How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books)

EAN:9780823023752 Label:Watson-Guptill Author:Rudy De Reyna Binding:Paperback

This is a pretty good book to start Beginners. I gave it only 4 stars because "drawing for dummies" had a lot more techniques and easier directions for about the same2009-03-30 Rating 4. Nice, thorough lessons on the fundamentals of drawing Great Fundamental!. 2009-03-08 Rating 4. . clever and helpful diagrams that are unique for text such as this. I'm in the process of teaching myself to draw/paint and striving for more creativity and find this book helpful in that it has instructions for drawing what you see howto. Even though it is helping me with drawing basics, its presentation is flat and sort of uninspiring, perhaps because there is no color in it and the pictures tend to be somewhat traditional and staid2009-02-14 Rating 3. I find myself wanting to say to the author, "Thanks; I'll try that; it should help me draw. . but could you break out, dance around a bit or something?" . Good introduction to the fundamentals of drawing Good Introductory Text . With this and supplemental help from a few other texts the student should be able to get their drawing off to a good start2008-12-21 Rating 4. In addition to this you may want some subject specific drawing texts. Jack Hamm ,famous artist's figure drawing etc. . and most of all draw as much as you can! Have fun!. This book was purchased for an out of state school Book For A School. It was delivered but I have no idea how good it is2008-08-29 Rating 4. . •A best-seller for 35 years • A timeless classic that has taught generations of artists—and will teach generations more When it was originally published in 1970, How to Draw What You See zoomed to the top of the publisher’s best-seller list—and it has remained there ever since "I believe that you must be able to draw things as you see them—realistically," wrote Rudy de Reyna in this introduction. Today, generations of artists have learned to draw what they see, to truly capture the world around them, using de Reyna’s methods