
The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets
Easy Techniques for Drawing People, Animals, Flowers and Nature
North Light Books (Publisher)
Published on 13. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-60061-458-3 (ISBN)
Description
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!
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!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ohio
United States
Publishing group
F&W Publications Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
901 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60061-458-3 (9781600614583)
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Other editions
Additional editions

Carrie Stuart Parks | Rick Parks
The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets
Easy Techniques for drawing people, animals, flowers and nature
E-Book
05/2009
North Light Books
€14.99
Available for download
Persons
Carrie Stuart Parks has been a professional artist since 1976 and a forensic artist since 1981. She is the author of Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces, Secrets to Realistic Drawing and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children. Rick Parks, who co-authored Secrets to Realistic Drawing and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children, spent thirteen years in forensic art for the FBI in Washington DC. He and Carrie formed Stuart Parks Forensic Associates in 1988.