An innovative approach to drawing based on how people see. The first step in becoming an artist, no matter what the medium or style, is learning how to draw realistically. Martin covers visual qualities and tells how to capture these qualities on paper. Exercises help artists create the illusion of reality in their drawings. 20 full-color illustrations.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A wonderful book for the beginning artist.,
By dmason@cbt.net (Springhhill, LA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Joy of Drawing (Paperback)
This book is filled with examples that have you actually drawing from the very first page. The theories are very well explained and understandable. Examples are easy to emulate and you receive instant gratification from the many fine examples of techniques and theories.
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Still Relevant in 2003!!,
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but the lessons on those pages are taught with such clarity they will stick with you and help when you go further with your talents into areas like colored pencil, watercolor, pen and ink, acrylics or even oils. The lessons include things like perspective, a lesson taught in just about every book on art written today. It seems so many books cover this topic because it is such a hard topic to teach - notice I say teach and not learn. If it was easy to teach then more of us would learn it and would not have such a hard time with the concept. Bill Martin has touched something in his lessons on perspective, at least for me, and I will never have the same difficulty with perspective again. At least if I do in the future, I will have this little gem to pick up and refer to! He does not cover this topic quickly, but goes into it slowly and covers it quite completely, as he does most difficult topics. I will no sell the four or five books on my shelves devoted to perspective, books purchased to help clarify a topic once so unclear. The only downside about his book is the section on color theory, which could be much more indepth. There is only a small chapter covering it at the end, almost as though it was an afterthought. It would have been great to see Mr. Martin tackle the important and often difficult topic of color with the same skill he had handled perspective and so many others in this great little book!
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An old favorite,
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This book is what got me started in art. Loaned out and never returned I was never able to find it again until now. It's as good as I remembered.
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We know what we see, but we don't always know how we know what we see. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elliptical perspective, primary highlight, secondary highlight, linear composition, station point, transparent object, picture plane, perspective lines, negative shapes, positive shape, horizon line, visual texture New!
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We know what we see, but we don't always know how we know what we see. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elliptical perspective, primary highlight, secondary highlight, linear composition, station point, transparent object, picture plane, perspective lines, negative shapes, positive shape, horizon line, visual texture New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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