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Sketch like a Boss!
Sketch like a Boss!
Sketch like a Boss!
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Sketch like a Boss!

By Shirish D

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A Pen is mightier than a Sword!

Now discover the true power of a pen in this amazing guide to sketching like a boss.

This one-of-a-kind exercise book will set all your sketching fears to rest and guide you step-by-step in drawing the most awesome illustrations.

Come join Shirish on this amazing journey of discovery.

What will you learn?
-- The concepts of shadows and highlights.
-- Shading techniques using pens.
-- Various 'texture hacks' for drawing objects like glass, stones, bricks, wood
-- Drawing human figures in the landscape.
-- Basic perspective concepts.

And that's not all.

You will learn to implement all these techniques hands-on in twenty amazing step-by-step demonstrations, spanning subjects of various levels of difficulty ranging from simple to complex.

Simple subjects:
-- A Football
-- An Ice Cream Cone
-- A Plain Candle and a Half-Melted Candle
-- A Leaf
-- A Fruit
-- A Mineral Water Bottle

Medium subjects:
-- An Old Wooden Door
-- A Truck
-- The Stairs
-- A Shopfront
-- An Abandoned Car
-- A Small Boat
-- A Banyan Tree Trunk
-- A Shrine

Complex subjects:
-- An Old Victorian Building
-- A Small Temple at the Crossroads
-- An Old Stone Building Converted into an Office
-- An Old Telephone
-- A Church
-- A House in Hawaii

Let's get sketching like a Boss!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherShirish D
Release dateJun 25, 2019
ISBN9789353618612
Sketch like a Boss!
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Shirish D

Shirish D (1974 till now, and counting) is a self-taught artist from India. Information Technology is one of the expertise of Shirish, but his heart (and mind) is completely devoted to art. Shirish dabbles in sketching and painting in various media like pen&inks, watercolors, acrylics, oils and spray paints. He paints various subjects like landscapes, portraits, urban sketches; and figures & nudes. Shirish also does video production for various art-related courses that he publishes on various platforms, and has taught thousands of students worldwide. Shirish believes in having no limits to living an artistic life and has now jumped into the wonderful world of books to share his passion for visual arts to art lovers of the world.

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