"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing." - Salvador Dali
Imitation is a traditional way to learn how to draw. For centuries, artists placed themselves under various masters and copied their works to increase their own skills in observation and technique; two essentials for mastering realism in art.
Imitating the Masters is a powerful way to learn how to draw step by step, from simple line sketches to shaded line sketches to completed masterpieces. Gridded acid-free sketch paper is provided for each sketch.
Learn various techniques to achieve dimension and excitement in your drawings.
Begin with contour lines and progress to hatching, cross-hatching, and blending.
Learn about lineweights and tonal value.
Progress to detailed portraits
Then end the course with drawing from a photograph, and you are on your way to creating portraits on your own!
Imitate the Masters Sketchpad is a coil-bound, acid-free pad with 15 portrait sketches from Masters like DaVinci, Michelangelo and Rubens. Each sketch has been gridded and ready to imitate on the facing gridded sketch paper. Check out our gridding and art supplies to get you ready to learn portraiture...from the Masters!
