Drawing and Painting Fantasy Landscapes and Cityscapes

Drawing and Painting Fantasy Landscapes and Cityscapes
Author: Rob Alexander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2006
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 9781845661892

Artists interested in graphic novels and comic book illustration will find all the guidance and inspiration they need to draw and paint landscapes that evoke myths and legends, lost empires, futuristic planets, dramatic dreamscapes, underwater worlds, and subterranean cities. Easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations demonstrate techniques for rendering a wide range of fantasy features, whether working in ink, watercolor, or computer pixels. Details covered in this heavily illustrated volume include: choice of materials, with advice on getting the most from software programs; basics of perspective, architectural geometry, color, mood, and seasonal variations; landscape features, including skies, clouds, mountains, caves, deserts, snow, and water reflections; imagined landscapes from ancient cultures, future worlds, alien planets, undersea worlds, and surreal dreamscapes; cityscapes, from medieval towns to the metropolis of the future; and famous fantasy worlds, from Atlantis to Middle Earth.

Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes

Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes
Author: Rob Alexander
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764132605

Offers an introduction to the basics of art and the elements of landscape, shows how to create fantasy realms, and showcases the work of several prominent fantasy artists.

How to Draw and Paint Fantasy Architecture

How to Draw and Paint Fantasy Architecture
Author: Rob Alexander
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764145353

"From ancient citadels and gothic castles to subterranean palaces and floating fortresses"--Cover.

How to Draw and Paint Fantasy Architecture

How to Draw and Paint Fantasy Architecture
Author: Rob Alexander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Architecture in art
ISBN: 9781844486144

This is a how-to guide to the essential techniques for capturing fantastic buildings, alien architecture, alternate realities, and ancient citadels. Exploring different media - traditional and digital - this text takes you step-by-step through the techniques you need for turning your own ideas into finished art.

The Compendium of Fantasy Art Techniques

The Compendium of Fantasy Art Techniques
Author: Rob Alexander
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2014
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781438004419

Provides detailed instructions for drawing and painting fantasy figures, beasts, and landscapes, while offering an overview of traditional and digital media and tools.

OtherWorlds

OtherWorlds
Author: Tom Kidd
Publisher: IMPACT
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2010-11-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781600618666

Go where no artist has ever gone before. Bizarre terrains, enchanted forests, futuristic metropolises, ornate palaces—these are the places where adventure dwells. In this fun and fiercely original book from celebrated fantasy artist Tom Kidd, you'll learn how to set the scene for epic tales of adventure. Discover where Kidd finds his best ideas, the methods behind his glorious color sense, and how he turns it all into exquisite skies, glittering cities, spectacular rock formations, stormy seas, magnificent forests and other bold, breathtaking vistas. Learn to draw and paint fantastic settings in a way that makes them utterly believable Get imagination-sparking approaches for dreaming up these strange new realms, seeing the world around you with fresh eyes and finding ready inspiration in the most ordinary of places 13 step-by-step demonstrations show how ideas are developed into dynamic color oil and watercolor renderings, with some discussion of digital techniques This book is your ticket to destinations of absolute wonder and bizarre beauty. Thrill your viewers by transporting them to locales so vast and unreal, it will take their breath away.

The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book

The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book
Author: Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2013
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0321903358

Provides instructions for blending traditional drawing and painting skills with technological advances to create digital art.

Paint with the Impressionists

Paint with the Impressionists
Author: Jonathan Stephenson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-04
Genre: Artists' materials
ISBN: 9780500295052

In this innovative approach to Impressionism and its methods, Jonathan Stephenson's instruction enables amateurs the world over to paint like the Impressionists. Vibrantly illustrated in colour throughout, both with well-known works of art and step-by-step examples, the book shows how the masters achieved their diverse effects and how their ideas and styles can be adapted to today's tastes. Sections on the artists provide fascinating insights into individual techniques: learn how Monet produced his oil colour sketches, or how Sisley created his atmospheric landscapes. With an introduction providing the historical background to Impressionism, and a comprehensive section on artists' materials, this is a highly practical book that will appeal both to beginners and more experienced artists, as well as to the many thousands of of people inspired by the brilliance and beauty of Impressionist painting.