Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing: Learn To Draw More Than 100 Everyday Items, From Food To Fashion

Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing: Learn To Draw More Than 100 Everyday Items, From Food To Fashion

Learn to draw and paint more than 100 of your favorite everyday items! Step-by-step projects and creative inspiration make it fun and easy. TheInspired Artist series invites art hobbyists and casual art enthusiasts tohave fun learning basic art concepts, relaxing into the creative process to make art in a playful, contemporary style. WithDraw Every Little Thing, the first book in this new series, you canlearn to draw and paint your favorite everyday items. From learning to draw and paint plants, flowers, and bicycles to the neighborhood caf?and the contents of the kitchen cabinet, this contemporary drawing book demonstrates just how easy it is to render the world around you with little more than a pencil, paper, and paint. Following a brief introduction to the joys of simplistic drawing and painting, this aesthetically pleasing book familiarizes you with a range of drawing tools and materials, includinggraphite pencil,pen and ink,colored pencil, andgouache, before offering a quickoverview of basic color theory. Each subsequent chapter is then devoted to a specific theme-kitchenalia, hobbies, neighborhood haunts, and much more-and packed with simplestep-by-step drawing projects. This accessible bookencourages you to jump around so you can draw what immediately inspires you. Interactive prompts, creative exercises, and inspiring ideas make the process fun and engaging. Easy techniques and helpful instructions show you how todevelop your own personal style, as well asadd color to your drawings using gouache and colored pencil.Crafty projects round out the book, allowing you to use your newfound drawing and painting skills. Filled to the brim withwhimsical artwork andloads of creative ideas,Draw Every Little Thing encourages artists of all skill levels to draw any time inspiration strikes.Review"Charming...A fine starting point for fledgling artists and a handy reference for more experienced illustrators seeking a fresh jolt of creativity." - ForeWord ReviewsAbout the AuthorFlora Waycott is an illustrator and artist in Perth, Australia. Her art has appeared on book covers, including The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook (Race Point); children's bedding and decor; stationery; greeting cards; and within books. She co-authored Creative Folk Art and Beyond and is the author and illustrator behind Draw Every Little Thing, both from Walter Foster Publishing. Flora is inspired by Japan, where she lived as a child, as well as everyday objects. Learn more at www.florawaycott.com.