Creative Drawing Course [Paperback]

Richard Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002

This fun, easy-to-follow book is designed to help readers draw better than ever before while simultaneously having fun and developing their individual drawing styles. Richard Taylor utilizes easy-to-follow exercises, useful tips and inspiring images to help them:

-Acquire sound drawing skills by learning how to observe asubject properly

-Work loosely and spontaneously, freeing themselves of tight, rigid drawing habits

-Experiment with new techniques and play with "abstract" shapes to produce pictures that owe little to their points of origin

It's all the instruction readers need to build both their drawing skills and confidence, step-by-step.

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Observation-based drawing skills are the foundation of Taylor's Creative Drawing Course, which provides a thorough discussion of line, tone, shape, form, and shadowing, with clear instructions well enhanced by black-and-white and full-color illustrations. After exploring the properties of different papers, Taylor concentrates in the second section on the visual and physical energies used in the act of drawing. Finally, he combines observation skills with the energized approach to "direct drawing," a fear-free, immediate reaction to the subject at hand. Whitney Scott
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About the Author

Richard Taylor is a well-known artist, author and teacher whose previous books include Natural Watercolours and The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Buildings (David & Charles) and The Watercolourist's Year (HarperCollins), His articles have appeared in a number of leading UK art techniques magazines, including Artists and Illustrators. The Artist and Leisure Painter. He is also the consultant editor on The Art Course, a major new art techniques partwork. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles Publishers (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715314491
• ISBN-13: 978-0715314494
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,950,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bargain, October 31, 2008

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This review is from: Creative Drawing Course (Paperback)

A lot of great exercises for beginners and intermediate. Unusual viewpoint, abstraction, etc...Then there is a section on drawing from multiple viewpoints which takes one into cubism. I had searched a great many books and had yet to find one with an example of how it's done until now. That alone was worth the 10 times the amount I paid for it. I won't use everything from this book but what I have picked up is enough to give me some creative drawing energy that was much needed.