ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR EVERY ARTIST FROM BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE!
Retails $45+ New The Complete Book of Drawing - Skills For Every Artist!
The complete book of Drawing; essential skills for every artist, paperback, 352 Pages!
This comprehensive drawing manual is an invaluable guide for beginners, improvers, and established draftsmen. It contains hundreds of examples as well as step-by-step examples for artists to follow in order to build up their confidence and skills. All the major subject areas are covered, from simple object drawing and still life, to landscape drawing, portraiture, and figures. The book also explores the wider challenges of drawing facing all aspiring artists, such as how to break down visual information, recognize form, and apply perspective. Author Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and a practicing artist.
From an online review "
I ordered a book which was highly recommended to me by my tutor. I expected it to contain a wealth of useful information (and it certainly does!), but I was quite unprepared for how BEAUTIFUL it is!!! This book is an absolute joy to own - a "must-have" reference work for both the total beginner, and the competent amateur or student. It is able to cover such a wide spectrum because it is methodically laid out. I haven't drawn or painted since I was in the sixth-form, but decided to return to it recently. So I find that I can skim over the initial exercises; more advanced artists would probably start even later, but I'm sure all will gain valuable insight into technique from Barrington Barber's lovely work. I've bought some excellent pocket books here on Amazon to tuck in with my pencils and water-colours for field trips. This - by contrast - is a weighty tome to curl up with at home, and savour the sheer beauty of the later chapters where the advanced techniques encourage the reader to aim high, and meanwhile to practise, practise, practise.."