New ideas and innovative techniques using graphite, charcoal and mixed media to create dramatic landscape drawings, under the expert tutelage of Robert Dutton.
Aimed at artists who wish to explore new ways of using a variety of drawing media to create striking, dramatic landscapes.
Through numerous examples of the author’s work alongside practical demonstrations, each book provides a fascinating exploration of the artist’s creative process that will inspire the reader to move forward on their own artistic journey.
The book provides a unique insight into the methods and materials used by leading contemporary artists who are pushing the boundaries of their art.
Author-artist Robert Dutton uses his expressive, loose style of drawing and painting to capture, with great emotion, the power and drama of the landscape, combining media such as liquid graphite, inks, metallic inks, charcoal and water-soluble painting and drawing pastels, and also experiments with collage work.
Predominantly focusing on working in black and white, Drawing Dramatic Landscapes explores basic drawing techniques using a limited range of media, then introduces new techniques and products as the reader progresses.
This is a highly-instructive guide to the techniques Robert himself uses, with numerous exercises and larger step-by-step projects throughout the book showing how he works.
Table of Contents
- Introduction 6
- Materials and tools 8
- Expressive drawing 24
- ‘The exhilaration of the summits’ 26
- Working en plein air
- Drawing with graphite 30
- Landscapes in graphite 42
- Drawing with charcoal 52
- Landscapes in charcoal 60
- Developing your personal language 66
- Inspiration 68
- Order from chaos 70
- Expressive drawing with liquid graphite and pastels
- Fast foundations 80
- Expressive drawing with liquid graphite and ink
- Breathing space 82
- Developing confidence and vision
- Set in Stone 84
- Step-by-step project
- Resolving your drawings 94
- Proper preparation 96
- Developing work in the studio
- Instant atmospherics 98
- Expressive drawing media in harmony
- Heading Out to Sea 100
- Step-by-step project
- Strength in Flexibility 106
- Using liquid charcoal, graphite and pastel
- Trust the process 108
- Working in charcoal, pastel and inks
- The freedom of ink 114
- Autumn Sun and Shadows 116
- Step-by-step project
- calculated risks 122
- Charcoal, pastel, inks and paints
- A celebration of nature 126
- Mixed media and pastel paper
- On the edge 132
- Creating sharpness
- Showers, Sun and Shadow 138
- Step-by-step project
- Towards abstraction 146
- Changing direction 148
- Revisiting a composition
- Surface and light 150
- Textured drawing
- Next steps 168
- Index 160
- Acknowledgements
