Learn the essentials of perspective drawing. Get step-by-step instructions and over 250 clear illustrations to help you understand and apply the concepts of perspective.   Perspective Made Easy is the perfect manual for those looking to learn the fundamentals of perspective drawing. This easy-to-follow guide, featuring over 250 simple line drawings, begins with clear, concise, immediately applicable discussions on essential topics such as the horizon, vanishing point, and the relationship of eye level to perspective drawing.   This non-technical handbook will help you master essential principles relatively quickly and equip you with the knowledge you need to become an accomplished perspective artist. In addition to his clear explanations of technical aspects of the craft, the author emphasizes key points so that your understanding will become second nature in no time. With step-by-step instructions on placing figures and objects in a drawing, depicting interiors, creating shade and shadows, and more, Perspective Made Easy is an invaluable resource that should be part of any budding artist's bookshelf.   With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll quickly master the basics of perspective drawing.Over 250 simple line drawings are used to illustrate the concepts and simple rules involved in defining perspective.Conquer the essentials of horizon, vanishing point, and the crucial relationship of eye level to perspective drawing.Learn how to place figures and objects in a drawing, depict interiors, and create depth by adding shade and shadows, and other elements.Through repetition of important points, Perspective Made Easy will turn your understanding of its concepts into second nature quickly.Clear and concise, this art instruction book is an essential addition to any artist's bookshelf. Read more

An audio compilation of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work and Keep Going.Read by the author, it’s the bestselling and transformative series on how to unlock your creativity, find community and an audience in the digital age, and stay focused, creative and true to yourself—for life. Includes full text from:Steal Like an Artist: The New York Times bestselling book on the ten things nobody ever told you about being creative. Including nothing is original, so embrace influence. School yourself through the work of others. Remix and reimagine to discover your own path. And forget the old cliché about writing what you know: Instead, write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch.Show Your Work: How to take that critical next step on a creative journey―getting known and finding your people. A user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity, this inspiring manifesto is a blueprint for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.Keep Going: Timeless, practical, and ethical principles for anyone trying to sustain a meaningful and productive life. Worry less about getting things done, and more about the worth of what you’re doing. Instead of focusing on making your mark, work to leave things better than you found them. Above all, keep working, keep playing, keep creating—keep going. Read more

If you are looking for a book of all the drawing techniques from basic to advanced to improve from your linework, sketching, shading, and forming shapes to perspective drawing, you are in the right place! We believe with proper guidance and practice in How to think and draw like a true artist, you can do anything, even drawing like an authentic artist.As the saying goes: "Practice makes perfect, and repetition is what creates mastery of any skill." As days pass, a wide range of techniques and related exercises are offered; with dedication and practice, you will benefit from the training and get more improvement in drawing.This book is an excellent guidebook for beginners and hobbyist artists. Not only do the absolute beginners have the opportunity to improve their drawing skills, but they will also gain a deeper understanding of using these skills in making progress.The book could change how you see the world and allow you to see things from an artistic perspective. The more you go further into the book with delicate illustrations of still lifes, animals, and portraits, the more you practice and reiterate with passion and dedication. You will find yourself on a transformative path of artistic discovery.Explore this book and enjoy your journey! Read more

Spark your creativity and hone your drawing skills with this comprehensive art book for beginners, including interactive lessons and fun practice pages!Join master artists Katy Lipscomb and Tyler Fisher as they guide you step-by-step through the art-making process. Using their Sketching Formula, anyone from beginners to experienced artists can improve their drawing abilities, expand their imagination, and achieve their creative potential. Filled with tips, tricks, and techniques, this interactive workbook guides you through a vast array of artistic approaches while inspiring your unique style.If you're ready to start drawing as you develop your artistic abilities, The Artist's Drawing Book is the perfect way to help you bring your artistic dreams to fruition. From comprehensive lessons that cover the basics of art theory to unique practice prompts that will get your creative juices flowing, The Artist's Drawing Book will teach you:  The fundamentals of art, like perspective, shading, composition, and color theory—all broken down into easy-to-digest lessonsTips for avoiding common beginner mistakes so you can confidently sketch any subjectTricks for realistic texture, blending, and shading, no matter if you're working with professional-grade colored pencils or a cheap ballpoint penTechniques for mixing mediums so you can be limitless when creating your artworkHow to view the world like a true artist so you can overcome creative block and find artistic inspiration wherever you go...and many more invaluable tips and tricks!Other key features: Premium 140 gsm paper is perfect for drawing with many different materials.Coptic binding allows for a lay-flat surface, essential for any drawing book.A sturdy hardcover with holographic details makes this a book you'll want to display.Interactive activities encourage you to draw alongside each lesson.More than 200 pages of content and over 700 inspiring illustrations.Suitable for anyone looking to ignite or enhance their drawing abilities..Valuable tips, tricks, and insights from the pros.Creative prompts, ideas, and inspiration. Read more

