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Limited and Open Edition Prints and Gifts by Charley Harper

  • Charley Harper Art Gallery & Gift Shop
  • About
  • Shop
    • Artwork
      • Consignment Corner
      • Ford Times Art
      • Framed Prints
      • Giclee’ Prints
      • Indoor/Outdoor Artwork
      • Lithograph Prints
      • Original Paintings
      • Other Art – Brett H
      • Other Art – Edie H
      • Posters
      • Signed Ltd Edition Prints
      • Wall Murals
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      • Boxed Notecards
      • Brass Bookmarks
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      • Enamel Pins
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      • Kitchen & Entertaining
      • Notecards
      • Skateboard Decks
      • Stained Glass
      • Welcome Door Mats
      • Window Decals
      • Yoga Mats & Towels
    • Fabrics: Cotton/Poplin
      • Alpine Northwest Poplin Collection
      • Basics (V1) Poplin Collection
      • Best Friends Poplin Collection
      • Best of Charley Harper Collection (vol2)
      • Best of Charley Harper Collection (vol3)
      • Cats and Raccs Poplin Collection
      • Coastal Poplin Collection
      • The Desert Collection – Poplin Fabric
      • Discovery Place Poplin Collection
      • End Papers Poplin Collection
      • Ford Times Poplin Collection (vol1)
      • Glacier Bay Cotton Poplin Fabric
      • Harvest Poplin Collection (vol1)
      • Harvest Poplin Collection (vol2)
      • Hawaiian Volcanoes Poplin Collection
      • Holidays Cotton/Poplin Collection
      • Iconic Poplin Collection
      • Lakehouse (I) Poplin
      • Lakehouse (II) Poplin Collection
      • Michigan Audubon Poplin Collection
      • Monteverde Poplin Collection
      • Nurture Poplin Collection
      • Nurture (V3) Poplin Fabric
      • Rocky Mountains Poplin Collection
      • Santa Rosa Poplin Collection
      • Sierra Range Collection
      • Solid Poplin
      • Summer Fabric Collection
      • Summer (vol 2) Poplin Collection
      • Think Pink Cotton Poplin Collection
      • Vanishing Birds Collection – Cotton poplin
      • Winter Wonderland Collection
      • Western Birds Poplin Collection
      • Fabrics: Canvas
      • Fabric: Barkcloth
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      • Notions
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Birds Sketch Book
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Birds Sketch Book

$19.95

How to Draw 28 Birds in Harper’s Style: A Charley Harper Sketchbook

Includes the following:

  • Introduction with instructions and brief essay about Charley Harper and his art
  • Full-color insert showing all the birds in the book
  • Three sequential line drawings that show how to draw each bird plus two blank, uncoated pages for drawing Harper’s original image in full color.
  • At the end of the book: thirty blank, uncoated pages for further sketching

This step-by-step visual guide to drawing twenty-eight birds as portrayed by artist Charley Harper progresses from simple to complex images, from cardinals through owls to a roadrunner.

An avid naturalist, Charley Harper particularly liked to paint birds. He masterfully portrayed a host of species using simple lines and shapes. From the smallest songbird to the largest seabird, Harper conveyed not only the form and coloration of his avian subjects but also their personalities. His minimalist approach did not reduce the impact of his art; instead, it offered a bold and unique interpretation of nature’s winged beauties.

This sketchbook gives you the opportunity to learn how Harper captured his subjects with the fewest possible visual elements. For each of the twenty-eight birds featured herein, we’ve included a four-page presentation. On the first page, you will find line drawings that show a three-stage process for recreating Harper’s image. The line drawings build on each other: the first one presents the most basic shapes, the second further develops the form of the bird, and the third com-pletes the image with all the details. Following the line drawings are two uncoated sheets on which you can mimic these lines and shapes. Harper’s original full-color bird image completes each sequence. The sketchbook progresses from the simpler of Harper’s bird images to the more complex. In some cases, the line drawings present a slightly modified version of the original art.

At the end of this book, you will find thirty pages for your continued sketching, be it using Harper’s style or your own bold and unique approach. Happy bird sketching!

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