Anybody could pick up this book and get a great grasp for how to start drawing and where to progress from there. It's old, and I can think of some professors and professionals who might tsk at some of these formulas, but it still has some really good nuggets of knowledge. Bukan setakat melukis karikatur sahaja, malah beliau juga melukis potret yang sangat cantik dan realistik. If there was a reprint of this with annotations and a disclaimer of some sort, then it probably wouldn't have such a low rating from me. I have been working through his exercises in this book and there is so much joy and fun in his work, unlike the tortured self-expression of some modern art instruction books today.

May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Here Loomis gets away from his casual way of communicating to the reader and into more technical jargon. This book covers how to draw with volumes , keeping proportion, technical perspective and shadow and light. This book was also my first look at the Loomis method of constructing the head, which I will be learning more about as I read his other books.Those are fine to look at, but the physical book is far,far batter for reference and to compare and consider approaches to drawing. Fun With A Pencil How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw, Vintage copy of this classic work on pencil drawing by the foremost illustrator of his time. here puts down in black and white a method which will teach anyone, no matter who awkward he is with his fingers, to draw. Rereleased in 2013 (along with another of Loomis' books, 2012 rerelease, Successful Drawing, 1951) this 1939 classic drawing / design book is a skill-building, principal-conveying fun resource for artists and creative types from all areas who seek to learn and master artistic fundamentals.

Make no mistake, the drawing principles exposed here are extremely hard, and 70% of the illustrators of today do not draw this good. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.Tidak pasti sama ada ia editing atau tidak, tetapi jika benar beliau memakai 6B hingga ke 8B, saya memang kagum.

Though a little complex to read, this would still be a good “rare book find” gift for a budding artist. With delightful step-by-step instruction from Professor Blook, Loomis's charming alter ego on the page. All in all, a great tool for the artist that wants to move from the low intermediate to high intermediate. Aside from that, the content in this book is still 5 stars and the book's main focus is on having fun, which should be the reason you started drawing to begin with. I'm reading here that people don't think this is a good book for beginners, but I started with this book and learned how to draw well from the techniques.Andrew Loomis's lessons are classic and simple to follow and provide enough structure to even encourage those people who don't think they can draw at all. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. I personally was way too advanced for this particular book and found it to be a little too silly and immature for the kind of art I create so I had to give it a lower rating.

Results of figure drawings require at least some knowledge of anatomy, not possible with information presented in book alone. Unclipped pictorial jacket has a minor chip on the upper edge of the rear panel, small closed tear on the bottom edge amd upper edge of the front panel, otherwise looks new in mylar sleeve. While I mostly just scanned/gleaned through this, I do think this has a lot of decent material concerning some fundamentals of art while encouraging creativity, which is really good for beginners at any age from heads, posing, and perspective.There are so many lines in these drawings that any beginner would have no idea what they are looking at. I loved the section on facial expressions and how he encourages drawing from the imagination through the use of the basic construction framework. very nice and simple visual introduction to anatomy and perspective, upped my doodle game magnitudes.