Drawing Mentor 4-6: Introduction to Sketching, Sketching Exercises and Compositions

by Sarah Bowles

Volumes 4, 5 and 6 of the Drawing Mentor series are contained in this book. These are beginning to intermediate lessons covering an assortment of sketching skills and techniques. Volume 4 is an introduction to sketching, explaining what it’s for and giving you pointers on how to use it effectively. Volume 5 introduces nine different sketching exercises that help develop observation and drawing skills. These exercises can also aid you when studying a subject while preparing for a final drawing. Volume 6 will teach you how to use sketching to quickly determine the best layout for your project. Each topic is thoroughly explained and detailed pictures are provided to help you follow along. The Drawing Mentor series of books is intended to help beginning to intermediate drawers learn and improve their drawing skills. With multiple books, each focusing on different aspects of drawing, it gives the reader the ability to pick and choose the lessons and skills they would like to learn. The earlier lessons in the series are very foundational, designed to improve the reader’s technical ability and understanding before going on to later lessons which are more project-based and written assuming technical skills have already been developed. If you’re an absolute beginner it’s recommended that you proceed from Volume 1 as that will ensure your understanding of how to use the techniques employed in later lessons. When you choose to purchase the Drawing Mentor books you will not only get a quality book that will help you improve your drawing skills you will also be helping someone else as well. 10% of all profits from these books are donated to organizations which give humanitarian assistance around the world.

Genres: Drawing

76 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 11, 2012