The work of Dr. Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, has enabled millions of people around the world to learn to draw. Here, we will introduce you to her teaching technique, a little of the theory behind it, and to an exercise that demonstrates its effectiveness. Dr. Betty Edwards’ drawing lessons on video/DVD are now available! The video or DVD are part of a complete Portfolio that includes all of the materials and tools you need to learn to draw in the comfort of your own home or to use in the classroom as an effective learning tool.

This book gives the artist a special perspective from which to view and draw nature. Stanley Maltzman focuses on the basics of different seasons, weather, water, rocks, etc., but also takes the reader into specific shapes and characteristics of individual elements. For example, he shows you the differences between drawing an oak and a maple tree. This is the strength of the book over other landscape drawing books.

A refreshing source of ideas for creating fine art with children, Art Lab for Kids encourages the artist's own voice, marks, and style. This fun and creative book features 52 fine art projects set into weekly lessons, beginning with drawing, moving through painting and printmaking, and then building to paper collage and mixed media. Each lesson features and relates to the work and style of a contemporary artist. Lisa Congdon, Megan Bogonovich, and Amy Rice are just a few of the artists included. The labs can be used as singular projects or to build up to a year of hand-on fine art experiences.

Based upon the author's own successful workshops, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner helps new artists create competent, often eloquent drawings. A series of progressive lessons demonstrates such essential skills as recording edges, creating dimension, adding accuracy, developing value, balancing compositional elements, and drawing the human face, both frontal and profile views. Step by step, readers learn how to create a reasonable likeness of an object and give it spatial depth using such simple black-and-white mediums as pens,...

Whether you’re an artist or not, drawing the human body is a complex and difficult task. There are so many different shapes, sizes and proportions to consider that it can make your head spin. But it’s also a lot of fun if you know how to do it the right way, and that’s why Kirk Nelson is here. He’s back to teach the basics of drawing the human figure digitally, and he has a few techniques that will help you along your way. Now let’s start drawing!

Design creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop and 'PUSH' your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to.

This drawing tutorial from best-selling author Christopher Hart shows artists how to draw exaggerated musculature of super-sized figures in action poses.

Art is not restricted to any medium, nor is digital drawing. It is a new trend in today’s technologically brilliant world that won’t go away any time soon. And in this course, Kirk Nelson will use Photoshop and take you through the process of digital portrait drawing where you will learn how to draw hair, facial features, Color illustration and much more!

An exhibition in book form, this showcase of the best of drawing now features one hundred works by almost fifty artists including Susan Hauptman, Paul Noble, Jeff Gabel, Tracey Emin, Jane Harris, Julia Fish, Cornelia Parker and Jerwood Drawing Prize winner Sarah Woodfine. Carefully "curated" with many new drawings specifically commissioned for the volume, the book also includes an introduction, by the editors, which lays out the themes underpinning this diverse and exciting selection of work. With a revival of interest in drawing in recent years, Drawing Now is a timely collection of the work of artists intent on giving a contemporary twist to the most traditional of forms.

In this series of lessons, we’ll learn how to draw various features of the face. For each part of the face, we will begin by learning about the anatomy and musculature that makes up that area. We’ll then move into the forms of that area that we need to keep in mind while we illustrate.

Fans get more of Wellford's creative artistry as she shows readers how to turn ordinary rocks into tulips, daisies, petunias, and many other flowers. Step-by-step instructions and a helpful, encouraging tone ensure that anyone can get results they'll be proud of. By using exterior grade paint and sealer, these colorful creations can bring color and beauty to any space, indoors or out. 323 color illustrations.

A revolutionary system for visualizing the hand in an almost infinite number of positions. Incomparable drawings show functions, movements and foreshortening. See how hands convey emotions, age and communicate. Essential book for every professional artist, illustrator and art student.

This is a book teaching technical drawing skills to use with your student when they want to know how to make something look real. It is progressive so it starts at the beginning of shading and shadows