Art of Basic Drawing
Simple step-by-step techniques for drawing a variety of subjects in graphite pencil
by William F. Powell; Michael Butkus; Walter Foster; Mia Tavonatti
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Pub Date Mar 03 2020 | Archive Date Feb 20 2020
Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster | Walter Foster Publishing
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Description
You’ll find plenty of helpful tips on choosing the right tools and materials, fundamental drawing techniques, developing value and shading, and setting up an effective composition, as well as important information about the influences of perspective, balance, and texture. Detailed examples of animals, people, flowers, and landscapes will help guide you through the most challenging aspects of drawing almost anything, from basic shapes to realistic details.
Some included pencil drawing projects are:
- Strawberries
- Bottle and bread still life
- Flamingo
- Elephant
- Giraffe
- Horse
- Siberian Husky puppy
- English Bulldog
- Clouds
- Desert landscape
- Half Dome, Yosemite
- Woman in profile
- Man in profile
- and many more!
The Collector's Series offers approachable, step-by-step art instruction for a variety of mediums and subjects, such as drawing, oil, acrylic, watercolor, cartooning, calligraphy, and more. Perfect for beginning artists, each title features artist tips for drawing or painting anything and everything from people, animals, and still life to flowers, trees, and landscapes.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781633228320 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 128 |
Featured Reviews
Media/Journalist 16509
This is quite a good introduction to drawing. The author goes into basics about topics like perspective, supplies, shapes that make a drawing, shading and cross-hatching (and more), exercises to build your talents, and so on. Exercises are provided to practice with still life, animals and landscapes, with quite a few step-by-step examples of everything from horses to Persian cats to gorillas to mountains. There is just a bit of "and then a miracle occurs" when going through the steps to the fantastic drawing you see at the end, but that's pretty much the norm in drawing books. There is help with drawing people and facial features at the end and there's the typical 1950's look to the people that is so common with drawing books. All in all, this is a great primer on developing your drawing talents, though.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.
Richelle W, Reviewer
This book is very detailed and informative. The sections on perspective and shading are excellent. I highly recommend this book and I truly loved it. This book covers many solid techniques and the artwork is well done. I received this book from NetGalley as an ARC for an honest review.
Brandi D, Reviewer
This is a great book for beginners who are wanting to learn but it's also I great refresher for people who already know how to draw. It goes thru all the basics and tips. I highly recommend this book.
jc C, Educator
This really is a book for beginner artists. There are plenty of steps and clear instructions, so even a complete beginner could have a go and get some good results. I liked the variety of projects and pictures and the demonstrations of different textures. Everything is very clear and the projects are basic but varied enough to give you a good all round basic knowledge. Perfect first book for aspiring artists or anyone just wanting to improve their drawing skills and attention to detail.
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