Bøker av Jake Spicer

Pick up a pencil and discover the joy of drawing the people you love.

Understand the human body and transform your art with bestselling author and teacher Jake Spicer

An original and accessible guide to drawing in ink, the artist's most versatile medium.

Discover the endless possibilities of coloured pencils in this interactive book.

You can draw portraits easily and Jake Spicer shows you how in only 15 minutes.

Learn how to draw with proven exercises for real-world practice and improvement from the UK's favourite drawing teacher.

Pick up a pencil and discover how to draw the world you see with this new guide from expert tutor Jake Spicer Join expert drawing tutor Jake Spicer and become an accomplished artist. With his guidance, you'll break long-held habits and explore new ways of seeing the world, and find yourself rapidly growing in confidence and skill. The first in a new series of pocket guides to the fundamental principles of drawing, Drawing What You See is accessible for the complete beginner, yet also addresses the core ideas that underpin observational drawing at every level. The first part, Shape, suggests ';orders of looking' that you can use to discern line and shape and present them on the page. You'll learn to look for positive and negative shapes; tone and color; hard, soft, and lost edgesthen make considered decisions about how to depict what you see. The second part, Tone, introduces mark-making and value. You'll learn about tonal grouping, tonal scale, and gradients. You'll be able to depict form and planes, and will study the fall of light and shadow. Finally, you'll learn how to design using tone, exploring high-key and low-key options. With hundreds of Jake's own drawings, this book shares his knowledge with focus, clarity, and a generosity of spirit.

The complete beginner's guide to drawing wild and domestic animals, by the bestselling author of You Will Be Able to Draw by the End of This Book (more than 170,000 copies sold worldwide).