The premise of this book is simple: the best way to become better at drawing is to draw, a lot. Through tracing, guides, repetition and incrementally increasing the difficulty, you will begin to... More > learn and remember the basics.
Begin by tracing the drawings and then using the guidelines to harness your own creations. As long as you fill out every page, it doesn’t matter if you follow the guidelines exactly. Instead,you will build an understanding of how the human body is constructed and how three dimensional objects can be represented with lines. Try using various methods such as construction, contour drawing or your own technique.
Once you’ve completed the thousands of drawings, you will have a record of your progress and have a much better understanding of the basics of the human form. This is meant to be a workbook, so go ahead, start drawing!< Less
The premise of this book is simple: the best way to become better at drawing is to draw, a lot. Through tracing, guides, repetition and incrementally increasing the difficulty, you will begin to... More > learn and remember the basics.
Begin by tracing the drawings and then using the guidelines to harness your own creations. As long as you fill out every page, it doesn’t matter if you follow the guidelines exactly. Instead,you will build an understanding of how the human body is constructed and how three dimensional objects can be represented with lines. Try using various methods such as construction, contour drawing or your own technique.
Once you’ve completed the thousands of drawings, you will have a record of your progress and have a much better understanding of the basics of the human form. This is meant to be a workbook, so go ahead, start drawing!< Less
Artist Michael Breyette invites you into his studio with this behind the scenes companion of sorts to his book "Summer Moved On". "On the Drawing Board" is filled with in... More > progress snapshots of his male beauties and homo-romantic illustrations. Michael talks about his inspirations and insights, his process, beginnings and journey to becoming a published artist.< Less
Artist Michael Breyette invites you into his studio with this behind the scenes companion of sorts to his book "Summer Moved On". "On the Drawing Board" is filled with in... More > progress snapshots of his male beauties and homo-romantic illustrations. Michael talks about his inspirations and insights, his process, beginnings and journey to becoming a published artist.< Less
Victor Pulk, family man and grump, has reluctantly brought his brood back to the town where he was born. For a while all seems well, but that soon changes when he begins remembering a dark and... More > strange event from his childhood.
The fracture is opening.
THE SULPHUR DRAW charts the passage of Victor Pulk's life under the shadow of the great northern steelworks. As the swell of the sulphur stench increases around him, the flames of the works burn brighter, and he unwillingly descends into a nightmare from which no man can escape.< Less
This Art Book contains Foreword and 82 annotated reproductions of Edgar Degas drawings, date and interesting facts page below.
Degas' studies of dancers—in practice, on stage, and at... More > relax—began in the 1870s and intensified during the consequent decades. This stage also marked the beginning of his success as an artist. One of Degas' principal concerns as a draftsman was analyzing the movements and gestures of the female body.
Though noted for his attention to the female figure, Degas executed many studies of grouped horses and jockeys from which he would use figures in later compositions. Later in his career, Degas experimented with mixing drawing media and printmaking techniques.
After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, Degas focused almost exclusively on dancers and nudes, increasingly turning to sculpture as his eyesight weakened. In his later years, he was concerned chiefly with showing women bathing, entirely without self-consciousness and emphatically not posed.< Less
Drawing Basics & Fundamentals is designed for the young and aspiring artist with exercises to be drawn directly on the pages of this book, in addition to using a sketchbook. There are six basic... More > fundamental lessons in this book. They are: Values, Lines, Shapes, Basic Perspective, Proportions, and Composition. By going through all of these lessons you will be on your way to improving your drawing skills and keeping a few good sketchbooks.
I created this book to help kids & young artists really learn the basics of drawing - by learning, then doing. I get straight to the point by using a practical step by step approach in describing a fundamental drawing lesson, immediately followed by an exercise, and the artist can either choose to draw in the book, or draw in their sketchbook. "Learn, then do", is the philosophy in my drawing lessons.
~Juan Solorzano< Less
The Ebook version (PDF format) of Drawing Basics & Fundamentals is designed for the young and aspiring artist with exercises to be drawn directly on the pages of this book, in addition to using a... More > sketchbook. There are six basic fundamental lessons in this book. They are: Values, Lines, Shapes, Basic Perspective, Proportions, and Composition. By going through all of these lessons you will be on your way to improving your drawing skills and keeping a few good sketchbooks. I created this book to help kids & young artists really learn the basics of drawing - by learning, then doing. I get straight to the point by using a practical step by step approach in describing a fundamental drawing lesson, immediately followed by an exercise, and the artist can either choose to draw in the book, or draw in their sketchbook. "Learn, then do", is the philosophy in my drawing lessons. ~Juan Solorzano< Less
