The Fundamentals of Drawing
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Barrington Barber
- ISBN：1841933171
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Summary
Anyone with a little persistence and the desire can learn to draw well—this is the starting point of The Fundamentals of Drawing， a practical and comprehensive course for students of all abilities。 Opportunities for practice and improvement are offered across a wide spectrum of subjects—still life， plants， landscapes， animals， figure drawing， and portraiture—and supported by the demonstration of a broad range of skills and techniques， including perspective and composition。
Reviews
Michaell Cavllaro
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Great Book For BeginnersIf you want to learn how to draw， but don't know were to start。 I highly recommend buying and referring to this book often。 Great Book For BeginnersIf you want to learn how to draw， but don't know were to start。 I highly recommend buying and referring to this book often。 。。。more
Manuel Antão
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If you're into stuff like this， you can read the full review。Magisterial Skill: "The Fundamentals Of Drawing: A Complete Professional Course For Artists" by Barrington BarberPerhaps the word ‘spiritual’ is too loaded。 Any job or occupation or task can be a transcendent experience if one is totally in the present。 Drawing is just one of many。 There are artists who are fairly prosaic and those who are poetic。 A great drawing， in my opinion， transcends its material composition。。。 charcoal， ink， pap If you're into stuff like this， you can read the full review。Magisterial Skill: "The Fundamentals Of Drawing: A Complete Professional Course For Artists" by Barrington BarberPerhaps the word ‘spiritual’ is too loaded。 Any job or occupation or task can be a transcendent experience if one is totally in the present。 Drawing is just one of many。 There are artists who are fairly prosaic and those who are poetic。 A great drawing， in my opinion， transcends its material composition。。。 charcoal， ink， paper， etc。， and creates a new experience。 。。。more
Sue
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This is a book for beginners and covers everything from how to hold a pencil to how to compose pleasing pictures。 The author gives very simple exercises such as drawing groups of straight lines， spirals and cycles， basic shading and hatching。 Then he moves on to drawing simple shapes including shadows， the vanishing point， perspective， then making simple animal shapes and the basics of sketching the human form。 He talks about looking and seeing， about how to relax when drawing and how to group o This is a book for beginners and covers everything from how to hold a pencil to how to compose pleasing pictures。 The author gives very simple exercises such as drawing groups of straight lines， spirals and cycles， basic shading and hatching。 Then he moves on to drawing simple shapes including shadows， the vanishing point， perspective， then making simple animal shapes and the basics of sketching the human form。 He talks about looking and seeing， about how to relax when drawing and how to group objects to make a satisfying still life arrangement。 I particularly enjoyed a short segment on using different types of pencil strokes to evoke a mood or atmosphere: a boat drawn with simple outlines and gentle shading to indicate its sleek design， a motorbike drawn with thicker strokes and chunkier edges to show its mechanical power。 There's a whole section with more detail on perspective， then one on the natural world。 He gives hints about choosing the right point from which to draw landscapes and gives examples of the same basic view sketched from different heights， each of which gives different results。 The last third of the book is devoted to life drawing。There is plenty of written detail and he has an encouraging and relaxed tone。 There are also lots of sketches and drawings to illustrate his points。 。。。more
Meakuel
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Es gibt durchaus einige gute Hinweise und Tipps， allerdings gehört dieses Buch nicht zu den besseren Zeichenbüchern， die ich bisher durchgearbeitet habe。Die Reihenfolge， wie die Grundlagen thematisiert werden ist völlig durcheinander（Schraffuren werden erst nach Schattenwurf und nach schattierten Stillleben angebracht）。 Bilder und Text stimmen nicht immer überein。 So wird oft in Bilder viel mehr gezeigt， als im Text erklärt wird。 Aber auch umgekehrt liefern Bilder nicht immer， was beschrieben wi Es gibt durchaus einige gute Hinweise und Tipps， allerdings gehört dieses Buch nicht zu den besseren Zeichenbüchern， die ich bisher durchgearbeitet habe。Die Reihenfolge， wie die Grundlagen thematisiert werden ist völlig durcheinander（Schraffuren werden erst nach Schattenwurf und nach schattierten Stillleben angebracht）。 Bilder und Text stimmen nicht immer überein。 So wird oft in Bilder viel mehr gezeigt， als im Text erklärt wird。 Aber auch umgekehrt liefern Bilder nicht immer， was beschrieben wird。 So wird etwa erwähnt， dass eine Nase von der Seite recht einfach zu zeichnen ist。 Zwei Zeichnungen von einer Nase（seitlich） folgen。 Es wird sehr grob erklärt， was bei einer Frontalsicht zu beachten ist， aber keine Zeichnung hierzu。 Dabei verlang doch gerade ein schwierigeres Motiv ein Beispiel。 Die Beschreibungen der Anleitungen sind überwiegen banal und wiederholen sich（beobachten Sie genau。。。halten Sie die Striche einfach。。。）。 Informationen， die dem konkreten Motiv dienlich sind， sind rar gesät。 Die meisten Beschreibungen der Anleitungen könnte man ohne Bedenken austauschen， weil sie sich gleichen。Dadurch war es für mich durchaus anstrengend das Buch durchzuarbeiten。 。。。more
Dora
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What I really like about this book is its simplicity and organization。 I have been using it， and intend to keep using it， with my students who are new to drawing。 The concepts and tips provided in this book have been extremely useful to them as students but also to me as a teacher。 I remember using this book many years ago when I started drawing and I still value it for the same reasons I did then。 There are many books out there that will go into more detail， but I think this is more than enough What I really like about this book is its simplicity and organization。 I have been using it， and intend to keep using it， with my students who are new to drawing。 The concepts and tips provided in this book have been extremely useful to them as students but also to me as a teacher。 I remember using this book many years ago when I started drawing and I still value it for the same reasons I did then。 There are many books out there that will go into more detail， but I think this is more than enough for anyone who is just getting into drawing， or even painting， sculpting， or any art form。 After all， drawing is the basis of visual art。 。。。more
Robin
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Great book of drawingPurposeful information along with wonderful examples 。 He goes into detail… So many subjects it is a book that you want to keep as a reference book also 。
Michal
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Not complete， not professional， probably not for artists。。。 Unfortunately， this is very much a book from the "draw the rest of the f***ing owl" series。 It's super basic and leaves too much unsaid。 Not complete， not professional， probably not for artists。。。 Unfortunately， this is very much a book from the "draw the rest of the f***ing owl" series。 It's super basic and leaves too much unsaid。 。。。more
Patsy
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I learned a great deal of the basics of drawing from this book！ There is no "finished" date because I still refer to it！ I learned a great deal of the basics of drawing from this book！ There is no "finished" date because I still refer to it！ 。。。more
Arlex Cubillos
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nothing
Alamin Jhon
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can learn a lot from it
Nazirah Idris
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One of those books that was my friend during those lonely teenage days。 I'd read this again and again， and practise again and again in the hopes of becoming a comic artist。 I've lost this book since then。 Sigh。。。 One of those books that was my friend during those lonely teenage days。 I'd read this again and again， and practise again and again in the hopes of becoming a comic artist。 I've lost this book since then。 Sigh。。。 。。。more
Koba bie
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