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Figure Drawing Step by Step

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"Figure Drawing Step by Step" by Wendon Blake, Dover Publications, $7.95 ISBN0486402002

Wendon Blake does a good job as far as his handling of the subject goes, and Dover books are often a tremendous bargain, as in this case at a price of $7.95. Anyone can afford to buy this book.

Wendon Blake offers good instruction and there are even a couple pages of innovation in his method. However, at only 80 pages, this paperback is TOO brief a treatment of drawing, when it really is good enough to justify another 30 pages of illustration and detail. There are other books with much more illustration and drawing instruction as well, at a price not much more than Dover's to give this book a higher rating. Otherwise, it's a pretty good book.

this artist also did THE FEMALE FIGURE and was one of my best reference drawing books when I designing clothing or wanted to remodel a dress. I used to own it and have been trying to get another. Uldis Klavins the author acrylics and oils step by step. this and the others of the Grumbacher Library of Step By Step books are a must for serious artists. There are various artist.Larry Oottino,Joseph Maniscaico,Don Stivers,James Mitchell,Jack Seidbotham, etc. The subjects are varied from landscapes, seascappes,animals, cartoons, watercolors, oils arylic, pastels etc. The best of the best.