The Foundations for Art Workbook is a practical, inspiring guide for artists who want to strengthen their foundations and create artwork with more confidence, clarity, and ease. Designed for beginners, returning artists, and anyone wanting to improve their drawing or painting skills, this workbook teaches you how to see like an artist, and how to make decisions that truly elevate your work.
With 111 pages of clear guidance, you’ll learn how to build strong compositions, understand value structure, and mix colours accurately using simple, reliable methods. You’ll also explore the surprising illusions that value can create — the ways our eyes misread light, shadow, and contrast — and how recognising these illusions helps you avoid flat artwork and make it more intentional, expressive.
What You’ll Learn:
How composition guides movement, emotion and storytelling
How value works, why it matters, and how to see it clearly even when your eyes try to trick you
How to mix colours accurately and consistently, using practical steps that remove the guesswork
How to choose colours with purpose and build a palette you trust
How to strengthen your overall art technique through guided exercises and examples
This workbook is perfect for artists who want to:
Improve their composition skills
Understand value and tonal contrast
Learn accurate colour mixing
Build confidence in their creative process
Develop stronger, more intentional artwork
Whether you paint in acrylic, watercolour, gouache, oils, or draw and mixed media, the principles in this workbook will support every piece you create. It’s a gentle, encouraging companion for your studio table. It helps you slow down, see more clearly and grow your skills with steady, grounded confidence.
The Foundations for Art Workbook is a practical, inspiring guide for artists who want to strengthen their foundations and create artwork with more confidence, clarity, and ease. Designed for beginners, returning artists, and anyone wanting to improve their drawing or painting skills, this workbook teaches you how to see like an artist, and how to make decisions that truly elevate your work.
With 111 pages of clear guidance, you’ll learn how to build strong compositions, understand value structure, and mix colours accurately using simple, reliable methods. You’ll also explore the surprising illusions that value can create — the ways our eyes misread light, shadow, and contrast — and how recognising these illusions helps you avoid flat artwork and make it more intentional, expressive.
What You’ll Learn:
How composition guides movement, emotion and storytelling
How value works, why it matters, and how to see it clearly even when your eyes try to trick you
How to mix colours accurately and consistently, using practical steps that remove the guesswork
How to choose colours with purpose and build a palette you trust
How to strengthen your overall art technique through guided exercises and examples
This workbook is perfect for artists who want to:
Improve their composition skills
Understand value and tonal contrast
Learn accurate colour mixing
Build confidence in their creative process
Develop stronger, more intentional artwork
Whether you paint in acrylic, watercolour, gouache, oils, or draw and mixed media, the principles in this workbook will support every piece you create. It’s a gentle, encouraging companion for your studio table. It helps you slow down, see more clearly and grow your skills with steady, grounded confidence.