Drawing Summer 2015 Digital Edition

Description

You’ll love this issue of Drawing if you want to learn more about:

• How successful artists blend media in their work
• Different tools to draw with–from pens and pencils to household items and sticks of wax
• Illustration and fantasy art

The summer 2015 issue of Drawing is all about media, especially how you can combine materials in order to produce completely unique work. We meet artists who combine charcoal with pastel, ink with wax, colored pencil with collage and more. We also learn the basics of working with tools such as ink and silverpoint. 

Highlights of the summer 2015 issue of Drawing include:

• A detailed guide to the wax-resist process, which combines elements of drawing and painting
• An interview with Paul Kidby, the illustrator of the Discworld series of fantasy novels, by Terry Pratchett
• A demonstration of ink-and-wash drawing
• Debunking three common myths about silverpoint
• An introduction to using eye level to establish basic perspective

Each issue of Drawing provides working artists with information and inspiration regarding the foundation of all art: drawing. If you work with charcoal, graphite, pen, colored pencil, pastel or any other drawing media, this is the magazine for you.

Feature Articles

Drawing With No Boundaries
The enigmatic self-portraits and still lifes of Susan Hauptman.
By Austin R. Williams

The Intricacies of Ink-and-Wash
A demonstration of a classical technique that has long been favored for preparatory sketches.
By Anthony Baus

The Quickening Image: Wax-Resist Drawing
Exploring a process that combines wet and dry media, with dramatic results.
By Ephraim Rubenstein

The Line Fantastic
Paul Kidby gives shape to worlds created by authors including Terry Pratchett.
By Ken Gofton

Curator’s Choice: Highlights of the Delaware Art Museum
Ten great works on paper from a deep collection of art and illustration.

Split Seconds
The drawings of Rob Matthews playfully fracture time and space.
By Austin R. Williams

Columns

Material World: Silverpoint–Secrets and Myths
By Sherry Camhy

First Marks: About Eye Level
By Margaret Davidson

New and Notable: Brooks Salzwedel
By Michael Woodson