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Drawing Faeries: a Believer's Guide

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This is a good book that shows you the basics for drawing for drawing these creatures. They have step by step procedures, emotions, clothing, and information about each picture.
The only bad thing about it is that there is only one picture of a winged fairy(the picture is also on the front cover)all other faeries are wingless in this book.

Not as compelling as the book, 'Watercolor Fairies: A Step-By-Step Guide To Creating The Fairy World.' But definitely a must-have for anyone who enjoys Faeries and wishes to illustrate in this manner. I consider it a fantastic resource, but I would definitely recommend purchasing the above mentioned book as well - they work superbly as a pair, and you don't need to be interested in Water Color for it to be helpful - it's an utterly amazing book covering everything you'd want to know about Faeries and more!

Overall, the book was interesting. However, if you're actually planning to use this book to learn how to draw faeries I'd think twice before spending the money. The book has all kinds of drawings, but not much instruction. And -- hello, it is a book about faeries -- I thought there would be at least a page or two describing how to draw faeries' wings. Nope.

I have owned a copy of this work for a couple of years now and I enjoy it now as much as the day I bought it. I am strictly an amature sketcher. I have had some formal training, but nothing to get up and shout about. My sketches would probably rate about a C+ from my old teachers, and truth be told, the + would be added simply because I never missed a class. Be that as it me, I have found this work to be useful. I love drawing insects, delicate flowers and plants, and yes, faeries! Now I will say that this book is probably not the best for the beginner as is is a bit beyond basic. Now that being said, kids sometimes surprise you and with a book like this can pick it up almost instantly. The author does cover detailed color, faces, body, life, customs and traditons of the fairy folk, friends and foes. The narrative is quite well done and easy to understand. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and very detailed. This is not a step by step book, but one of those books that I classify as "inspirational," i.e. if I practice long enough, maybe, just maybe, I can turn something like this out. I have dozens and dozens of art books in my library and use all of them. No single book can fill all of your needs but each book can add to your knowledge. This is one of those books. Now, as to the argument going on here whether or not faries are real....I have spent a large amount of my life living and working in various extremely isolated places around the world. Late in the evening, deep in the forest and in open glades....well, it may be that it is just wishful thinking on my part. Do recommend this work highly and recommend you add it to your own collection.

This book is mostly a story really, but I love the illistrations ! This book has given me alot of ideas for my own drawings! (not recomended for begining artists)

Marvelous. It's in the name: - a believers guide. If you were not a believer prior, you become a believer once you dive into this book and let your imagination bring to life the characters you create using the simple, strait forward logical steps. Guiding the reader thru various faerie characters, their life, emotions, movement, clothing as well as their friends to create your own faerie world. Thanks to this book, the population of faeries in this universe will grow tremendously.

The front cover picture is deceiving as it was the best picture in the whole book! I found the pictures to be mediocre at best and I am sure there are better artists out there. I also thought it did not include enough pictures. The Watercolor Faeries book looks much more interesting.

I bought this book for my 10-year-old daughter, untrained in drawing, but when I received it, I knew it wouldn't work. There really are no step-by-step basics. This could be a great book, I'm guessing, for someone who already knows how to draw and wants more info for bringing their drawings to life and fleshing them out.

I do have to nitpick, however, on the title (as did other reviewers). I suppose since faeries aren't real-world creatures, there can be different interpretations of precisely what a faeire is, but this book doesn't conform to what the general interpretation is: a WINGED creature. Faeries without wings are pixies. Nearly every "faerie" in the book is wingless; possibly a minor point, but one worth pointing out if you are interested in details like different wing styles, wing attachment to the body, etc.

This book so amused me when I saw it in the bookstore that I knew my wife would get a big kick out of it.

It has inspired her to create wonderful works of art.

The author covers the basics of fairy anatomy, and also intermixes it with some amusing fictional 'facts' about faeries.

Even if one is not an artist, this book is entertaining.

What do you call a fairy without wings? The answer: an elf. The title of this book is misleading. I expected to find numerous illustrations of fairies, but instead all I got were elves with pointy hats. Throughout this entire book I only came across *nine* illustrations of fairies. There was nothing that went into detail about fairy wings or various kinds of fairies. I wasn't really blown away by Hart's book because there was nothing new or exciting. Even though this book offers instruction on how to draw bodily features and environments of elves, I wouldn't recommend using this book alone if you're interested in fairies.