Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing

Bring them to Paper and Pencil, give them the respect they need for thing’s written! Put a book in their hand’s and let this Love develop earnestly, reading and writing are closely related! Has a positive effect on our children, Teenager’s including Adult’s too!

Love this book. It begins with the basic materials for drawing and includes stuff I wouldnt have used.It has info on perspective, (which i struggle with), shading, and making shapes to begin the drawing. The title might be a tad misleading, i think it's a bit more advanced than the (absolute) beginner, but i still give it 5 stars for all the info it has. If you draw and want to take it to the next level, this book will be helpful.

I got this book and another one. This book has some great techniques and you most certainly can learn from this book. The other book I ordered was better for me. I don't know if you can post what the other book is but I'm going to give it a try and see if they post this review. It was You can draw in 30 days. Very good book and gives you exercise to do which you actually progress and learn from. But this book is great too. So you can't really go wrong when learning how to draw. Just don't give up. If this book doesn't work for you get the other one.

I ordered this book to help me learn how to actually draw. It gives easy techniques and instructions for someone just learning. It’s a great tool for anyone wanting to learn to draw and shadow with quality pencils. It came quickly and has helped me to gain prospective on portions. Thank got the great service!

Really good book for learning to draw! Taking are classes & so helpful in drawing!

I would consider this a good beginner drawing book for use among many other references and learning tools. It's matter of fact and clinical in its presentation. I see many people complaining about this not being for beginners. Reviews seem to point out how some early examples of drawings go from shapes to sudden completed professional drawings. I would assume that if you've got the patience to become a good artist or draftsman then you'd have the patience to turn a few pages and realize that this book goes into detail on the techniques used to make these completed drawings. I would say these early examples are meant as an overview of what's possible. Keys to Drawing is a much better beginners book but this is still useful and is much better than some people would lead you to believe. Basically, calm down, have patience and read a few chapters before whining about how a few examples seem daunting.

I've been interested in learning to draw for some time, but haven't had the time to attend a class as yet to learn. But, when I saw this book at the craft store in our local area, looking through it I felt sure that I could learn quite a lot just using this book and following the instructions. It offers instruction, as well as understanding as to why use this particular pencil or pad, and why this process works easier than another and so forth. I love the book, and would highly recommend it. By the way, I first saw it at a nationally known craft store, but purchased it with Amazon for about $10 less than it was at the store.

I am an amateur photographer preparing to take an Art 101 course. I purchased this book to learn the terms used in sketching and drawing and how to apply them to what I know about taking pictures. Success! My knowledge of horizon lines, composition, light and shadow, textures and vanishing points can now easily be used to absorb my instructor’s teaching. I tried a few of the exercises and came to quickly realize that using my creative skills to actually create a scene or portrait will require practice but that even after my classes are over the basic information in this book will remain a good reference.

Just as described

the book is brand new and beautiful. it was late but that it came. 5 stars!

Very detailed and nice guide to get started!

A fantastic reference guide which has given me the confidence to enjoy learning to draw properly.

Truly the best book for absolute beginners. It gives very good explanations. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. Examples are explained in detail. Author is very supportive throughout the book and gives words of encouragement, which feels nice.