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Barrington Barber draws on his artistic expertise and long experience of teaching to create a structured, user-friendly drawing course to guide the aspiring draughtsman through the whole process of learning to draw. The class starts with a lesson on basic exercises in line, shape, and texture, and then progresses through lessons on the following form and tone, close observation, the outside world, the human figure, materials and techniques, perspective and foreshortening, the animal world, creating composition, still life, portraits, and landscape.
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First published January 1, 2009
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November 1, 2014
You never really read such books. You can just refer them from time to time and pick up the skills as you go!
Have been referring this book since 2 years now.
I must say, that I personally find the author very sympathetic and his writing has created such a wonderful atmosphere in my head that whenever I read it, it feels like an older experienced artist is actually looking over my shoulder and explaining things. The content is pretty much all that one needs to get started! I'd recommend it to those who want to anyhow start messing around with those sweet pencils!
Have been referring this book since 2 years now.
I must say, that I personally find the author very sympathetic and his writing has created such a wonderful atmosphere in my head that whenever I read it, it feels like an older experienced artist is actually looking over my shoulder and explaining things. The content is pretty much all that one needs to get started! I'd recommend it to those who want to anyhow start messing around with those sweet pencils!
April 13, 2020
This book is a joke. I bought it hoping I'd get the basics of drawing. On the blurb it said that the author teaches drawing, which I took as a good recommendation and ordered the book. How disappointed I was when I opened it... The drawings of simple objects are skewed, people are drawn as in a cartoon and the sketches consist of literally 3 lines of which we're then supposed to draw a human being. The subjects are presented in a completely random order, making it very hard to learn the basics before proceeding to something more complex. Don't waste your money on it, buy a real drawing handbook instead.
May 7, 2020
Must have book to improve drawing.
February 19, 2025
Brīnišķīgs gids zīmēšanai un man ļoti palīdzēja iesākt.
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