38 – Los Animales di Mathurin Méheut La Colección Leonardo

La representación de las aves mediante el dibujo o la pintura es una actividad que tiene dos interesantes versiones: por un lado, la recogida de detalles, fruto de la observación de sus costumbres y movimientos, que tiene como fin el estudio científico; y por otro, una vertiente artística cada día más apreciada por los amantes de estos vistosos animales. En este libro se ofrecen los conocimientos básicos necesarios para abordar la representación gráfica de las aves desde el punto de vista de su anatomía y sus costumbres. Se explican las diversas formas de alas, picos o patas que existen, y se ofrecen ejemplos de los distintos tipos de plumaje y de su colorido, todo ello en estado de reposo o en pleno vuelo, y acompañado de una descripción muy precisa de las formas características de cada familia de aves. Asimismo, se dan algunos consejos sobre cómo hay que moverse y trabajar en el campo para no perder detalle y cómo volcar todos los datos en el trabajo posterior en el estudio a fin de obtener una representación fidedigna. Queremos destacar que todo el trabajo de documentación y de ilustración lo ha llevado a cabo uno de los grandes especialistas en la materia, con la colaboración de otros eminentes artistas de renombre internacional.

Of all the artistic genres, the still life is the one that gives the fullest measure of the ingenuity and plastic imagination of a creator. Not only the work but also the theme is the artist's creation. Still life becomes, in expert hands, something full of life, intensified by a creativity that knows how to turn the simplest objects into truly expressive signs full of meaning. However, this is only possible when you have a solid knowledge of the basic fundamentals of drawing. This work deals with these fundamentals and many other aspects: from the rudiments of drawing simple objects to the most sophisticated finishes of a drawing, the reader will find in it plenty of inspiration to develop their own work.

The relevance acquired by the drawing of the human figure throughout history has been reason enough to attract the interest of the artist. The human figure continues to be today, surely, the central chapter in the teaching of drawing. This book shows how to draw the human figure easily, how to organize and simplify what you see to obtain understandable results. All of this explained through numerous images and diagrams accompanied by practical demonstrations, professional tips and tricks, analysis of the works and step-by-step exercises. A complete manual that encourages novice illustrators to take their first steps in drawing the human figure.

Shading is the most used resource in drawing manuals, and one of the ones that requires the most learning time. The placement of shadows is not an arbitrary matter, but rather responds to systematic rules that determine their position, shape, extension and density. This work exposes several procedures to rationalize shading and get the most out of its representation. It studies how shadows are drawn, what the most common methods are, their correct relationship with light, and how to represent volumes with basic chiaroscuro techniques to achieve the desired three-dimensionality and depth effect. In short, it is a very complete compendium that tells novice artists how to correctly solve any shading variant, based on exercises and steps by step that serve as inspiration and encourage them to put into practice all the techniques described.