be persuaded to go outside and draw.-Marian Carr, Bradford College
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About the Author
Thomas Thorspecken (aka Thor) attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. There, his work as a freelance illustrator for The Daily News included sketching historic buildings throughout the city. After 10 years at Disney Feature Animation Studios, he continues to pursue his passion through sketching and teaching.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (March 1, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1438003412
- ISBN-13: 978-1438003412
- Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 12 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This is another wonderful book added to my collection of sketchbook. I was pretty excited because some of my sketches are included inside.
Urban Sketching: The Complete Guide to Techniques is written by Thomas Thorspecken who's also contributor the the Urban Sketchers group. He happens to have one of those draw-daily blog and you'll see many of his sketches in the book as well.
This book is about urban sketching, or just sketching outdoors. It's filled with beautiful sketches, techniques and insight from more than 40 contributing artists. Every page is packed with interesting and helpful drawing tips, sketches with accompanying captions, and even the drawing process of some artists.
When I submitted my sketches for the book, I did not submit any captions. So I'm rather surprised to see captions analysing my sketches, pointing out things like perspective or other hidden meanings. When people sketch, they don't really think about these concepts because they are already in the subconscious. It's great that the book has captions that explain about the fundamental drawing principles each sketch that was featured.
Even though I submitted works for the book and entitled to a complimentary copy, I still bought one copy at the bookstore (because mine hasn't arrive from the publisher yet).
Note that there are different publishers for the book depending on where it's being distributed. Mine's from publisher Page One (Asia) which has a different cover from publishers Barron's Educational Series and Search Press.
Another book to check out would be James Richards'
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