Jackie Simmonds - Drawing and Sketching: All the Equipment, Techniques and Inspiration to Start Drawing and Sketching

Wendy Jelbert

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Originally published by Collins as:

You Can Paint Mixed Media, 2002

You Can Paint Pastels, 2000

You Can Paint Sketch, 2001

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Jackie Simmonds

Jackie Simmonds began to paint in her thirties, attending art school as a full-time mature student, and she is now a busy painter and art instruction author. Her work is exhibited regularly in both mixed exhibitions and one-woman shows, and reproductions of her work have been distributed world-wide. Jackie writes regular articles for The Artist magazine, runs workshops and painting holidays, and has written five art instruction books and made six painting videos.

Wendy Jelbert

Wendy Jelbert has painted from an early age, and her three children as well as grandchildren do the same! She attended art school, studying fine and abstract art, pottery and print-making. She exhibits at the Century Gallery in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, First Floor Gallery in Romsey, Hampshire, Burford Gallery in Burford, Oxfordshire, and Wykenham Gallery in Stockbridge, Hampshire. She runs workshops and has made five art instruction videos and written 14 books.

Marie Blake

Marie Blake trained as a painter at Kingston-upon-Thames School of Art and later qualified as a teacher of art at Central College, London University. She has taught art at both primary and secondary level and also has extensive experience of teaching leisure painters. Marie exhibits her own paintings and she is a regular contributor to Leisure Painter magazine. Her first book You Can Paint Pastels was published by HarperCollins Publishers.

As a child, you probably revelled in the business of making marks. Even tiny tots love to grab a pencil or crayon and will scribble away with intense pleasure for ages. Of course, children are completely uninhibited and, in their innocence, will be delighted with the results they achieve, whatever these look like. As adults, our inhibitions grow, and we often feel embarrassed if we produce less than perfect results, particularly when we are encouraged to show our efforts to others. This book will encourage you to have a go at drawing and sketching, regardless of any lack of experience, in order to rediscover the sheer joy to be gained from them.

Learning to sketch is great fun, and although the word learning implies a duty, it is important to remember that learning can be very exciting, challenging and, most importantly, rewarding. Your confidence will grow, and tentative beginnings will soon develop into positive results. Best of all, you dont need to be an expert draughtsperson to enjoy sketching absolute accuracy is not essential in most sketches, and often it is the unfinished quality of a sketch that adds to its appeal.

When you make a sketch, you are not necessarily producing a work that will find its way onto the walls of an art gallery. Sketches can be made for a variety of reasons: to collect information, to explore possible subjects for later pictures, or even just for fun. What matters is that with every sketch you make, you learn something about drawing and also improve your eye/hand co-ordination skills and powers of observation. This will help you to establish a firm foundation from which you will be able to grow as a creative individual.

You dont have to use a pencil, pen or charcoal for sketching. These sheep were sketched with watersoluble art pens.

Jackie Simmonds 2005