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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

illustrated with 12-page color photo insert and line art throughoutA revised and expanded edition of the classic... more

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    • Posted:Sep-13-2009
    • fantastic book, great condition, super value
    • fantastic,easy to understand, lots of pictures and excercises to follow, has helped improve my drawing skills by 100% earning me a HD in my last school assignment
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    • Posted:Jun-02-2009
    • Just a warning
    • Whether or not this is helpful my biggest problem with the book is the nude/pornographic drawings in it. It would be refreshing to have an art book that is just pure, clean drawings without having...
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    • Boring Book
    • Intro is somewhat interesting, but the rest of the book was hard to get into. I felt like it was a struggle to enjoy it and understand it. However, what I did get out of the book was useful.
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How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books)

How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books)

?A best-seller for 35 years? A timeless classic that has taught generations of artists?and will teach generations... more

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    • Helpful
    • Bought this for a friend and he says that it helped him a lot in getting started drawling again after many years. Starts for the basics and takes you on from there.
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    • Posted:Feb-03-2008
    • Don't be deceived by the title
    • This book is not for novice artists. I'm a Middle School art teacher and was looking for some new ways to TEACH drawing. I have "Drawing on the right side of the brain" and use many of the...
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    • Starts out well enough but loses momentum
    • The beginning of this book and the idea behind it are simple and straightforward: behind every object you see there is some "skeletal" figure made of simple geometric shapes - the cube, the cone,...
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Sketching and Drawing for Children

Sketching and Drawing for Children

Young artists can now learn all the fundamentals of art, including basic shapes, proportion, perspective, shading and... more

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    • Big hit with my 9 year old niece!
    • I gave this to my 9 year old niece, who likes to draw. I had a book very like this one (probably an earlier printing) when I was small. She loves it! She particularly likes the way it helps her...
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Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships

Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual...

A hands-on book design students and designers alike will welcome. Elements of Design is a tribute to an... more

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    • visual exercises - for serious designers
    • This is a technical book that is an attempt to teach what RRK developed over a lifetime obsession with visual compositions. She did one thing, over and over, refining it over a long and productive...
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    • Pretentious
    • The book is old and pretentious. It describes Design as it was some sort of a religion (with Roweena as its prophet), that a Designer needs to stick to some basic rules, in order to generate a...
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Color by Betty Edwards: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors

Color by Betty Edwards: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors

Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards's bestseller The New Drawing on the... more

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    • Very little useful information
    • despite many great reviews, i found this book to be mostly useless. there's very little practical information, and the exercises are more "arts and crafts" than art. the section on copying your...
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    • ...from ArtsyFartsy News, May/June 2008
    • You already have a large library about color. We're painters and quite frankly, we're interested in our tools. Color is only one of our many tools we use to construct a painting. I've already...
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    • Color
    • "Color" by Betty Edwards has been an excellent, easy read, introduction to the subject of color and its use in the visual arts. There is a "light" introduction to color theory accompanied by an...
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The Artist's Way Workbook

The Artist's Way Workbook

For the millions of people who have uncovered their creative selves through the Artist's Way program-a workbook and... more

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    • Awesome!
    • Wow...The Artist's Way is challenging and eye-opening. I would recommend this program to anyone whether you think of yourself as an artist or not!
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    • A but superfluous
    • This is supposed to be an accompaniment to the book, The Artist's Way, but other than serving as a reference or a second copy of the tasks of the book, I have found little use for it. I guess it...
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Dynamic Figure Drawing (Practical Art Books)

Dynamic Figure Drawing (Practical Art Books)

Figure drawing is the most essential--and the most difficult--of all skills for the artist to learn. In this book,... more

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    • Worthy!
    • Tough at first. The author is short on details, but this coupled with your knowledge of the human figure will help.
      If you have the patience you can draw the figure in any imaginable pose,...
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    • A dud in your anatomy arsenal.
    • I bought this book about 16 years ago when I was a dopey kid trying to draw people because some artist recommended it. Lord knows I looked through this book a thousand times and didn't really...
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    • Lack of facial illustration, emotion, expression, etc...Not quite a good "first book" on the human figure.
    • "Dynamic Figure Drawing" by Burne Hogarth

      I've withheld my comments and review of this text for a couple of years, because Hogarth is one of the artists and instructors whose...
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Picture This How Pictures Work

Picture This How Pictures Work

Everyone knows that a picture tells a thousand words. But what about the elements that make up a picture? Using the... more

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    • This is not just for children
    • The subtitle tells it all. More than any other book I have ever seen, the author (best known for her illustrations of children's books) teaches what makes individual pictures give specific...
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    • Unusal method of teaching composition.
    • This book would be ideal for a first-time camera user. It is amazingly simplistic. If you're looking for actual tips and techniques, pass this one by.
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Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel (Monographs)

Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel (Monographs)

The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still... more

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    • a wonderful book
    • This is the first time I bought book on amazon.com. I feel very satisfied with the experience! I like the book very much and the shipping time is acceptable(for it's from USA to China)! Thanks very...
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    • The online description versus customer comments
    • The following is Amazon's description of this book:
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      Publisher: Prestel Publishing (August 1998)
      Language: English
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How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

Designers are quick to tell us about their sources of inspiration, but they are much less willing to reveal such... more

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    • Great Book for Pros & Students
    • I love this book. It's honest, open and thought provoking. I've been in the design business for 7 years and I found this book refreshing. I passed the book on to our department intern and before I...
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    • Misstated premise and hard to read type.
    • I have been a graphic designer for ten years. I am formally trained in this field and have a background in fine art.

