Product Description: Jeffery Camp (b. 1923) is one of Britain’s most accomplished artists. In this unique book Camp brings together his highly individual figure compositions with comments on art and life. Tender studies of figures, plants, and birds, paintings of the sea and shore, and portraits of artist friends and contemporaries reveal his astonishing draftsmanship...read more

Product Description: Although never part of any art movement, McFadyen describes himself as a realist. This book places him not simply within the recent history of British art but also within the wider context of realism in film, the contemporary novel and music. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hundreds of sketches and illustrations, accompanied by precise instructions and advice, demonstrate various techniques and methods for working in a broad spectrum of painting styles, along with tips on choosing equipment and materials, color, and more. (view table of contents)

Using works of the masters as examples for studying and copying, the author explains techniques for drawing landscapes, human figures, portraits, animals, and still lifes

An innovative instructional guide to the art of drawing discusses media, techniques, composition, and subject matter, with a basic emphasis on learning to draw by means of the traditional copying method