Drawing for Beginners: How to Draw and Shade for Realism

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How to draw in a nutshell by popular pencil artist Jasmina Susak. This book is about drawing for beginners and it is helpful to those interested in developing basic knowledge and skills. It is concise, clear, no wasted words, very easy to understand, and well-written in a friendly way filled with encouragement and complemented with a lot of illustrations.This book features verbal and visual explanations which makes the learning much easier and successful. The author contends that drawing and shading are skills that anyone can develop through patient practice and a lot of time spent on drawing even with no special talent for it. Why should you choose this book over the hundred others of the same topic? Because the author will teach you to draw realistic, lifelike drawings, to give a life to your drawing, instead of making flat, lifeless drawings. Because the author is a self-taught artist and can tell you about her own experience and what she has gone through, instead of repeating the curriculum that she would have learned in school, if she had attended any art school. Because the author won't tell you “Add some shading” that you can read in plenty of how-to-draw books by other authors, but she will explain you in detail how to do it and how she does it with nothing left to be asked. Because through this book you won't learn to draw a cube or cylinder that no one needs, but the things that you will want to draw for yourself or for the people around you: animals, human faces, every day objects, 3D drawings and more. Because the author will explain you what she has realized through the years spent on drawing, so that you don't have to think about how to do something, but immediately to start doing it, saving you time on study and searching for the answers on the Internet. Because the author will encourage you to keep on drawing and inspire you, so that you will never want to stop doing it. In this book you will find a lot of tips and tricks to kick-start your artwork and help you to achieve stunning results. Enjoy learning! Review: Great guide for adding realism to your sketches! - This is the second book I’ve read from pencil artist, Jasmina Susak; Not only is she a fantastic artist, but she is a brilliant instructor as well! “Drawing for Beginners” is the perfect resource for those just getting into pencil drawing/sketching. Susak lays out everything you are going to need to get started, detailing the tool’s purpose and illustrating its usefulness. This book contains some great tutorials on shading and highlighting for realism. One that I found fascinating was Susak’s method for drawing shiny bangs; I’ve always had issues with making hair look realistic and this just helped me take my hair drawing game up a notch! “Drawing for Beginners” is full of great information for anyone trying to make their drawings look more realistic. Review: If you really want to learn all books helps - Good