TY - BOOK AU - Hodge,Susie TI - The Complete Guide to Painting Pictures from Photos SN - 9780715328002 U1 - 745.4 21 PY - 2008/// CY - UK PB - David & Charles KW - Color drawing N1 - Introduction; How to use this book; PART ONE Cameras and computers; Choosing your camera; other equipment; using your camera; storing your photos; editing your images; photographic sketchbook; making a reference file; PART TWO Drawing and painting techniques; Drawing and painting materials; concept; composition; light; tone; colour; movement; pattern and detail; subjects; becoming creative; PART THREE Painting projects; Landscape; flowers and foliage; still life; buildings; animals; portrait; Acknowledgments; Index N2 - Suitable for various artists who want to use photography to inspire and inform their work, this book demonstrates the photographic skills required to use a camera as a sketchbook to gather information for your work. It takes you through the process of working from photographs, creating compositions and developing this to finished paintings ER -