Drawing: How to Draw, Stroke by Stroke

by David Williams

Overview

How to Draw, Stroke by Stroke!

How to draw books often leave beginning artists feeling frustrated. Does the following scenario sound familiar: You're impressed by the beautiful finished images of a drawing book for beginners, but when you go through the steps of drawing the first project you realize there are lots of missing strokes to get you from one step to the next. Alas!

Not with this book!

In this true beginner's guide to drawing, not only do you get a variety of 50 projects to learn, you get them in five different levels that start super easy and then gradually advance as you progress through the book. You also get super clear instruction with color strokes to show you exactly what's different from one step to the next.

Here's just a sampling of the projects you'll be mastering in no time:

Level 1
- Window
- Celtic Knot
- Basic Face
- Table
- Castle
- Apple
- Vase

Level 2
- Goldfish
- Leaf
- Eye
- Nose
- Dog 
- Water Droplet
- Shell

Level 3
- Marble
- Night Sky
- Fork
- Standing Figure
- Car
- Butterflies and Flower
- Naturalistic Face
- Candle and Flame

Level 4
- Skin and Hair
- Sailboat
- Dog (3/4 view)
- Runner
- Glass and Fruit
- Creature

Level 5
- Hand
- Reclining Figure
- Feather
- Foreshortened Face
- Brick Wall
- Waterfall

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615644148
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Series:	Idiot's Guides
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

David Williams knew he wanted to be an artist at the young age of 11, when he first exhibited his drawings and paintings at an outdoor art fair. Four years later he held his first gallery show. A graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, Williams instructs drawing at Ivy Tech Community College. In addition, he leads watercolor and oil painting classes at his studio. He is the author of Idiot's Guides: Drawing and Idiot's Guides: Zen Doodling.

Table of Contents

The Basics 2

Setting up your drawing area 4

Tools you will need 6

Techniques 10

Construction 16

The Projects 18

Level 1

Window 20

Watch 24

Celtic knot 28

Basic face 32

Table 36

Hay bale 40

Castle tower 44

Apple 48

Vase 52

Ribbon 56

Level 2

Linear pattern 60

Goldfish 64

Leaf 68

Eye 72

Nose 76

Dog (profile) 80

Water droplet 84

Letter B 88

Deck of cards 92

Shell 98

Level 3

Marble 102

Night sky 108

Fork 114

Standing figure 118

Car 124

Letter K 130

Butterflies and flower 134

Naturalistic face 140

Candle and flame 146

Abstraction 152

Level 4

Old door 156

Skin and hair 162

Eggs on a cloth 168

Sailboat 174

Sunlit object 180

Dog (3/4 view) 186

Runner 192

Letter S 198

Glass and fruit 204

Creature 210

Level 5

Hand 216

Reclining figure 222

Two-point perspective scene 228

Complex abstraction 234

Vanitas still life 240

Feather 246

Foreshortened face 252

Brick wall 258

Wood 264

Waterfall 270

Appendixes

Glossary 276

Resources 280