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Drawing
Realistic Textures in Pencil
By: J.D. Hillberry
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This
wonderful book is written by artist J.D.
Hillberry, and features many of his own realistic
drawings. He is well know for his unique and realistic
drawings. Many artists do not share their techniques,
but in this book you can see step by step how
he creates his amazing art work. He shows how
he uses a combination of graphite and charcoal
to create drawings that look real enough to fool
the viewer.
This
books is good for beginners as well, because he
shares lots of general drawing information. This
includes telling you the supplies you will need
to get started, how to render proper tonal values,
and how light affects texture. He has a whole
chapter crammed full of tips and techniques so
you can use your supplies properly. He shares
how to keep your drawings clean, how to blend
and combine graphite and charcoal, how to hold
your pencil, and more.
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he moves on to the step by step demonstrations that
illustrate how to create realistic objects. These demonstrations
are very detailed, even telling the precise grade of
graphite and charcoal he used. You get to see the drawings
form first sketch to finished artwork.
First
he demonstrates how to draw metal. There are two examples
of this, one for old, pitted metal, and one for reflective
metal. Other objects he covers are glass, wood, leather,
clothing, and finally fur. The drawing of each of these
materials is seen from start to finish, in one or two
drawing demonstrations.
J.D.
Hillberry also covers drawing people. He demonstartes
full how he creates a realistic drawing of a person.
He goes into detail explaining how to realistically
render individual facial features. The textures he mentions
are skin, eyes, and hair.
I
highly recommend that you add this book to your library.
Not only does it provide a wealth of information, but
it is also fun to just look at. It is great to flip
through and see how this great artist creates his work.
How nice that he wrote this book to give everyone else
a chance to take advantage of his experience. If you
really want to create realism in your pencil drawings,
this book will help you do it.
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