Lifelike Drawing with Lee Hammond [Paperback]

Lee Hammond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 2005

You Can Do It!

You can draw anything–flowers, people, animals, even water and glass–with this expansive, in-depth "Drawing Bible," by veteran artist and instructor Lee Hammond. Learn to draw realistically the easy way using reference photos with Lee's simple techniques and clear step-by-step instruction. Look inside for:

• Before and after examples from Lee Hammond's students that prove how her simple graphing and blending techniques translate into remarkable drawings.
  
  
  
  
• The shape and "Puzzle Piece" theories and how to apply them to anything you want to draw.
  
  
  
  
• More than 40 step-by-steps and plenty of tips and hints for beautiful drawings.

Whether you're just beginning or more experienced, Lee's instruction will give you everything you need to know to create realistic drawings that will "wow" your audience.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Hammond's self-described "drawing bible" encompasses techniques for rendering still lifes, portraiture, landscapes, and a variety of surfaces including fabric and transparent glass. With 20 years of art making and 15 published books in print to her credit, Hammond brings an authoritative thoroughness to her latest title, a guide suitable for beginning and experienced artists. She offers a useful orientation to tone, blending, shape, and light, followed by a three-step approach to drawing using grids for layout. Demonstrations of drawing rounded curves and flat edges lead to practice drawings using perspective before she introduces subjects by category, such as nature (flowers, trees, skies, clouds and more), water (complete with a study of lifelike reflections), animals (fur and wings), and people (with each facial feature examined separately). Filled with useful suggestions such as how to use statues and photo albums for ready reference and practice, Hammond's drawing how-to should satisfy a wide audience with a broad range of abilities. Whitney Scott
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About the Author

Lee Hammond has been a professional artist for more than 20 years and a published author with North Light Books for more than a decade, where she currently has more than 15 books on drawing techniques in print. Lee is a licensed NASCAR artist and creates portraits of many NASCAR drivers, which are turned into fine art prints and sold on NASCAR.com and other outlets. Lee is also a certified Police Composite Artist. Her work can be seen regularly on local US television.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (January 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158180587X
• ISBN-13: 978-1581805871
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Pencil

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly Lee Hammond's best book, August 6, 2005

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Jan Letoha "Delve into 3D! It's a whole new ... (Baxley, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

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Even if you own Lee Hammond's other drawing books, there is still a wealth of information to be gained from this one! The author provides clear instructions on a variety of topics -- from drawing stunning glass objects to producing the most technical architecture renderings -- it's all here, in the unique Hammond style.

If I had to choose one drawing book to keep, out of my entire collection, it'd likely be this one. I'm thoroughly enjoying the reading of it and looking forward to practicing the many tutorials it offers.

I give it a resounding A+.

Jan

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lee Hammon Does it Again, April 28, 2005

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She has a way of describing her techniques and showing what needs to be done with just the right amount of information. She is gifted and it shows, not only in her art work, but in her writing as well. If you want to learn to draw real life, get this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY FIRST LEE HAMMOND BOOK, March 12, 2006

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LAURA G. BISHOP (OSCEOLA, IN) - See all my reviews
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THIS BOOK NOT ONLY TEACHES HOW TO DRAW BUT HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK REAL. EASY ILLISTRATIONS AND CLEAR LANGUAGE MADE THIS BOOK FUN.