Spititus Mundi

"From the artist and international YouTube sensation Leonardo Pereznieto, his first-ever book teaching how to draw the highly realistic surfaces and textures that earned him millions of YouTube views"--

Colombian-born painter Fanny Sanín (born 1938) has dedicated a long, prolific career to the exploration of geometric abstraction; her oeuvre is characterized by large-scale canvases depicting hard-edge geometric compositions in vibrant color configurations. Over the past five decades, Sanín has exhibited widely, mainly in Latin America and the United States (where she has lived since the 1970s, in New York), positioning herself as one of Latin America's most extraordinary colorists. This publication is a long-overdue comprehensive monograph on this pioneering painter. Featuring...

Aprende todo lo que necesitas saber sobre cómo pintar con LÁPICES DE COLORES. Descubre cómo se usa el difumino e incluso confecciónate uno. Aprende a mezclar los colores, a utilizar la goma no sólo para borrar, a hacer trazos y tramas y a usar otros tipos de lápices de colores como son los lápices pastel y los lápices acuarelables. Por último, atrévete a utilizar técnicas como el esgrafiado y el frottage, con las que obtendrás resultados sorprendentes. Sigue con atención todas las indicaciones del libro y muy pronto llegarás a ser un verdadero experto.

Aimed at students not originally from Spain, this reference offers an overview of Spanish art history, emphasizing those periods and artists that have been major influences in universal art. The pages in this book summarize and discuss the prehistory and history of Spanish art from Altamira to the end of the 20th century. With a perspective that avoids the academic and seeks clarity, this book can serve anyone interested in Spanish art, for it explains its nuances with a rigor and simplicity that facilitate and inspire an enjoyment of its beauty. Dirigido a estudiantes no españoles, esta...