Still Life by Susie Johns

Product Description

Still Life is an accessible instruction course for complete beginners to learn how to draw and paint contemporary still-life subjects. Ideas for drawings and paintings are all around us and even the most commonplace objects can provide interesting subject matter. With expert guidance, you can discover how to make pleasing still-life arrangements, then make drawings and paintings using basic art supplies. Discover which materials and methods work best for you. Ten step-by step tutorials will help you to practice techniques, experiment with different media and subject matter and build up your skills.

Author Information

Susie Johns is an artist and designer who has written dozens of craft books, mostly on knitting, crochet and sewing, including Knitted Pets, Knitted Woodland Creatures, Fat Quarter: Bags & Purses and Fat Quarter: Vintage (all GMC Publications). Her patterns and designs appear regularly in consumer craft magazines in the UK, such as Let’s Knit, Sew and Let’s Get Crafting, and she has written numerous patterns for suppliers such as DMC. She has also demonstrated various crafts on television. Susie studied Fine Art at The Slade School and went on to pursue a career in publishing as an editor before becoming freelance. Alongside her writing career, she teaches drawing and painting at a local adult education college.She also runs classes and workshops on knitting and crochet and has been involved in a number of textile-based community projects in and around London, where she lives.

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