If a drawing "is not alive, it is a failure," declares Len A. Doust. With his practical help and encouraging guidance, even novice sketchers can learn how to capture the vitality and character of their models. Clear instructions and 23 step-by-step illustrations highlight everything students need to know. Featured topics include: Perspective and proportions Heads, faces, and hands Hats, shoe…
This handy manual provides the confidence, insight, and guidance to help any sketcher create realistic animal drawings. With the help of the author's thirty-one clearly detailed drawings, this basic how-to-guide: illustrates major attributes shared by many animals shows how simple shapes can create complex drawings functions as a valuable anatomy reference A source of inspiration for artists…
The amateur artist faces many challenges. To Len A. Doust, perspective is by far the most problematic. With his trademark humor, the author/artist turns his expert eye toward that "dreaded, horrid word." In a clearly written how-to guide on mastering the art of perspective, he carefully: describes the roles of lines, boxes, and circles provides shortcuts for visualizing shapes and forms inco…