How to Draw and Paint Fairies: From Finding Inspiration to Capturing Diaphanous Detail, a Step-By-Step Guide to Fairy Art

How do you draw a fairy? It’s not like you can convince one to do life modeling in your studio. This beautiful book will make every artist believe in fairies.. Basic to advanced techniques on watercolor and mixed media are covered step-by-step, and finished images from leading fairy artists provide inspiration. As artists progress, the book offers detailed descriptions and beautiful illustrations of little people—from flower, water, and moon fairies, to nymphs and sprites, to sirens. For beginners, explanations of basic techniques and easy-to-follow constructional drawings, plus information on materials, sketching, forms, and color make starting out easy and pleasant. How to Draw and Paint Fairies confronts the fairy labor shortage directly, explaining all the techniques needed to bring fairy art to life

"This is a good basic book about fairies and how to draw them" according to Mary. This is a good basic book about fairies and how to draw them . Great for the beginner . My only comment is it would have been nice if the fairies had pretty faces . Frank Cho can teach you how to draw lovely women . Look up his books ! This Ravenscroft book will teach you the basics. Wonderful Book This book really helps with color ideas, wings, settings and is inspiring because the author is an excellent artist and a very fine teacher. The how to information adds to any projects you may want to do, not just fairies, it is always good to learn how someone achieves the atmosphe. Pat Vann said book for my granddaughter's birthday and she was as delighted with it as I was. I bought this book for my granddaughter's birthday and she was as delighted with it as I was. The book is very clear in it's discussion of different artist techniques and materials. I liked the way the artist divided the areas of the drawing into sections as faces and heads. torsos

Linda Ravenscroft is an internationally renowned fantasy artist. About the AuthorHazel Harrison, a professional artist who studied painting at the Guildford School of Art and the Royal Academy of Painting, is the author of more than thirty highly regarded art instruction books.

. Linda Ravenscroft is an internationally renowned fantasy artist. Hazel Harrison, a professional artist who studied painting at the Guildford School of Art and the Royal Academy of Painting, is the author of more than thirty highly regarded art instruction books