Drawing For Dummies

by Brenda Hoddinott, Jamie Combs

Overview

The fast and easy way to learn to draw

Drawing can enrich your life in extraordinary and unexpected ways. Drawing your everyday experiences can change how you and others see the world, while drawing from your imagination can give rise to fantastic new worlds. And, despite what you may believe, it's something just about anyone can learn to do.

Drawing For Dummies offers you a fun, easy way to learn the drawing basics. Holding fast to the simple philosophy that only you can teach yourself to draw, it gives you the tools you need to explore the basics and move on to more advanced techniques. This revised edition of one of the most successful For Dummies guides includes

• Additional step-by-step instructions for drawing people, animals, still life, and more
• Coverage of effects, composition, and perspective
• How-to art projects that show you how to create your drawings from simple geometric shapes to finished artwork

It's never too late to unleash the artist within. Let Drawing For Dummies, 2nd edition put you on the road to discovery and self-expression through drawing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470618424
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/22/2011
Series:	For Dummies Books
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jamie Combs is an adjunct professor at the Herron School of Art & Design, where she teaches several classes on drawing, painting, and design.

Brenda Hoddinott is an award-winning artist and art educator.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Discovering What It Takes to Draw 7

Chapter 1: Gearing Up to Start (And Continue) Drawing 9

Chapter 2: Gathering What You Need to Get Started 19

Chapter 3: Working through the Developmental Stages of Drawing 43

Chapter 4: Drawing On Your Computer 57

Chapter 5: A New Kind of Seeing: Getting Familiar with the Artist’s Perspective 83

Part II: Developing the Basic Skills 101

Chapter 6: Planning Your Drawings 103

Chapter 7: Seeing and Drawing Lines and Shapes 131

Chapter 8: Exploring the Third Dimension 155

Chapter 9: Adding Life to Your Drawings with Shading 171

Chapter 10: Identifying and Rendering Textures 191

Chapter 11: Investigating Perspective Drawing 205

Part III: Experimenting with Subject Matter 229

Chapter 12: Making Meaningful Still-Life Drawings 231

Chapter 13: Representing the Natural World in Your Drawings 247

Chapter 14: Bringing Animals to Life on Paper 269

Chapter 15: Drawing People 285

Part IV: The Part of Tens 313

Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Drawing Cartoons 315

Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Grow as an Artist 323

Chapter 18: Answering Ten Common Copyright Questions 333

Index 339