Drawing Optical Illusions

From impossible shapes to three-dimensional sketches and trick art, you won't believe your eyes as you learn to draw optical illusions in graphite and colored pencil. Perfect for beginning artists, The Art of Drawing Optical Illusions begins with a basic introduction to optical illusions and how they work. Jonathan Stephen Harris then guides you step-by-step in creating mind-blowing pencil drawings, starting with basic optical illusions and progressing to more difficult two- and three-dimensional trick art. Perspective and dimension are difficult to capture for both beginning and established artists, but now you can hone those skills in the most unique way possible, while also exercising your mind with these brain-boosting, unbelievable tricks!

This title is designed to inspire those artists interested in optical illusions and as an invaluable reference tool for people who wish to create them.

Gianni Sarcone offers an approachable how-to for graphic designers, teachers, and artists who want to explore illusions that are distorted in size or create the perception of movement. Amateur illusionists are invited to draw curves that diverge and converge, diamonds that vibrate and flicker, hypnotic spirals, ghosts, and ambiguous figures, and many other visual tricks.

You don't have to be a magician (David Copperfield, David Blaine, David ... you get the idea) to fool the eye into seeing something that isn't there. In fact, all you need to pull off a mind-bending, look-twice trick is a piece of paper, some colored pencils or markers and the fun op-art technique I'm about to teach you.

How To Draw Optical Illusions is a comprehensive drawing handbook covering all aspects of drawing mind-boggling optical illusions - such as the famous Penrose stairs popularised by M.C. Escher – that you can use to amaze your friends. It includes step-by-step instructions for mastering many optical illusions.

In this compact and colorful book, Robert Ausbourne (b. 1947) presents a crystal-clear dissection of a variety of confounding optical illusions. His text and vivid illustrations explain how illusions work and how you can make your own, using just basic drawing and computer skills. As Ausbourne says, "If you are human, you already have the basic skills necessary to study illusions." The thirty-seven projects presented in How to Understand, Enjoy, and Draw Optical Illusions will fascinate young and old, everyone who enjoys untangling how the mind works and the eye sees. Art and science teachers, graphic designers, and artists alike will find it indispensable.

Artists won't believe their eyes as they learn to draw with photorealistic detail. The Art of 3D Drawing shows artists how to transform simple pencil sketches into jaw-dropping, photorealistic masterpieces. Through a variety of step-by-step exercises and demonstrations, pencil artists learn to take their drawing skills to a whole new level, beginning with a review of the basics, including perspective, shading, rendering textures, and building dimension. Practice lessons then demonstrate how to draw a range of subjects in realistic detail, from food and candy wrappers to animals and portraits. Finally, aspiring artists learn to use color media, including pencils and airbrushing, to add even greater dimension and realism to their artwork to complete their three-dimensional masterpieces.

Does your child display a creative leaning and loves drawing and art? Do you want to encourage this and help them flourish? Maybe art is not your thing and you have no idea how to help them? Kids love to draw. It is one of the earliest forms of expression for them and allows them to show their creative side in a whole range of ways. But for many parents, teaching their child how to draw is hard. It may be that you do not have the time to spend due to work and other commitments, or perhaps art was never your thing. You do not have to be an accomplished artist to help. With this new book, all you need are a few essential items and before long your child could be: Learning how to draw in 3D Creating optical illusions Enjoying a new hobby Learning the basics of art Having fun And much more... Even if you have no artistic talents, it no longer matters, because this book and its 15 step-by-step tutorials takes all the hard work out of it, providing you with a fun hobby that you and your child can do together, with minimal supervision. All you need to get started is a graph ruled notebook, pencil, a black ball-point pen and a black marker. So what are you waiting for? Scroll up now and click Add to Cart for your copy and release the inner artist in your child!