Learn to Draw in a Weekend

by Richard Taylor

"Learn to Draw in a Weekend" leads the reader from the most basic shapes and objects through to fully developed and varied projects. Perfect for beginners, the projects and exercises move from indoors to outdoors and from pencil through to colour. They are packed with encouraging advice and helpful tips for a variety of drawing media, including graphite pencils, coloured pencils, Conte, pastel, charcoal and watercolour pencils. They are loaded with inspirational artworks, and professional advice from acclaimed artist Richard Taylor.

Genres: Art

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Richard Taylor is a professor of English and currently serves as Kenan Visiting Writer at Transylvania University. A former Kentucky poet laureate, he is the author of six collections of poetry, two novels, and several books of non-fiction, mostly relating to Kentucky history. A former dean and teacher in the Governor's Scholars Program, he was selected as Distinguished Professor at Kentucky State University in 1992. He has won two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Al Smith Creative Writing Award from the Kentucky Arts Council. He and his wife Lizz own Poor Richard's Books in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad. Definitely for beginners.Good transition images to aid the initiate along.