Pencil Art Workshop: Techniques, Ideas, And Inspiration For Drawing And Designing With Pencil

Pencil Art Workshop: Techniques, Ideas, And Inspiration For Drawing And Designing With Pencil

In Pencil Art Workshop, well-known artist and illustrator Matt Rota demonstrates several?echniques in graphite, then?ies it together with?n international gallery of artists for inspiration. The humble pencil is the world?s most flexible and forgiving drawing material.Pencil Art Workshop?s the platform for artist and educator Matt Rota (author of The Art of Ballpoint) toshow you key techniques that every artist should know. Following along with Matt is easy as he?xplores the pencil?s phenomenal, and sometimes surprising,?ange. Turn to any chapter--Drawing with Line, Drawing with Tone, Drawing Quickly, Photorealism, Adding Color--and you?ll discover, throughstep-by-step instructions and illustrations, how to choose the right pencil for your specific project,?nd how to use it?o its fullest in every?rawing style. Each chapter in?encil Art Workshop also includes a gallery of edgy and inspiring works by contemporary pencil artists to enjoy?nd toreceive?nspiration from.ReviewEye-catching, strong, intriguing, even humorous at times...Best of all, it's distinctive without being expensive. - Arts & ActivitiesRota wants readers to use the pencil to its full potential, and he has provided an arsenal of tools to help reach that goal. - Cloth, Paper, ScissorsAbout the AuthorMatt Rota is a New York artist who currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts graduate visual narrative program, and has taught in the illustration department at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His drawings and prints have been exhibited at the National Arts Club, the Society of Illustrators, and Last Rites Gallery in New York; the Copro Gallery in Lost Angeles; Galerie L'Oeil du Prince in Paris; and other international locations. He has received recognition and awards from American Illustration, Communication Arts, 3x3 magazine, Creative Quarterly, Spectrum, and Lurzers Intl Archive, where he was listed as one of the top 200 illustrators worldwide. Matt Rota is the author of Rockport's The Art of Ballpoint.