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Drawing For Dummies
Jamie Platt (Author)
9781394199198, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2023
352 pages
23.4 x 18.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.476 kg
Anyone can learn to draw with these easy instructions and fun practice ideas Drawing For Dummies makes it easy to learn the basics of drawing and even master advanced techniques. With a little instruction and practice, there’s no such thing as “I just can’t draw.” Drawing can help you relieve stress, express your emotions and creativity, communicate across cultures, improve memory, and develop and strengthen fine motor skills. This user-friendly Dummies resource will teach you how to see the world through the eyes of an artist, explore your inner visions, and open up your creativity through drawing exercises. Step-by-step illustrations and images, newly enlarged in this edition, will show you exactly how to achieve the results you want. It might be time to invest in some picture frames, because you’re about to make art you can be proud of. Complete beginners and more advanced artists alike will have fun developing their skills with Drawing For Dummies.
Introduction 1 Part 1: Discovering What It Takes to Draw 5 Chapter 1: Gearing Up to Start (and Continue) Drawing 7 Chapter 2: A New Kind of Seeing: Getting Familiar with the Artist’s Perspective 19 Chapter 3: Gathering What You Need to Get Started 37 Chapter 4: Working through the Developmental Stages of Drawing 63 Part 2: Developing Basic Skills 77 Chapter 5: Planning Your Drawings 79 Chapter 6: Seeing and Drawing Lines and Shapes 107 Chapter 7: Exploring the Third Dimension 131 Chapter 8: Adding Life to Your Drawings with Shading 165 Chapter 9: Identifying and Rendering Textures 193 Part 3: Experimenting with Subject Matter 207 Chapter 10: Making Meaningful Still Life Drawings 209 Chapter 11: Representing the Natural World in Your Drawings 225 Chapter 12: Bringing Animals to Life on Paper 251 Chapter 13: Drawing People 275 Part 4: The Part of Tens 305 Chapter 14: Ten Tips for Drawing Cartoons 307 Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Grow as an Artist 315 Chapter 16: Answering Ten Common Copyright Questions 325 Index 331
Subject Areas: The arts: general issues [AB]
