Complete Book of Drawing & Painting: Essential skills and techniques in drawing, watercolour, oil and pastel
About this ebook
In this book Mike Chaplin answers all those questions and more, ranging from basic markmaking with drawing tools, watercolors, pastels, and oils to tackling complicated subjects such as perspective in an easily comprehensible way. Which media you eventually decide you want to use the most will depend on your own temperament and your preferred style of working, but all have something special to bring to a subject and your art will greatly benefit from trying them all. Meanwhile, Mike's accessible style of teaching will demonstrate to you that you can indeed draw and paint through learning the necessary techniques in a simple and structured way.
A member of the prestigious Royal Watercolour Society of Great Britain, Mike Chaplin combines a notable career in art with communicating his knowledge and enthusiasm to artists in workshops in the UK and internationally.
About the author
Mike Chaplin studied graphics and illustration at Watford Art School and postgraduate printmaking at Brighton. His teaching career began while he was still at college and today his international workshops are much in demand. He appeared as one of the art experts on the British Channel 4 television series Watercolour Challenge and demonstrated the watercolour technique of JMW Turner for an Open University film on BBC2. He also provided examples of watercolour techniques for the Thomas Girtin exhibition at Tate Britain in 2002. A former Vice-President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society, Mike helped to found the Winsor & Newton Turner Award and was one of the judges for the Award in 2004.
Diana Vowles is a writer and editor with 20 years' experience in the publishing industry. She is the author of several books on art, including two bestselling books to accompany the Channel 4 television series Watercolour Challenge and an earlier book co-authored with Mike, titled Mike Chaplin's Expressive Watercolours. Diana is also a photographer, specializing in portraiture, equine studies and the natural landscape.
