Innovative Artist: Drawing Dramatic Landscapes

Bring a new level of innovation into your landscape drawings.

This book is aimed at artists who wish to explore new ways of using a variety of drawing media to create striking, dramatic landscapes. The author, Robert Dutton, works in a loose style and combines media such as liquid graphite, inks, metallic inks, charcoal and water-soluble painting and drawing pastels. He also experiments with collage work.

Predominantly focusing on working in black and white, Drawing Dramatic Landscapes explores basic drawing techniques using a limited range of media, then introduces new techniques and products as the reader progresses. This is a highly instructive guide to the techniques Robert himself uses, with numerous exercises and larger step-by-step projects throughout the book showing how he works. Alongside these will be numerous examples of the author's finished artworks accompanied by informative captions explaining the methods used to create them, thereby providing both instruction and inspiration.

Robert works outdoors from life much of the time, finishing his artworks in the studio later. His work is both achievable and aspirational, making this a highly attractive book for artists of all abilities.The Artist - March 2021

Delayed by the events of 2020, this is the first in a series from Search Press that looks at new and innovative techniques. Robert’s 30 years’ experience in the creative industries now sees him working as a fine artist, tutor and regular contributor to The Artist, but he also has a background in graphic design and illustration. This mixture of skills makes for exciting, but well-explained work – perfect for a book of this kind. Subject-specific books on drawing are fairly thin on the ground, so this comes with a lot of expectations, but should certainly not disappoint. The only reservation would be that, if you’re looking for a gentler, more placid approach…well, the title gives it away. Materials include graphite, charcoal, acrylics, inks and pastel and subjects range from rocks and mountains to water, trees and structures. This is an exciting book that will challenge and reward you both creatively and technically.
-- Henry MaltRobert Dutton is quickly becoming one of the UK's best-known and respected contemporary fine artists. Robert has a 30-year track record of professional creative activity, as a professional Graphic Designer and Illustrator working for many blue chip companies and leading financial companies such as KPMG and PriceWaterhouseCooper (PwC). Due to the demand for his popular painting style and tuition, Robert now works as a self employed fine artist and tutor winning regular fine art awards for his distinctive and expressive style of work in numerous international competitions.

Robert's dynamic drawings are regularly exhibited with Nitram Charcoal (from Canada) at 'Art World International' in Frankfurt. As a leading Canson Ambassador in the UK, he regularly teaches workshops at several leading art events promoting their popular fine art papers at 'Patchings Art, Craft and Photography Festival near Nottingham and others. His work can also be found in numerous public and private collections throughout the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. Robert is also a highly respected artist with his regular contributions to UK creative art magazine 'The Artist' with the readership for his informative reviews and dynamic painting style.