Dare to Sketch: A Guide to Drawing on the Go [Hardcover]

An inspirational, instructional, and visually stimulating guide to sketching and drawing.Dare to Sketchis filled with practical tips about which materials to use, a variety of subject matter ranging from easy to more challenging, and wisdom about overcoming creative blocks and fear of making mistakes.

A whimsical beginner's guide to sketching, covering all of the important basics: what kind of notebook to buy, what drawing materials to use, ideas for subject matter, and daily exercises. Includes inviting, inspirational, and idiosyncratic tips (don't start on the first page of your sketchbook!),Dare to Sketchis gorgeously illustrated with the author's unique and contemporary art style.Foreword
7 Why use a sketchbook?

The sketchbook
8 Which sketchbook?
11 Choosing a format

A book with personality
12 Where to begin?
14 Protecting your sketchbook
17 Notes are permitted
18 Journaling
21 Doodling will set you free
22 The right and wrong ways to draw

Tools
24 Specialty pens
27 Sepia ink
29 Colored pencils
31 Ballpoint pens
32 And, of course, pencils
36 Markers, glitter pens, and beyond
39 Watercolors
44 Collage

Expressing yourself
47 Visualizing your ideas
48 Blind contour drawing
51 Your line is you
52 Mistakes are allowed!
55 Drawing what you feel
56 Drawing is not photography
58 Letting imagination complete the picture
61 Drawing the invisible

The basics
62 Shot settings and westerns
64 Five types of shot settings
68 Getting a feel for composition
70 Weight and balance
72 Collected works
74 Perspective
78 Depth and perspective
80 Landscapes
83 Nature
84 Landscapes and time
87 Coloring landscapes
88 Landscapes in ink
90 Light and shadow
93 Depicting shadows

People
95 People are not objects
96 Friends
98 Passersby
101 Perfol3v