Children have always been attracted towards bright colours, various shapes and diverse objects that they see around them. Nature fascinates them. The beautiful birds, animals, flowers and trees fires their imagination and they want to capture it on paper. But how, for all are not artists.

Well, this book has been especially developed for those who want to learn and master the art in a fun way. The step-by-step instructions, along with the audio-visual CD, will show you how to create beautiful pictures. See how a circle or an oval transforms into a flower or a peacock; a few lines here and a few there become a human figure.

This book starts with the basics — lines, shades, texture, balance, harmony, rhythm, tone, colours, etc. and goes on to teach the various different techniques of drawing and painting.

So pick up a pencil and paper and let your imagination fly. Gain confidence with each passing day and master the art of drawing and painting.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Author of the book Drawing and Painting Course, A H Hashmi is a renowned painter and artist.

He has spent years perfecting the art. Besides this, his interest in science is reflected in many books that he has written for children. Some of the prominent ones are:

Vanaspati – Jagat
Paryavaran Aur Pradushan
Jantu- Jagat
Prakash
Rasayan Ka Vikas
Parivahan
Manav- Shareer
Vidyut Aur Chumbakatva
Khanij Evam Dhatoo

CONTENTS:

1st Day : Equipments—Pencil, Rubber, T and Set Square, Instrument Box, Chalks and Crayons, Pens, Easel, Brushes, Colours and Ink, Paper, Drawing Board, Other Things.

2nd Day : Line, Shape, Light, Texture, Balance, Harmony, Contrast, Rhythm, Emphasis, Space, Colours.

3rd Day : Still Life or Object Drawing, Perspective, Linear Perspective, Circular Perspective, Colour Perspective, Points of View.

4th Day : Light, Highlight, Shade, Shadow, Reflected light, Reflected Shade, Different Techniques of Showing Light, Shade and Shadow.

5th Day : Drawing of Leaves, Drawing of Flowers, Drawing of Trees and Plants.

6th Day : Drawing of Fruits and Vegetables.

7th Day : Drawing of Birds.

8th Day : Drawing of Animals

9th Day : Sizes and Proportions of Different Parts of Body.

10th Day: Drawing of Eyes, Nose, Lips, Ears, Face.

11th Day: Profile of Head or Face.

12th Day: Front Position of Hsead.

13th Day: Drawing of Hands and Postures, Structure of Feet and Postures, Drawing of Other Parts of Body.

14th Day: Different Methods of Making Illustration.

15th Day: Water Colour Painting, Method of Filling Colours, Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, Batik.

AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK

The modern youth has developed a craze for drawing and painting. This is quite understandable in view of the human nature which has been an ardent seeker of beauty, beauty in its subtle and varied manifestations. This perennial search for the sublime has prompted man to draw and paint the diverse forms of flora and fauna, of gods and men, of rivers and mountains—in a nut-shell the entire universe. The ever-lasting monuments of the creative genius of man can be found in the celestial paintings still preserved in the age-old caves and temples.

The bookshops are flooded with a plethora of books claiming to teach drawing and painting. However, it is well nigh impossible to locate a single title which would teach all the aspects of drawing and painting in a systematic and phased manner—from the handling of a pencil to the practising of modern art. The present book specifically serves this purpose.

The book is divided in fifteen chapters, and as the title suggests, it is planned as a fifteen days course wherein all the relevant aspects of drawing and painting have been explained in a simple and lucid language with hundreds of illustrations and diagrams. The students while pursuing the course will gradually learn the importance of lines—thin line, thick line, straight line, dotted line, curved line, zig-zag line, horizontal line, cross line, slanting line etc. They will appreciate the role of shape, light, texture, balance, harmony, contrast, rhythm, tone, emphasis, span, colours, etc. They will develop a perspective and a point of view and will be able to distinguish between light and highlight, between shade and shadow.

The book, it is hoped, will be found useful by all those persons, men and women, young and old, professionals and amateurs, who have some taste, some love for art and artistic creations.

We are sure that most of our readers, if they carefully follow the guidelines given in this book, can blossom into mature artists. They may even aspire to adopt commercial art as their career, a sure means to earn their livelihood. They can as well decorate their dwellings with their own art work.