Frank Carlson Library

Drawing Tools, Studio Space, Papers and other surfaces, The Preliminary Sketch, The Impact of Color, Colored Pencil Technidques, Advanced Tips and Techinques. Creating Textures, Portraits and Figures, Landscapes.

From impossible shapes to three-dimensional sketches and trick art, you won't believe your eyes as you learn to draw optical illusions in graphite and colored pencil. Perfect for beginning artists, The Art of Drawing Optical Illusions begins with a basic introduction to optical illusions and how they work. Jonathan Stephen Harris then guides you step-by-step in creating mind-blowing pencil drawings, starting with basic optical illusions and progressing...

Provides information about pencils as a drawing medium; discusses materials, hand positions, lighting, textures and strokes, perspective, value, and other topics; and includes step-by-step demonstrations of thirteen drawing projects.

Layering, translucent effects and using odorless solvents to achieve rich, luminous color and eye-popping ultra-realistic effects, Nickelsen's innovations will delight readers, and detailed step-by-step demonstrations bring her striking results within reach of every artist.

Uses illustrated step-by-step instructions to show how to draw cars by using simple shapes, and discusses proportion and shading.

Introduces the seven basic elements of art by using colored pencils to add colors, lines, shapes, forms, shades, patterns, and textures one at a time to a piece of paper.