Customer Reviews

Drawing the Human Form: Methods Sources Concepts

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The best book on drawing fundamentals I've ever come across. As a visual artist and art instructor I spent two years searching for this book before it was reprinted. Couldn't recommend it more highly.

Very good descriptions and instructions. But watch the picture quality and the packaging. It is nearly exactly like your instructor went out and just mass-photocopied it for the class. The cover is flimsy and rips easily, and the picture qualities inside tend to look very photocopied as well. But it shouldn't matter if all you are after is the quality content.

This book arrived yesterday, "this book" being the "FACSIMILE edition" of the second edition. It's terrible. The reproduction isn't even as good as photocopying. The quality is so poor the illustrations are almost worthless: so dark no detail can be seen or so light little is left to see at all. This certainly vitiates its use for art instruction. Pages are out of alignment. There are supposed to be color plates, but they aren't reproduced at all, which means that this isn't even a complete facsimile of the original, and Amazon and the publisher should be charged with false advertizing. There is no indication of its facsimile nature in the book itself. So: Don't buy this book (especially at $55.60!); instead, look for a used copy.

Recommended by figure drawing teacher, I hunted down a used copy of this book and am so impressed with the scope of it and quality of ideas and illustrations. Not all drawings by the author, like some books. Includes drawings of many different styles by masters and students alike. Covers many different approaches to drawing the figure, and includes a very useful anatomy section too. Wonderful resource!

The best book on drawing fundamentals! As a visual artist and art instructor I spent two years searching for this book before it was reprinted. Couldn't recommend it more highly.