The big book of drawing and painting : drawing, oil, pastel, water color / [edited by Francisco Asensio Cerver]

Materials -- Drawing -- Charcoal -- Composition and planes in the layout -- Drawing with sanguine -- Oil -- MIxing color -- The brush-stroke -- Blocking in and planes of objects -- The palette knife -- Applying the color base -- Still life: glazes, highlights, and shadows -- Pastel -- Strokes and marks -- Initial layout -- Layout and shading -- Blurred edges and outlines -- Contrasts and colors -- Fixing pastel -- Color theory with watercolor -- Color ranges -- Special techniques -- Value and modeling -- Figure -- Texture of the skin.

This book contains 21 exercises for the beginning artist, and covers the four fundamental techniques--drawing, oil painting, pastel, and watercolor--with detailed step-by-step instruction. Each section features instructions for replicating three famous works of art.