121 of 123 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
You Can Do Better, April 12, 2004
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This review is from: Pencil Drawing: A Complete Drawing Kit for Beginners (Misc. Supplies)
The very short book has a few nice drawings of varied subjects, broken down into a few stages each. There's little in the way of real instruction, though--certainly little that a true newbie would find of use.
The art materials include a very small sketch pad (just 9.5 x 6.5 inches) and a passable beginner's assortment of pencils and so forth, as described by Amazon. There's one huge problem with the pencils, though: the darkest is a 2B. For many pencil artists, that's the _lightest_ thing they'll often work with. If you want to achieve truly dark areas in a drawing for realistic contrast and shading, you need something more like 6 or 7B and darker (or charcoal pencils or sticks).
You'd be better off buying basic materials at an art supply store and checking out beginner tutorials online, more detailed instructional books, and/or taking a class at your local art center, school, etc. For a newbie, I'd recommend getting a full set of quality art pencils (like 8B-2H hardness) in a case, a kneaded eraser (vital!), vinyl eraser, a couple stumps/tortillons, a small sanding block (or just use a piece of fine-grit sandpaper for carpentry, etc.), a sharpener (any standard one will do), a ruler, a circle template, and a _big_ sketch pad.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Complete Drawing Kit for Beginners, September 3, 2005
This review is from: Pencil Drawing: A Complete Drawing Kit for Beginners (Misc. Supplies)
This Drawing Kit is a very good starting point for a beginner. In one package you have a good set of lessons, a coordinated set of tools and instructions that are very clear. The drawing results you achieve in each lesson are directly related to your effort put into each lesson.
Gene Franks is an excellent instructor. Try it, you will like this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beginning Artist, January 24, 2008
This review is from: Pencil Drawing: A Complete Drawing Kit for Beginners (Misc. Supplies)
My son loves the fact that it's pencil drawing and has full instructions. Very nice gift for that person that wants to be or is an artist in the making.
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