Single Rose Still in Progress

An e-Book for those desirous of floral pencil drawing and oil painting. From a photograph of a Single Rose this e-Book covers drawing the rose by use of a grid pattern so that you learn to see as an artist sees. The e-Book delves into color pencil usage also. By the time you have completed the art lessons contained in this e-Book you will have finished three separate artist lessons on a single image of a Single Rose.

Being this is in the area of visual arts you most definitely will find many illustrations with the associated text in these eBooks. Illustrations are necessary to help a beginning artist and others understand art concepts or techniques being explained. Images are also for encouragement and inspiration. When reading these eBooks reason upon the thought that if he can draw, I can draw. Although there are some fancy words in visual art, as much as possible simple language terms are used in the writing of each eBook.

Grid patterns are included in subject eBooks such as those on How to Paint a Sunflower, Painting a Covered Bridge, How to Paint a Seagull. There are four grid patterns in each eBook with each pattern being overlaid with a grid of half inch squares. Grid pattern one is a color image of the subject which can be use for oil painting references. Grid pattern number two is a black and white image. Grid pattern three is a pencil line image overlaid with a grid pattern for transferring to an artist canvas, wall, ceiling or whatever you choose.

Grid pattern number four is also a lined image but the grid overlay of half inch squares has been scrambled like a jigsaw puzzle. It's hard to tell what the image is until you begin drawing each image in each square on a blank grid sheet. This is a very good exercise tool for you to use if your an art teacher helping students to learn to see as an artist sees. These grid sheets will give the amount of time it should take to draw each image in each square for a forty five minute period.

Within the visual art field there is so much of an infinite amount of information to be obtained and learned that it is impossible to cover all the details of art on this web site. Expand your knowledge of visual arts with the reading of books from your favorite book source. The internet also contains a wealth of information with tons of web sites just waiting for you to explore. Visit local galleries, museums, artist clubs and associations. One of the important needed items is to find a mentor to encourage and guide you. Enjoy your artist adventures.

Basic Pencil Drawing begins with drawing cones, circles and squares to get a warm up of pencil drawing. An image of a toy wooden train is used as a stepping stone for more realistic drawing in the future. Learning to see shapes accurately is an advantage in pencil drawing for achieving realism. By using a simple toy train as an example we can practice drawing and learn to perceive these shapes . These are basic shapes used everywhere in the visible world around us and thus this makes an excellent starting point.

Four grid patterns will be contained within this eBook. Drawing what can not comprehended is an awakening experience because this lets us realize that the goal of being able to draw is achievable. That is what the first grid does for us. A scrambled grid pattern or puzzle lets us see what we can not see visually. Grid number two is a basic lined pencil outline of the toy train which will let us accurately transfer the image to an artist oil painting canvas. The third grid is a black and white enabling us to get a different look to where the contrast and shadows are. And the number four grid pattern is a color image of the toy train for reference for do an oil painting.

What grows tall, is bright with yellow pedals and the squirrels love to eat the seeds it produces? By this point you know that it's a large sunflower. Painting a Sunflower begins with drawing a sunflower with graphite pencils. First capturing the contour lines of the sunflower image and then the details of the pedals, leaves and seeds. From there the familiarity of the sunflower in impressed on our minds more so by shading and contrasting the individual parts. All this and the oil painting portion hasn't begun yet. This is to prep the creative mind before the painting is begun to help us understand the art subject better. It's like reading a road map before you begin a vacation so that you know where you are going so as to not to get lost along the way.

It's on to the oil painting portion of the eBook. An artist oil painting material list is provided so that you can compare these colors to those artist colors you use or you may like to pick up some new ones. Brushes, cleaners and other artist materials are written about also to show what is needed for completing this oil painting. You will find many illustrations throughout this eBook to help convey art techniques such as color mixing. And there will be many more artsy thoughts occupying it's pages.