Drawing: Flowers with William F. Powell

With Drawing: Flowers, learn to create detailed, realistic flowers in graphite pencil from basic shapes. It's no wonder we're naturally attracted to flowers. Their fascinating and varied forms, colors, and textures provide a never-ending source of artistic inspiration. This book shows the step-by-step process of rendering various types of flowers-from their basic shapes to their completed forms. It begins with tools and materials needed to get started, as well as the shading techniques that bring flower drawings to life. Among the flowers you'll learn to draw: Tulips Regal Lily Daffodil Carnation Poppy Pansy Hibiscus Fuchsia Peony Foxglove Chrysanthemums Bearded Iris And more! In this large-format, 40-page reference guide, William F. Powell teaches you how torender a variety of beautiful flowers in graphite pencil, with tips on choosing materials,building with basic shapes, and shading to develop form and realism. With a wealth of detailed step-by-step projects to both re-create and admire, Drawing: Flowers shows artists how to develop a flower drawing to its fullest. The How to Draw & Paint series offers an easy-to-follow guide thatintroduces artists to basic tools and materialsand includessimple step-by-step lessonsfor a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist.Drawing: Flowersallows artists to develop their drawing skills, demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures, values, and details for a realistic, completed drawing.