A Children’s Drawing Book for Creative Kids#1 Best Seller in Conceptual Arts and Children's Drawing BooksThis bestselling step-by-step drawing guide is essential for all kids! With 365 things to draw for every day of the year, kids will be entertained while learning a new skill. The Drawing Book for Kids makes learning how to draw easy!Turn creativity into ability. The activities in The Drawing Book for Kids book help kids turn their love of drawing into skill. With tips on how to draw, easy techniques, and tons of ideas, soon they will be able to take their creativity to a new level. If your kids are fascinated by art, sketching, or just want to learn how to draw cute illustrations, this book provides easy drawing ideas step-by-step!A step by step drawing guide for every interest. Whether you’re looking for gifts for girls who want to learn how to draw cute things, or boys who love cartoon drawing, this book is filled with possibilities. It contains 365 things to draw every day for an entire year—animals, objects, food, plants, vehicles, sports, holiday symbols, and more. Every activity is like a mini lesson in art for kids, broken down into simple steps so that all budding artists can create a masterpiece. With easy instructions for step-by-step drawing, kids can turn their creativity into artistic confidence.Inside, kids will find step-by-step drawing instructions and learn to draw things like:Objects in nature like animals, trees, waterfalls, leaves, and flowersGuitars, pianos, harps, and other musical instrumentsSporty items like footballs, tennis rackets, and baseball glovesRobots, mythical creatures, holidays, cartoons, people, and more!If you’re looking for easy drawing books, children’s drawing books or step by step drawing books for kids 9-12 or 6-8—like How to Draw Cute Stuff or How To Draw Almost Everything for Kids—you’ll love The Drawing Book for Kids. Read more

This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined.Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all—from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky stuff, like getting proportions and perspective right, drawing reflections, and designing strong compositions. (It's not as scary as it sounds…not with Mark and Mary as your guide!)At the heart of this book, a series of fun, hands-on exercises help you practice and perfect your strokes—24 mini-demos lead up to 9 full step-by-step demos. Each exercise builds on the previous one as you develop your skills, build your confidence, and enjoy yourself along the way. The lessons you learn by drawing simple subjects such as coffee mugs, clouds and trees will help you take on progressively more challenging matter like animals, still lifes, landscapes and portraits…the kinds of subjects and scenes you've always dreamt of drawing.This book is just the ticket for budding artists of any age. It's never too early and never too late to discover the pure joy of drawing. Read more

365 Days of Art is an inspiring journal designed to help readers and budding artists nurture their creativity and explore their feelings through the medium of art.Featuring an activity for every day of the year, from simple tasks like drawing shapes and lines to more considered tutorials such as calligraphy writing and shading, each task is designed to expand your creative skills and spark the artist within.With helpful hints and tips as well as more considered tasks to help build your creative confidence, 365 Days of Art is a beautiful keepsake as well as well as a powerful tool for positive change.Discover all the books in the 365 Days of Art series: 365 Days of Art, 365 Days of Art in Nature, 365 Days of Creativity, 365 Days of Drawing. Read more

Pocket Anatomy Vol. 2: Head and Face is a detailed and informative guide on drawing basic forms, the skull, facial parts, muscles, bones, and expressions, making it suitable for both beginners and advanced artists. This book breaks down the complex anatomy of the head and face into simple, easy-to-follow shapes, making it an excellent reference guide. With its compact, handbook-like design, it’s ideal to keep alongside your sketchbook for quick access.The book provides clear and concise instructions with refined, high-quality illustrations, covering a wide range of topics, including the eyes, nose, jaw, teeth, hair, and more. Artists will find it particularly useful for drawing from imagination and understanding proportions. By simplifying the intricate parts of the human head and face, this guide helps artists focus on improving their skills. Whether you're starting out or looking to refine your techniques, this book is a valuable resource and an excellent choice.This Book Features:A reference guide: Pocket Anatomy Vol.2 includes every angle of the head and face – from forehead to neck.Clear illustrations: allow you to examine key parts up close. By capturing intricate details often overlooked, you can enhance your artwork significantly.For all levels: Whether you're a beginner or professional, this book offers something for everyone! Read more

