Maker Kits

In The Complete Guide to Drawing for Beginners, experienced art instructor Yoshiko Ogura explains the basics of pencil drawing through a series of lessons that provide insights on artistic composition, simulating highlights and shadows, depicting realistic forms, rendering texture and creating a sense of depth in your artwork.

"This book shows beginning artists the fundamentals of traditional drawing, and how to practice them for good results. It is loaded with information on materials; first exercises; basic techniques; light and shading; drawing a still life; basic composition; perspective; drawing a cityscape; drawing a landscape with depth of field; and more. Includes the author's unique explanations for classic techniques, such as his "envelope" technique of blocking out broad shapes before adding small details for good composition and proportions. Hundreds of illustrations show important basic concepts"-- Provided by publisher.

You're no idiot, of course. You know that a realistic rendering of a person takes more than a circle, two dots, and a smile. It takes talent, technique, and a little magic to breathe life into your subject. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illustrated will show you how to develop your artistic abilities and bring out the personalities of your portrait subjects. Book jacket.