Vasudeo Kamath, winner of the Draper Grand Prize of the Portrait Society of America, brings to fore his understanding of the subject and his teaching skills as he explains the techniques of portrait painting through various examples. His instructions, as he takes the student through the steps of Pencil, Charcoal, Monochrome, Tricolour, Colour is sure to be of great help to students.

Milind Mulick’s mastery over watercolours is already well-known. His work and articles have appeared in reputed international publications devoted to art. In this book he has revealed in simple terms, how to get the best out of opaque colours. His skill in making the subject easy to understand for beginners and students is also evident here.

Renowned artist Chandramohan Kulkarni has created a lot of work on Apple ipad with apps like ArtRage, Layers Pro and so on. Here he talks about the technical aspects of painting, and how to handle digital media most effectively.

Senior artist Maruti Patil, after having many awards to his credit still loves sketching. Here he shares his thoughts and working methods of sketching and drawing the human figure, a subject most budding artists find challenging.

Pencil and paper are the most preliminary but important materials which open the creative world of drawing to artists. There are many ways to handle the pencil.