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The Joy of Sketch: A Beginners Guide to Sketching the Everyday by Jen Russell-Smith
BD6350

$42.00
$42.00
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Description

In this accessible guide, Jen Russell-Smith breaks down the barriers beginners face around sketching, and shows you how to begin with quick, loose sketches building your confidence and skills to draw spontaneously. With simple exercises and step-by-step tutorials, Jen shows you how to sketch the things around you from life and from photos. Rediscover the pleasure you got from childhood drawing, before you became too self-conscious and self-critical to enjoy it.

In this accessible guide, largely self-taught artist Jen Russell-Smith takes beginners by the hand and breaks down the barriers we face around sketching, and shows you how to begin with quick, loose sketches building your confidence and skills to draw spontaneously, with nothing more than the things around you for inspiration. With simple exercises and step-by-step tutorials, Jen shows you how to sketch the places around you from life, and those further afield from photos, using simple watercolour techniques to add vibrancy to your work

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