Drawing Course

by Mike Wilks

The author of "The Ultimate Alphabet" and "The Annotated Ultimate Alphabet" presents an illustrated drawing course for beginners. He introduces the novice draughtsman to a wide variety of techniques, using both his own work and that of the Old Masters. The book includes a series of practical exercises with step-by-step instructions illustrated with colour photographs of drawings at various stages of completion. Detailed advice on equipment and materials is supported by double-page spreads showing the many tools available to the draughtsman.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Mike Wilks (British, b. 1947) began his artistic career at age thirteen when he won a scholarship to art school. He ran a successful graphic design business for five years before he sold it and began writing and illustrating books in 1975. He rocketed to fame following publication of The Ultimate Alphabet in 1986; the puzzle book sold 750,000 copies worldwide. After eight illustrated books, he established himself as a novelist with The Mirrorscape Trilogy, a fantasy adventure series.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and many private collections have acquired Wilks’s drawings and paintings. Wilks lives in London.