Artist's Sketchbook: Exercises and Techniques for Sketching on the Spot by Cathy

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Best-selling North Light author Cathy Johnson brings her special voice and instruction to the growing movement of artists taking their sketchbooks out into the world to sketch wherever they are.

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Grab your pen and seize the day! Make art a part of your everyday life, and everyday life a part of your art.Vast opportunities and great joy await you as you learn sketching "on the spot"--be it in your own backyard, amid the bustle of a busy market, on a hike or wherever you happen to find yourself.Cathy Johnson leads you on this thrilling expedition as you explore ways to turn everyday sights and experiences into a cache of visual memories. She and other artists have opened their sketchbooks to share their favorite subjects, ranging from nature's paraphernalia to aging buildings, crashing waves and beloved pets. You will travel the world through sketches and stories, through deserts and deep woods, cities and small towns. Along the way, you'll pick up helpful tips and clever, on-location improvisations for making your sketching sessions pleasurable, safe and productive..Chapters focus on sketching subjects close to home, on travels, in nature, in urban settings and from everyday life..10+ artists share favorite sketches, tips and techniques..15+ demos reveal on-the-spot sketches as they come together..Includes expert advice on getting the best results from a range of mediums, including graphite, ink, colored pencil, watercolor and gouache.The Artist's Sketchbook is pure delight, full of passion and possibility, ideas and inspirations. You'll learn ways to be prepared, simplify, still your inner critic, embrace the here and now, and in doing so, discover wonders you never thought to look for.

Notes

Includes more than 20 exercises, techniques and tips for success in sketching, from the multimedia artist, writer and naturalist Cathy Johnson.

Author Biography

Multimedia artist, writer and naturalist Cathy Johnson has been drawing and painting all her life. She is the author and illustrator of over thirty books, many for North Light. Johnson has worked at Hallmark and has owned her own ad agency. A contributing editor to TAM and Watercolor Magic, she was a staff naturalist and contributing editor for Country Living; and has written for Artist's Sketchbook, Sports Afield, Early American Life, Science Digest, Harrowsmith, Mother Earth News, Sierra Magazine and others. She's published books and a newsletter on living history. Author of The Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature and The Sierra Club Guide to Painting in Nature, she's taught sketching and painting for the Sierra Club, Missouri Dept. of Conservation and other nature centers, as well as in person workshops across the nation. She now reaches worldwide with online workshop instruction. Her art is in private and corporate collections. She maintains relationships with popular art authors including Brenda Swenson, Nita Leland, Danny Gregory and more.

Long Description

Beloved artist, author and workshop instructor Cathy Johnson will share with readers how to get out in the world with their sketchbooks and how to get immediate satisfaction as they enjoy the challenge of sketching out in the world. Readers will learn to sketch plein air and on the spot, both in nature and in urban settings around the globe. Exercises and instruction will cover materials and techniques for travel sketching, sketching in their own neighborhoods, towns, and cities and sketching out in nature. Readers will learn to see their surroundings with new eyes and to discover hidden secrets all around them and around the world.This beautifully illustrated book's design and art has a spontaneous sketchbook feel that lets the reader look over the shoulder of the artists on location while learning to create their own spontaneous art. It will have a paper-over-board binding with matte lamination and a faux 3-piece cover similar to North Light's successful The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook. The interior will present instruction with the friendly feel of the successful Artist's Journal Workshop interspersed with field sketches throughout. This book offers a fresh combination of field journal, notes, sketches, instruction and very clear step-by-step demonstrations of both details and finished paintings.

Details ISBN1440338809 Author Cathy Johnson Short Title ARTISTS SKETCHBK Pages 128 Language English ISBN-10 1440338809 ISBN-13 9781440338809 Media Book Format Paperback Residence Excelsior Springs, MO, US Birth 1942 Subtitle Exercises and Techniques for Sketching on the Spot Place of Publication Ohio Country of Publication United States Year 2016 DEWEY 741.2 Imprint North Light Books Publication Date 2016-07-13 UK Release Date 2016-07-13 US Release Date 2016-07-13 Illustrations 250 Illustrations, color Publisher F&W Publications Inc Audience General NZ Release Date 2016-07-12 AU Release Date 2016-07-12 We've got this

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