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The Complete Book of Drawing

Essential Skills for Every Artist

9781398870130
252 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited

$19.95

Paperback / softback

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Overview

What does every budding artist need to know about drawing? And what quick skills can you pick up to help you on the way? In this instructive book, bestselling practical art author Barrington Barber shows you just this, offering tips and tricks as he guides you through the fundamental aspects of drawing.

Get to grips with still-life composition, draw dynamic bodies in motion, and capture the spectacular natural world. The Complete Book of Drawing is a distillation of the many skills that the aspiring artist needs to develop.

As Barrington Barber knows from his many years of teaching and practising art, it is crucial for you to develop your own artistic style. And, uniquely among practical art books, this is what The Complete Book of Drawing provides. By revealing the nuances of texture, composition and perspective, this book will enable you to look at the world around you with fresh eyes.

Author Bio
Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and also a practising artist. After training as a graphic designer, he went into advertising, working for top agencies before progressing to freelance design and producing illustrations for a range of books and magazines. He taught art for many years and has written and illustrated books including Everyone Can Draw and The Art of Meditative Drawing. He lives in Wimbledon, London.