
The book also explores fantasy landscapes and architecture and balancing light and dark atmospheres. Howe covers drawing materials and explores drawing and painting fantasy beings from initial inspiration and approaches to characters, symbolism and accoutrements. It covers a wide range of subjects, beginning with the creative process, exploring where inspiration comes from, looking at narratives and themes, gathering reference materials, organising your working environment, and protecting and storing artwork.

This book will appeal to artists and fans of John Howe's work by leading you step-by-step through a range of specially commissioned demonstrations, sketches and finished paintings, some designed specifically for this book, that reveal John's renowned artistic approach in action, plus the techniques and stories behind each.

Discusses the rewarding journey into fantasy art, from the first steps of building a compelling portfolio to book illustration, graphic novels and the big screen. Shares John's incredible collection of reference material, as he advises how to develop your own personal style of fantasy art.

Examines in fascinating detail over 150 of the artist's outstanding sketches, drawings and paintings, plus the techniques and stories behind each Leads you step-by-step through a range of specially commissioned drawing and painting demonstrations that reveal John's renowned artistic approach in action. Discover the creative processes and intriguing inspirations behind the work of leading fantasy artist John Howe ? conceptual designer on The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy ? in this comprehensive practical art book.
