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The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets: Easy Techniques for drawing people, animals, flowers and nature Paperback – Illustrated, June 13, 2009

by Carrie Stuart Parks (Author), Rick Parks (Author)
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This is the book that can teach anyone to draw (yes, even you!)

If you're not getting the kind of true-to-life results you want in your drawings (or if you can't even draw a straight line), Carrie and Rick Parks can help. As award-winning teachers, they have a proven game plan for helping artists of all levels overcome common problems and see immediate improvement in their work. As professional composite artists, they know the tricks and tools for achieving incredibly lifelike results. In this friendly, foolproof guide to drawing, they share it all:

   • Easy-to-master techniques for achieving a convincing sense of depth
   • How to draw challenging textures like metal and fur
   • Putting personality into your portraits
   • 40+ step-by-step demonstrations featuring a variety of people, animals and nature


Easy enough so that beginners can jump right in, and comprehensive enough to help more accomplished artists refine their skills. This book covers all the essentials, teaching you the secrets of realistic drawing one step at a time, building the skills you need to tackle any subject convincingly--even those you've always thought were beyond your reach. Before you know it, you'll be turning out picturesque landscapes, stellar portraits--any subject that inspires you to put pencil to paper!
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  1. Print length
    224 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    North Light Books
  4. Publication date
    June 13, 2009
  5. Dimensions
    8.53 x 0.49 x 10.89 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9781600614583
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1600614583
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Award-winning teachers reveal secrets to lifelike artistic techniques

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Carrie Stuart Parks has been a professional artist since 1976 and a forensic artist since 1981. In 1986, she attended an FBI class and became a composite artist, later developing a portrait-drawing course for all ages. She is the author of Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces (2003, North Light Books), Secrets to Realistic Drawing (2006, North Light Books) and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children (February 2008, North Light Books).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1600614582
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ North Light Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781600614583
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1600614583
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.94 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.53 x 0.49 x 10.89 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #96,139 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Carrie Stuart Parks

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Carrie Stuart Parks is an award winning artist, writer, speaker, and law enforcement instructor. A Certified Forensic Artist, she met her husband, Rick, in the romantic hallways of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Together they formed a dynamic and successful team in their fine and forensic art, working on major national and international cases and creating exquisite watercolors and stone carvings. They travel internationally, teaching forensic art to a variety of participants: from the Secret Service to the FBI, from large law enforcement agencies to the smallest two-man departments in their one-week classes. They are the largest instructors of forensic art in the world. Carrie has won numerous awards for her innovative teaching methods and general career excellence and is a signature member of the Idaho Watercolor Society.

Carrie's Gwen Marcey series chronicles a forensic artist from Montana and is loosely based on Carrie's forensic cases.She began her fiction writing career while battling breast cancer. Mentored by NY Times bestselling author, Frank Peretti, Carrie's debut novel, along with her subsequent novels, have been met with critical acclaim, including:

2021 Kudos Award Winner: fiction (Relative Silence)

2020 Golden Scroll Winner: mystery/suspense/thriller (Fragments of Fear)

2019 Daphne du Maurier finalist: mainstream mystery suspense (Formula of Deception)

2019 Cascade Award finalist: (Formula of Deception)

2018 Carol Award Winner: mystery/suspense/thriller (Portrait of Vengeance)

2018 Inspy Award Winner: mystery/suspense/thriller (Portrait of Vengeance)

2018 Maxwell Award Winner: Fiction (Portrait of Vengeance)

2018 Wright Award Winner: Fiction (Portrait of Vengeance)

2018 RT Reviews Finalist

2017 Christy Winner: mystery/suspense (When Death Draws Near)

2017 Carol Winner: mystery/suspense (When Death Draws Near)

2017 RT Reviewer's Choice Best Book Awards for 2016 finalist (When Death Draws Near)

2017 Christian Retailing Best Finalist:mystery/suspense (When Death Draws Near)

2017 Inspy Award Finalist (When Death Draws Near)

2016 Idaho Author Awards: winner: mystery/suspense (When Death Draws Near)

2016 INSPY winner: mystery/suspense (The Bones Will Speak)

2016 Christy Award Finalist: suspense/mystery (The Bones Will Speak)

2016 Christian Retailing Best Finalist: mystery/suspense (The Bones Will Speak)

2016 Family Fiction Readers Choice: 15 Best Books of 2015 (The Bones Will Speak)

2016 Idaho Author Awards Finalist: mystery/suspense (The Bones Will Speak)

2015 Carol Award Winner: mystery/suspense/thriller (A Cry From the Dust)

2015 Christy Award finalist: mystery/suspense/thriller (A Cry From the Dust)

2015 Selah Award finalist: mystery/suspense/thriller (A Cry From the Dust)