Jake Spicer wants you to learn how to draw. This is his complete course in drawing, suitable for complete beginners as well as experienced artists, and designed to help you fit drawing into your lifestyle. Tried-and-tested exercises, ranging from five-minute sketches to dedicated sessions of an hour or longer, cover every subject and location you could wish for, while accessibly written drawing theory helps you relate the technical concepts to your practice, helping you to hone your craft. Whatever your goals are, expert art tutor Jake Spicer gives you the inspiration and encouragement to draw more - and keep improving.
Provides instruction on drawing objects and environments from the imagination, constructing accurate perspective grids, and experimenting with various mediums.
A series of exercises designed to assist the art student to develop his own creativity, rather than imitate that of others
Simple, clear instructions for drawing animals with more than a thousand step-by-step illustrations.
This book contains a series of fun, hands-on exercises that will help you see line, shape, space and other elements in everyday objects and turn them into detailed works of art in just a few simple steps.
The How to Draw Book for Kids uses simple step-by-step guides to teach kids of all ages how to draw cute and silly things.
Simple drawing guide for kids show how to create 30 accurate images, including a grasshopper, monarch butterfly, tarantula, caterpillar, cicada, praying mantis, walking stick, scorpion, carpenter ant, Japanese beetle, inchworm, centipede, ...
"How to Draw Cool Stuff: Basics, Shading, Texture, Pattern and Optical Illusions" is the second book in the How to Draw Cool Stuff series.
The master illustrator and art instructor brings together the best examples from his drawing handbooks into a definitive step-by-step approach designed to teach aspiring artists how to draw with ease.
Along the way we learn about color, materials, perspective, tools, and negative space. With its bound-in paper goodies, this book is also a canvas for artistic exploration—reminding us of the mindful pleasure of doing creative work.
Step-by-step, black-and-white illustrations show kids how to transform lines, curves, and geometric shapes into such diverse breeds as the Clydesdale, Arabian, Pinto, Lippizaner, Palamino, Hanoverian, Percheron, and Thoroughbred.