The Complete Book Of Drawing Techniques

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Sep 25, 2019 BananaTea rated it did not like it

Imagine trying to learn perspective and anatomy from someone who barely has a grasp of either subject themselves, and you have this book. Seriously, I thought maybe it was a joke, or that it was illustrated by Picasso. Just wow. They present many of the basic artistic techniques, but fail to apply them successfully for like 90% of the book. Not sure how this got published.

Sep 18, 2020 Lloyd Downey rated it really liked it

Peter Stanyer has actually come up with a very detailed book on drawing techniques and the use of different materials. Actually, I've covered off most of this sort of thing with other books on drawing...though he does go into considerable details with materials such as charcoal. He mentioned the technique of "Tonking" (which I'd never heard of before). Essentially it's beating the charcoal sketch with a cloth to soften the image and then reworking it a bit to reinstate the tones as desired. I th Peter Stanyer has actually come up with a very detailed book on drawing techniques and the use of different materials. Actually, I've covered off most of this sort of thing with other books on drawing...though he does go into considerable details with materials such as charcoal. He mentioned the technique of "Tonking" (which I'd never heard of before). Essentially it's beating the charcoal sketch with a cloth to soften the image and then reworking it a bit to reinstate the tones as desired. I thought that this gave quite a good effect. He also mentions using a burnt cork as a drawing instrument....something that I'd never heard of.
Overall. quite a thorough text but not one that I'm going to keep.(Mainly because I'm short of space). Four stars from me. ...more

Jul 24, 2013 سُميَّة rated it it was amazing

Amazing & simple Book :)
213 pages full of guidelines to all the artists , contents three simple parts which talking about types of pencils and charcoal and ways to holding it while drawing , it can be instant guide to those who try to be more professional painters ..
happy to read it ! :)

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"Instead of chasing the idea of truth, what we should be doing is embracing the medium of drawing and using it for a purpose that fulfils our needs as an artist or designer." — 2 likes

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