A guide to drawing and painting fairies details different types of mediums and method, offers instructions for creating fairies with basic shapes, and discusses fundamental art techniques including laying washes with watercolors and using masking film.
Explore the enchanting realm of faerie with this visual guide to drawing and paint-ing fantastical worlds, featuring step-by-step instructions. The realm of faerie is ancient and infinite, limited only by imagination and peoples by beings as mysterious and beautiful as the mind can conjure. Here, renowned artist Ed Org envelops you into the supernatural world with a wealth of magical imagery, displaying intricately detailed line and colour work and subtle shading techniques that are made accessible and achievable for artists of all ages and abilities. Celebrating the limitless nature of legend and folklore, fairytale and myth, Ed’s stunning portfo-lio will inspire you to embrace the farthest reaches of your imagination to create your own faerie artwork.
Fairies never fail to engage the imagination, and this coloring book promises to please everyone! Twenty-three magical scenes feature fairies surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and friendly woodland creatures.
Helps aspiring young artists to draw fairy and mermaid characters in a range of different styles. This title shows how to create simple scenes, including flower-fairy garden collages and mermaid tea-parties. It is colourfully illustrated and easy to follow.
This wonderful full-color drawing book is a treasure trove for anyone who loves fairies. Abound in story books and animation, their delicate form, fluttering wings and magical powers are a source of constant wonder. In this enchanting new book, renowned artist Peter Gray takes readers through step-by-step drawing projects, teaching different drawing techniques and styles. You'll learn: - How to create fairy and elf faces, with their large eyes and small, pointed chins. - Varying the proportions of your characters, from lithe and slender to rounded and chubby - Creating beautiful clothing, drawing inspiration from flowers and the natural world - Drawing fairy wings, and the techniques to make them sparkle and flutter Step into the spell-binding world of folk tales and magic with this accessible drawing guide.
Learning How to Draw Has Never Been Easier! Lee Hammond's All New Big Book of Drawing is the culmination of nearly forty years of teaching. No matter what your experience level YOU CAN DRAW by following along these easy step-by-step demonstrations. Whether you want to create drawings of flowers, learn how to draw animals or how to draw a person, these drawing techniques, all-new projects, and expert tips will show you how to get great results with both regular pencils and colored pencils. • Two books in one. The first half is a comprehensive course on using pencils to capture shape, form and likeness. The second half explores adding color using colored pencils • 88 step-by-step projects. You will learn to draw everything with this book! Starting with a simple sphere and working up to sea shells, sunsets, flowers, birds, horses, clothing, people--and so much more! • A lifetime of know-how! Lee covers it all--from big picture concepts (selecting tools, shading techniques, making sense of perspective) down to techniques for creating the look of feathers, capturing skin tones, and making surfaces look shiny or transparent. Using her straightforward, three-stage approach to lifelike drawings, Lee makes any subject approachable, from still life and landscapes to animals and even people. This project-driven tome will help you create realistic, frame-worthy artwork. Project by project and subject by subject, you will gain confidence and cultivate great joy in drawing.
Follow Barbara Lanza down a magical path as she shows you how to capture the wonder and mischief of fairies. Then learn to add elements such as wings, nature-inspired clothing and romantic settings. With brilliant colors and some basic techniques, your fairies will take flight! Barbara illustrates the simple steps behind some of her favorite fairy friends: Baby, adolescent and adult fairies The fairies of Earth, Wind, Water and Fire A fairy for each season, from the Spring Fairy cradled in her crocus bassinet, to the silvery, grand Winter Fairy Fairies to fill your days, from the Morning Fairy emerging from her morning glory bloom, to the Night Fairy, with spectacular wings the colors of the luna moth These and other fanciful fairies are pictured amid mushrooms and butterflies, lounging on clover beds and dancing across flower tops. Recreate each project as is or use as a starting point—customize colors, settings and embellishments to dream up your own original fairy creations. "We peek into the fairies' world, and see joy and mischief in balance with nature, and when we recreate their spirit in our art, we are in harmony with nature, too."
Rub your pencil over the pages to discover secret fairy caves. Color in the pictures with a paint brush dipped in water and watch as their true fairy colors are revealed. With 16 mystic and magical pictures, activities, and more, this book is bursting with fun.