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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing
This updated and revised guide to various drawing styles offers easy-to-follow instructions for creating still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and cartoons-plus tips on how to use basic drawing paraphernalia such as pencils, charcoal, pen, and ink. It also covers how illustrators enhance their work through shading and lighting techniques, adding depth and beauty to even the simplest sketch
368 pages, Paperback
First published July 9, 2000
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January 9, 2013
This book is truly for beginners. It helps a lot if you're just starting - still have doubts, hesitations, the basic emotions of a newbie.
What I like about this is that the exercises were simple enough. And of course, the first several chapter prepares you for the challenge. It pushes you. What I mean is that mentally, you are being encouraged at first. That's something. A lot of would-be-artists don't have much confidence. Its good to hear or read a word or two of encouragement. Well, I got to work on some exercises, pick up some art words and all. I wish I could post them here. Okay I don't have that amateurish aura in me, I dunno what is called. So I skimmed through the whole book. But as I said I still learned - some tips for shading, vantage point, etc.
Oh, and you wouldn't be an artist if you just read this and rely on this book. Art is practice. AND THIS IS AN ACTION BOOK. That's the message of the authors. You need to draw failed ones at first. Had experience that myself. But I kept on doing - sketching, copying pictures or drawing still-life, because its the only thing I can do to get better. As stated by one of my favorite cliches in art, "The only difference between me and the master artist is TIME."
What I like about this is that the exercises were simple enough. And of course, the first several chapter prepares you for the challenge. It pushes you. What I mean is that mentally, you are being encouraged at first. That's something. A lot of would-be-artists don't have much confidence. Its good to hear or read a word or two of encouragement. Well, I got to work on some exercises, pick up some art words and all. I wish I could post them here. Okay I don't have that amateurish aura in me, I dunno what is called. So I skimmed through the whole book. But as I said I still learned - some tips for shading, vantage point, etc.
Oh, and you wouldn't be an artist if you just read this and rely on this book. Art is practice. AND THIS IS AN ACTION BOOK. That's the message of the authors. You need to draw failed ones at first. Had experience that myself. But I kept on doing - sketching, copying pictures or drawing still-life, because its the only thing I can do to get better. As stated by one of my favorite cliches in art, "The only difference between me and the master artist is TIME."
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