Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing [Paperback]

Lee Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2004

Master the Essentials of Realistic Drawings

With Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing, your art will spring to life! From laughing children and frolicking tigers to fruit so vivid it makes your mouth water, you'll discover how to realistically draw your favorite subjects and how to draw them well! Learn to:

• Use easy-to-master graphing and shaping techniques to better portray your subject
• Replicate the effects of light through blending and shading
• Accurately render the personalities of people and animals
• Realistically draw flowers and natural elements by applying hard or soft edges
• Achieve a range of effects by using different brands of colored and graphite pencils

Whether you're a beginner or a professional, with Lee Hammond's instruction you'll find the arsenal of tools you need to create stunning, real-life drawings that will captivate your audience.

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About the Author

Lee Hammond's popular drawing books--more than a dozen in all--have helped thousands of artists achieve their creative dreams. She's been a professional artist for more than 23 years and is now an officially licensed artist for NASCAR. Lee lives in Overland Park, Kansas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (February 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581804733
• ISBN-13: 978-1581804737
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Pencil
  • #69 in Books > Arts & Photography > Study & Teaching

More About the Author

A professional artist and art instructor for more than twenty years, Lee has authored seventeen North Light books. She owned and operated the Midwest School of Art in Lenexa, Kansas for six years and now has a studio in Overland Park, Kansas where she teaches. She conducts drawing seminars, gives school lectures and mentors nationwide. Also a certified police composite artist in the Kansas City metro area, she has worked with “America’s Most Wanted.” A contributing writer for The Artist’s Magazine, she is also licensed with many of NASCAR’s racing teams to produce art. Her work is seen online at www.leehammond.com.

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93 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wise Investment, June 20, 2005

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Fish Cheeks (In Your Dreams) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing (Paperback)

Lee Hammond is a good art instructor, but I must confess that some of her work is repetitive. The first book I got of hers was "How to Draw Real People." An EXCELLENT book- everything broken down and made simple. Then I got "How to Draw" Hands, Fashion Models, Animals, Sports Figure, Family, and Friends, etc. All of these books are quite the same. The first half of each book is dedicted to materials, graphing, blending, a few exercises, and then examples of her artwork. I realized that I had been wasting my money on all of those books. If you know how to blend or whatever, then you're pretty much set. However, I do suggest getting Real People, Fashion models, and Hands. If you insist on getting Hammond's books, I suggest getting "Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing." It's like all of her books finally being joined together to make one big dictionary of some sort. It would be a wise investment to get that instead of all of the other ones, which can become costly.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great book on drawing, November 10, 2004

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Lene Daugaard (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing (Paperback)

I like this book very much.
It is very helpful on learning to draw in pencils and colored pencils (include watersoluble cp's). Subjects are people, animals and flowers. Both beginners and people who has started drawing will find it useful.
Lee Hammond describes in an easy to understand way about drawing materials, graphing photos, linedrawing, shading and the valuescale egg.
She shows many different subjects and goes specific into details on both human and animal-features : eyes, nose, hair egg. And it leads to a final drawing: a portray or an animaldrawing.
The only reason it didn't get 5 stars is because; if you have some of her books already, there will be some repetition to it. (the special-books have more lessons, though).
And also I find a few of her drawings not so good (as her usual standards), but that's minor. Most are excellent.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Drawing Book I've Seen, July 27, 2006

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Alice Ramirez (New York State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing (Paperback)

This is the book that really helped me! The other one I like is the old standard "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain." But for practical, usable exercises that will give you immediate results, this is definitely the book to have! Since I didn't have any of Hammond's previous books, there was no problem for me with repitition of material. I love that she is very specific in naming materials and explaining why she uses certain brands of materials vs. others. If you get only one drawing book, this should be it!