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Create Better Compositions by DesignThe path to better painting begins with Mastering Composition. This effective guide blends clear, visual instruction with 5 step-by-step demonstrations to show you how to plan and paint your best work yet.Composition is the key, and here you'll learn to design paintings with new skill and confidence. It all begins with the armature or structure of the picture plane. Every great painting has one, and you'll see through several famous examples exactly how the Old Masters used armatures to create movement, narrative, harmony and fluidity. Based on these examples, you'll practice what you've learned following a series of hands-on demonstrations.Once you understand the basic principles of design, you'll be amazed at how quickly and effectively your compositions come together. Soon you will be painting more boldly and confidently than ever before with less reworking and overworking.Whether you're a beginner looking for basic instruction or a more advanced painter troubleshooting a specific problem, the proven methods in this book will work for you. Ideal for all mediums, Mastering Composition gives you the knowledge you need to create powerful paintings out of every subject. Read more

Keep Working. Keep Playing. Keep Creating. In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!, both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known. Now he offers his most inspiring work yet, with ten simple rules for how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself—for life. The creative life is not a linear journey to a finish line, it’s a loop—so find a daily routine, because today is the only day that matters. Disconnect from the world to connect with yourself—sometimes you just have to switch into airplane mode. Keep Going celebrates getting outdoors and taking a walk (as director Ingmar Bergman told his daughter, ”The demons hate fresh air”). Pay attention, and especially pay attention to what you pay attention to. Worry less about getting things done, and more about the worth of what you’re doing. Instead of focusing on making your mark, work to leave things better than you found them.Keep Going and its timeless, practical, and ethical principles are for anyone trying to sustain a meaningful and productive life.   Read more

Learn how to confidently draw the human form from head to toe with this comprehensive, richly illustrated guide. Expert drawing instructor and storyboard artist Tom Fox knows exactly how to capture the figure in poses that are both dynamic and true to human anatomy. The book details the central figure-drawing elements and techniques that are essential to every artist of every skill level. From understanding the XYZ axis and basic skeleton, to thinking in 3D space and creating mannequins of all levels of detail, the book deals with everything the reader needs to know before moving on to the figure itself. Tom presents in step-by-step details exactly how to add the muscles and depict truly believable poses. Every part of the body is presented in detail, with easy-to-follow breakdowns of the torso, arms, and legs, and the often-tricky head, hands, and feet. The author also shares insightful, game-changing anatomy tips, many learned from years of working for major clients in the entertainment industry and teaching others to draw the human figure, both in person and online. This combination of experiences and skills make Tom an outstanding author of this must-have book for artists in all areas of figure drawing. Read more

Improve your art skills with this brilliantly designed and practical workbook from a world-renowned art teacher—now fully revised and updated with new exercises.Millions of people around the world have learned to draw using the methods outlined in Dr. Betty Edwards’s groundbreaking Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. In this workbook, the essential companion to her international bestseller, Edwards offers readers the key to truly mastering the art of drawing: guided practice in the five foundational skills of drawing.   Each of the forty carefully constructed exercises in this updated second edition is accompanied by brief instruction, sample drawings, ready made formats and blank pages on which to draw, and helpful post-exercise pointers. You will explore wide-ranging subject matter—still life, landscape, imaginative drawing, portraits, and the figure—and gain experience with various mediums, such as pen and ink, charcoal, and Conte crayon.   Learning to draw is very much like mastering a sport or a musical instrument: once you understand the basic skills, you must practice, practice, practice. Read more

This book is for anybody who wants to draw more, whether you are learning from scratch or developing existing skills. When you're learning to draw, the most important thing you'll own is a sketchbook, and this is a sketchbook with training wheels. Let go of your fear and unlock drawing skills that you never believed you could have with this expertly guided sketchbook.Not your ordinary art book, You Will be Able to Draw by the End of This Book is a combined tutorial and sketchbook that not only teaches you the fundamental steps required for you to be able to draw, but also allows you the space to practise on the page. The book lays flat to allow you to draw comfortably and has an elastic band to keep your artwork safe. Each exercise has an estimated completion time, so it doesn't matter whether you are at home, on your lunch break or even on the bus, you'll always find time to practise.Jake is like an ever-present companion who will guide you on your creative journey, with his friendly and practical tone. His lessons build in complexity as you work through the book, starting with the basics of line making and progressing to portraits and landscapes. His clever exercises will help you gain confidence and break you out of old habits as well as encouraging you to see things in a different way and relax.So pick up a pencil and discover the joy of drawing! Read more

