Drawing for Beginners: How to Draw and Shade for Realism Paperback – August 27, 2018

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Teaches valuable instruction for beginning pencil artist she is a really good artist teaches you how to shade for beginners

Got for son for birthday. He has yet to use it but was happy to get it

This is the second book I’ve read from pencil artist, Jasmina Susak; Not only is she a fantastic artist, but she is a brilliant instructor as well! “Drawing for Beginners” is the perfect resource for those just getting into pencil drawing/sketching. Susak lays out everything you are going to need to get started, detailing the tool’s purpose and illustrating its usefulness. This book contains some great tutorials on shading and highlighting for realism. One that I found fascinating was Susak’s method for drawing shiny bangs; I’ve always had issues with making hair look realistic and this just helped me take my hair drawing game up a notch! “Drawing for Beginners” is full of great information for anyone trying to make their drawings look more realistic.

Really enjoying this purchase. I wanted to make my drawings more realistic and this really really helped. Highly recommend!

Thought it would be worth it if I learned a few things. I did. Unexpectedly, she went with a different method of shading than I was looking for (i.e. crosshatch). I did end up buying powdered graphite. Some methods were weird (make a copy, place it on top and nudge it a bit so to add reflected light), and I ignored that lesson. There was a good section on Caucasian hair (bangs), but I need technique for old people's grey hair which I did not get with this book. Overall, good diagrams on building up to final drawing.

Used to help in my drawing.

Bought it for my brother who is now obsessed with this artist. He says it is the greatest how to draw books ever. His drawings have vastly improved using these books