Fun with a Pencil: How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw

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Also his technique is extremely realistic so if you are looking to do something more like animation then this might not be the best instructional book for you to start with. Saya perhati Andrew Loomis gemar memakai pensel yang mungkin 6B hingga ke 8B berdasarkan kehitaman lakarannya. Classic instruction in the art of pencil drawing by renowned American illustrator Andrew Loomis and a book also famous for its memorable dust jacket which is highly regarded among the exemplary tradition of American pre-war dj art. Bukan setakat melukis karikatur sahaja, malah beliau juga melukis potret yang sangat cantik dan realistik.

I could barely draw a stick figure when I downloaded Fun with a Pencil, but Loomis' techniques of starting with a simple circle and building off it really set off something in me and I was able to draw crude -- but fun -- illustrations on the first day. Rereleased in 2013 (along with another of Loomis' books, 2012 rerelease, Successful Drawing, 1951) this 1939 classic drawing / design book is a skill-building, principal-conveying fun resource for artists and creative types from all areas who seek to learn and master artistic fundamentals.There are so many lines in these drawings that any beginner would have no idea what they are looking at. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. It's old, and I can think of some professors and professionals who might tsk at some of these formulas, but it still has some really good nuggets of knowledge.

here puts down in black and white a method which will teach anyone, no matter who awkward he is with his fingers, to draw. Results of figure drawings require at least some knowledge of anatomy, not possible with information presented in book alone.

it's also just fun to look through, the drawings and sketches have so much 20th-century character to them it's fun to see the creative process behind such charicatures. Make no mistake, the drawing principles exposed here are extremely hard, and 70% of the illustrators of today do not draw this good. Andrew Loomis's lessons are classic and simple to follow and provide enough structure to even encourage those people who don't think they can draw at all. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. All in all, a great tool for the artist that wants to move from the low intermediate to high intermediate.

This book was also my first look at the Loomis method of constructing the head, which I will be learning more about as I read his other books. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Tidak pasti sama ada ia editing atau tidak, tetapi jika benar beliau memakai 6B hingga ke 8B, saya memang kagum.Those are fine to look at, but the physical book is far,far batter for reference and to compare and consider approaches to drawing. Very Good Edition Not Specified Twelfth Printing 4to = over 12" No DJ 120pp Tan cloth over hard covers with red lettering and illustration, very tall book. Here Loomis gets away from his casual way of communicating to the reader and into more technical jargon. This book covers how to draw with volumes , keeping proportion, technical perspective and shadow and light.

Released by Titan Books, London, UK it's worth time spent in studying and performing exercises in each chapter. Anybody could pick up this book and get a great grasp for how to start drawing and where to progress from there. I'd say back this up with other books on the fundamentals (including perhaps Loomis' other books on figure drawing), since formulaic lessons can become a crutch, but this book is still rooted in a lot of those basics, so you won't be lead astray.With delightful step-by-step instruction from Professor Blook, Loomis's charming alter ego on the page. Aside from that, the content in this book is still 5 stars and the book's main focus is on having fun, which should be the reason you started drawing to begin with. Andrew Loomis is revered amongst artists including comics superstar Alex Ross for his mastery of drawing.