3dtotal Publishing is an established authority on art and design, with a growing stable of high-calibre artist–authors. With such incredible talent and know-how under one publishing-house roof, we are uniquely placed to launch the BRAND NEW SERIES, Artists' Masters Series.  We have already released several bestselling, well-respected art-theory books including Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition and our much-loved character design titles. We cover the breadth of art and design, offering tutorials and inspiration from hundreds of experts across many genres. Now, this exciting new series takes a deep dive into the key areas of art theory, focusing on specific aspects which, when mastered, make the difference between good and world-class design. This innovative concept launches with Artists' Masters Series: Color & Light. A select few hugely popular industry experts reveal techniques they use to infuse characters with the advanced levels of color and light that make their work instantly recognizable and universally admired. Their in-depth illustrated advice, detailed step-by-step tutorials, enlightening case studies, and awe-inspiring inspiration provide a distinctive and invaluable blend of advanced techniques that can’t be found anywhere else. For artists and designers aiming to raise their game to an expert level, the Artists' Masters Series is the key to success. Read more

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Pick up your pencil, embrace your inner artist, and learn how to draw in thirty days with this approachable step-by-step guide from an Emmy award-winning PBS host.Drawing is an acquired skill, not a talent -- anyone can learn to draw! All you need is a pencil, a piece of paper, and the willingness to tap into your hidden artistic abilities. With Emmy award-winning, longtime PBS host Mark Kistler as your guide, you'll learn the secrets of sophisticated three-dimensional renderings, and have fun along the way -- in just twenty minutes a day for a month. Inside you'll find:Quick and easy step-by-step instructions for drawing everything from simple spheres to apples, trees, buildings, and the human hand and faceMore than 500 line drawings, illustrating each stepTime-tested tips, techniques, and tutorials for drawing in 3-DThe 9 Fundamental Laws of Drawing to create the illusion of depth in any drawing75 student examples to encourage you in the process Read more

Practice and perfect copperplate handwriting with this perforated, easy-to-use beginner-friendly collection of exercises and drills for the modern calligrapher. Taking your pointed pen calligraphy to the next level requires a lot of practice! Luckily, this all-in-one practice book provides templates, tips and tricks, and space to repeat your basic strokes, miniscule and majuscule letters, and more. Copperplate Calligraphy Practice Book also provides smart coaching paired with blank workspace to make your daily practice easier, more efficient, and more fun. It’s the ideal way to help you along in your calligraphy journey. For fans of Sarah Richardson’s Copperplate Calligraphy from A to Zor those looking to practice their lettering skills, this handy workbook features easy-tear perforated practice pages with guided lines, helpful hints and even specific letterform combinations for several popular words and phrases. Read more

This book is about the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity; the focus is firmly on helping to improve visual understanding of the world around and on techniques for representing that world. Rendering is the next step after drawing to communicate ideas more clearly. Building on what Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling wrote about in How To Draw: Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from Your Imagination, this book shares everything the two experts know about how to render light, shadow and reflective surfaces. This book is divided into two major sections: the first explains the physics of light and shadow. One will learn how to construct proper shadows in perspective and how to apply the correct values to those surfaces. The second section focuses on the physics of reflectivity and how to render a wide range of materials utilizing this knowledge. Throughout the book, two icons appear that indicate either “observation” or “action.” This means the page or section is about observing reality or taking action by applying the knowledge and following the steps in creating your own work. Similar to our previous book, How To Draw, this book contains links to free online rendering tutorials that can be accessed via the URL list or through the H2Re app. Read more

The 35th anniversary edition of the classic how-to book that has helped millions of artists learn to draw.When it was originally published in 1970, How to Draw What You See zoomed to the top of Watson-Guptill’s best-seller list—and it has remained there ever since. “I believe that you must be able to draw things as you see them—realistically,” wrote Rudy de Reyna in his introduction. Today, generations of artists have learned to draw what they see, to truly capture the world around them, using de Reyna’s methods. How to Draw What You See shows artists how to recognize the basic shape of an object—cube, cylinder, cone, or sphere—and use that shape to draw the object, no matter how much detail it contains. Read more