      I purchased this book because on the flyleaf it states that the...
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Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters: 100 Great Drawings Analyzed, Figure Drawing Fundamentals Defined

Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters: 100 Great Drawings Analyzed,...

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    • A great study on the mental basics of figure drawing.
    • Robert Beverly Hale's drawing books are some of the first one I go to on my shelf when looking for drawing advice. Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters is terrific book to get a handle on the...
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    • Not written by an artist...
    • Although this is one of the best compilation books of old master drawings
      available on the common market, I would not put too much stock in what
      the author says. The author is correct in...
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ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career

ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art...

Find Out What They Didn't Teach You in Art SchoolThe most comprehensive guide of its kind, Art/Work gives artists of... more

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    • great resource!
    • This book is a great resource for graduating students and working artists alike. It is an excellent primer to navigating how to handle yourself professionally in the art world if you are...
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The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective on the Classical Tradition

The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary...

Many of us want to learn ?how to draw.? But as artist Anthony Ryder explains, it?s much more important to learn what... more

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    • Exceptional
    • One of the very best! Exceptional examples of realistic tone drawing, with explanations for depicting gesture, mood and subtle surface details. Contour, light and shadow, basic and advanced...
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    • Posted:Sep-05-2008
    • Don't recommending buying unless your an amateur on Technique.
    • As some others have said this book is good for artists who have some mild experience. But no doubt techniques such as enveloping, blocking in, and learning how to scan your eyes to see form is...
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    • Not a good introduction to Figure Drawing and NOT the Classical Tradition
    • "The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective on the Classical Tradition" by Anthony Ryder 1999,
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Anatomy for the Artist

Anatomy for the Artist

In Anatomy for the Artist, acclaimed artist and teacher Sarah Simblet unveils the extraordinary construction of the... more

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    • Excellent Reference and Resource Book
    • This is a great book for studying anatomy for any artist. An artist can never practice drawing and painting anatomy enough, no matter how advanced they are in study or career. I love the skeletal...
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    • Decent reference book
    • This is a decent book for anatomy reference. Nice overlays and diagrams. Only complaint is there aren't really any diagrams from the side.
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    • Pretty pictures, not much information
    • I was looking for a book that would give me real understanding of the way that muscles connect to bones and how they work in motion. This book doesn't do that, and some of the drawings of muscles...
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Watercolor Basics: Let's Get Started (Watercolor Basics)

Watercolor Basics: Let's Get Started (Watercolor Basics)

For more than 25 years Jack Reid has been an accomplished artist and illustrator, teaching more than 10,000 students... more

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    • Great Book for Beginner
    • I have just started with watercolor and have minimal artistic background. I had one or two other beginner books that I was using while waiting for this to come in the mail. Although these were...
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    • Good, but video instruction is perhaps better
    • I've purchased quite a few instructional books on both watercolors and oils. While I found this one easy to follow for the absolute beginner, in practice, I found the exercises to be a bit...
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The Complete Oil Painter: The Essential Reference for Beginners to Professionals

The Complete Oil Painter: The Essential Reference for Beginners to...

Oils are perhaps the most versatile of all paint mediums. Yet for many artists oil painting is either shrouded in... more

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    • A book true to its title
    • This is a very good book on oil painting. Its instructions are clear, ample, and to the point, illustrated by beautiful reproductions of good painters. I find myself reading and reading again...
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    • Just wanted to say I found the book informative but not actually for a true beginner, a first timer who wanted to try painting in oils. The book used lots of words and terms of reference that were...
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    • Not impressed
    • I purchased this book because of all the great reviews it received. I was not impressed. Everything was way too simplistic. If you're an intermediate or professional painter, you will not learn...
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The Big Messy Art Book: But Easy to Clean Up

The Big Messy Art Book: But Easy to Clean Up

Combine the joy of creativity, the delight of imagination, and the thrill of an art adventure. The Big Messy Art... more

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    • Mostly Big and Not So Messy
    • The projects are wonderfully oversized and adventurous. I'd like to remove the word messy, because all art is a bit messy, and this one is really ADVENTUROUS more than messy. It's fantastic art...
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DK Art School: An Introduction to Art Techniques (DK Art School)

DK Art School: An Introduction to Art Techniques (DK Art School)

A comprehensive guide for the enthusiastic beginner and the experienced artist alike, An Introduction to Art... more

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    • Awesome for the Wannabe Art Enthusiast
    • I have always wanted to paint & draw but never knew or learned the techniques. This book has everything. What brushes to use what kind of paper, what kind of pencils to use, how to make your own...
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Draw 50 Flowers, Trees and Other Plants: The Step-By-Step

Draw 50 Flowers, Trees and Other Plants: The Step-By-Step

A latest entry in the popular Draw 50 series offers easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for drawing a wide... more

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    • Santa's Choice
    • Christmas present that Santa picked out. About a 1/2 dozen intro to drawing instruction books for my Daughter. You can't get a much better recommendation than that. She liked it.
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    • Not a good book
    • I am a horrible but determined artist. I have enjoyed the "How to Draw 50..." series since I was very young. However, this particular book is not helpful: majority of the drawings are far too...
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The New Munsell Student Color Set

The New Munsell Student Color Set

Albert Munsell s system of color notation has been taught for nearly a century, butthe applications and uses of the... more

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    • Expensive--But a Clear Explanation of Color
    • This is a text book for serious amateurs and professional artists who are interested in color. It comes with 10 colors charts, each on its own page, with color chips illustrating how value and...
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