Drawing School

Everyone loves to draw, and Drawing School is the ultimate guide for kids who want to learn to draw their favorite things. The easy-to-follow lessons show them how to draw more than 250 animals and objects. Love of art and drawing can start young in children. Nurture your child's connection to the blank page with Drawing School! This comprehensive guide is designed to ensure that anyone can learn how to draw with the simple step-by-step projects! This art book begins with instructions for drawing basic shapes and an introduction to basic tools and materials, then jumps directly into drawing projects on a variety of subjects, from things found on the farm, under the sea, and in the garden to around the house, around town, and around the world. Drawing School features more than 250 animals and objects for kids (or adults just finding their drawing legs) to practice drawing. Each subject is broken down, and how to draw them is explained in clear, easy-to-follow steps. Whether it's a big, yellow school bus, a giant elephant, or a friendly sea turtle, Drawing School shows kids how to draw their favorite things. Grab a pencil and get drawing!

A comprehensive guide to the role of human and animal anatomy in the fine arts.

A traditional drawing class in a book to help you master basic skills, including form, space, depth, proportion, composition, perspective, and more. California State University art professor Jim Dowdalls starts new students out by demonstrating how to use the different types of drawing tools, including how to hold a pencil, how to use supports, and how to make a variety of marks and strokes. Artists will discover helpful information for understanding value and learning to create a value scale, as well as how to build value in their drawings using various techniques. Throughout this educational book, myriad step-by-step exercises and drawing projects encourage artists to put their newfound knowledge to use and practice the concepts and techniques demonstrated. With the skills and techniques they acquire in this comprehensive yet affordable drawing course, beginning artists will be ready to take their artwork to the next level. Filled with beautiful artwork that will inspire budding artists to continue to build and grow their craft, Drawing School: Fundamentals for the Beginner is the perfect place to start a mastery of fine art.

A generously illustrated collection of essays on drawing as a vital intellectual, artistic, and life practice—by the artists of the Royal Drawing School. Drawing is among the most direct ways of engaging with the world; a way not just of seeing, but of understanding what you see. At once inspirational and instructive, Ways of Drawing collects a rich variety of reflections on the craft from practicing artists, teachers, and writers. The book is divided into three sections: Studio Space, which focuses on drawing within four walls; Open Space, which ventures out into the cityscapes and landscapes around us; and Inner Space, which returns to the living, feeling, drawing person. Each section is comprehensively illustrated with a wealth of drawings, prints, and paintings by faculty and alumni of the Royal Drawing School in London, works by established artists past and present, and photographs of artists at work. Short “In Practice” pieces, ranging from a recipe for making oak-gall ink to ideas for drawing from poetry, complement explorations of what it means to draw and personal accounts of artistic development. Passionately advocating for drawing as deeply personal and utterly essential, Ways of Drawing is an inspiring, intelligent companion for artists and aspiring artists who are seeking new ways of thinking about their practice.

Explains how to make realistic drawings of the arms, legs, feet, hands, and other parts of the human body