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- Wonderful little book.
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Perspective Made Easy
Ernest R. Norling
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Book Description
Perspective is easy; yet, surprisingly few artists know the simple rules that make it so. Now they can remedy that situation with this step-by-step book, the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective. Using over 250 simple line drawings, the author leads the reader through every important concept. 256 illustrations.
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Precision drawing basics........2007-01-09
This is a book that teaches precision drawing. It is easy to read in that the text seems like it is written for elementary school age, but at the same time it doesn't "talk down". It's just simple and direct. This would be an excellent book for a kid (age 10 or so) or an adult to learn about the basics of drawing - vanishing points, eye level, horizon line. At the end of each chapter is a "Remember" section which reviews the main points covered in the chapter and a "Problems" section which is a list of exercises to do to practice what was taught in the chapter. Another plus is that this book covers Perspective Downhill, Perspective Uphill, Reflections, and Mechanical Perspective which I have not come across elsewhere.
Although it does a great job in explaining what the basics are and has many very good illustrations, compared to other books it lacks in explaining the exact mechanics of what to do when you draw your own drawing (e.g. how to use your pencil to figure out angles and lengths).
Bottom line is that because of the simple explanations and the unique topics covered this, I want this book in my art book library. However, this is more of a supplemental book. If you're looking for only one book that will teach you to draw, it would be better to get a different book such as Perspective Without Pain by Philip W. Metzger or Drawing Sharp Focus Still Lifes by Robert Zappalorti.
Wonderful little book........2006-11-14
A wonderful understandable little book on the basics of perspective. It is not meant to be overly technical, rather it's goal seems to be to aide artists quickly through the most common perspective issues and then some.
A promise that is fulfilled........2006-11-12
As a representational painter I find that a sound knowledge of perspective is of paramount importance and I cannot blame modernist art enough for the damage it has done to generations of painters by ignoring and teaching to ignore perspective .
Over the years I have collected an impressive number of books about perspective, from 15th century manuals to modern textbooks. All of them are fascinating but rather complex and tend to discourage the reader after a few chapters.
Norling's book, on the contrary, is beautifully simple without being superficial. It teaches the aspiring artist all the tricks with a simple language and without burdening him or her with exceedingly complicated rules and formulas. It is equally useful to the experienced artist that wants to refresh some difficult points.
An honest book that delivers all that it promises, that is how to make perspective easy.
Artist's review.......2006-11-10
I bought this book, because, as an artist, I was having trouble putting the right perspectives on my paintings. Perspectives have always seemed difficult to me, so I was looking forward to finding a text that would be able to educate me on this subject quickly and easily. This book fills the bill. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get up to speed on perspectives.
Excellent!... It's my #2 choice in my Top 5 perspective books..........2006-11-08
Simple & effective! These drawings might look somewhat dated, but there's a consistent *simplicity* to the style & teaching here that really grew on me over time. Simplicity is the *main* reason I like it now. So many books get overly complicated or provide lots of information that may be good but not really necessary. This book keeps very much to the point. And it's surprisingly effective! Created in 1939- not many books can survive the test of time like this. Still, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's the only perspective book you'll ever need, and as much as I like this, I have other favorites too. My current Top 5 perspective books: Perspective Drawing Handbook; Perspective Made Easy; Perspective! for Comic Book Artists; Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Guide, 4th edition; and then Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators. All still available today!
Book Description
From head to toe, the human form, in all its complexities, is visually simplified to such a degree in this remarkable workbook that even complete beginners will soon be able to draw accurate, well-proportioned faces and figures every time they try. Avoiding complex charts of muscles and bones that are more helpful to doctors than to artists, this book's refreshing approach teaches anatomy from a cartoonist/illustrator's point of view. For example, there are many large and small muscles in the neck, all rendered in great detail in most anatomy books, but here, master teacher Christopher Hart shows only the four that are visible and need to be drawn. His clear instruction helps readers to visualize and portray shifting body weight in a pose without the need of a model, and instead of showing a mass of facial muscles and bones, he translates them into the simple planes an artist needs to draw a range of expressive faces.
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Excellent.......2007-04-03
Really nice process for drawing the human body. Although earlier knowledge is necessary.
Overall: Great book, a must have for every artist.
Decent Book, But Too Cartoony and Vague at Times........2006-12-01
I bought this book about 3 months ago, and I've only read through it once and then tired of it. The drawings are almost too comic book-styled which is not what the beginner should look for in a book when first starting to draw people. A beginner needs to learn how to draw realistic people and then they can go on to comic book drawing once they've mastered that.
I found this book lacking in description for some very crucial parts of the human body, which disappointed me greatly. I expected there to be a section dedicated strictly to the torso of the body, but instead he scattered the information on the torso throughout various parts of the book. He didn't even describe how to really draw the pelvis correctly and he never pieced together the entire torso to show you how to draw it as a whole. This type of "unorganized" and "lacking" format was also found in other areas of the book such as drawing the chest and shoulders, which should be subsequent after one another.
Overall I would not recommend this book if you want to draw realistic figures. This book does not teach any of the basics of human anatomy drawing, such as gesture drawing, which is very important in developing good figure-drawing skills. Though this book is an anatomy book, it should atleast include some information on gesture and contour drawing-line drawing. This book "might" be suitable for comic-book artists, but not if you're looking to draw realistically. Plus, the format is rather hard to follow and practice.
If you're a beginner to figure drawing and portraiture, or if you're a little close to the intermediate level, I strongly recommend "Drawing the Head and Figure" by Jack Hamm. I've been drawing from it for just a couple of days and I'm already seeing improvement. Get it, you won't be disappointed.
This book is a beginner's best friend........2006-09-16
While I am sure that this book isn't the equivalent of years or artistic training, I recognize that it's not supposed to be. This book is amazing. Before I bought this book I had never drawn in my life and the first thing I drew using this book, a man's face turned out actually looking like a mans face! I had expected to be frustrated with the stick figure I would inevitably draw, but it was actually a good picture. Now as I get further and further into the book I can see my skills and understanding of the body improving dramatically. If you are looking to draw GET THIS BOOK. If you are an experienced artist of twenty years this book may not be neccessary, but I would take a look at it anyway espeicially if you are a teacher.
Once more, GET THIS BOOK!!!
Perfect for Beginners.......2006-08-09
My first impression of this book was not good. It looked too simple or dumbed down to be really useful. A second look gave me a different impression. This is a well done and well thought out book for beginners. If you are going to a real 4 year art school, I do not recommend this. But if you are looking to understand basic anatomy and the figure in motion, you'll find easy to understand anatomy lessons as well as a lot of tips and tricks for drawing that are often overlooked. These are the shortcuts that are really essential for amateurs and casual sketchers. A great choice for a beginners core library.
Simple and Easy.......2006-08-08
Every summer I want to learn how to draw better, and I check out a truckload of anatomy books from the library. Of the ten books I checked out this week, this was the only one that I could read without falling asleep! Unlike the other books with descriptions on every tiny bone and muscle we'll never see in action in drawings, this book covers things that really matter. The first part of the book about facial features was not very real - everything was too cartoonish, especially the chunky noses. However, this part did have some useful tips, almost enough to make this section worth reading.
There are some sections that could have been explained in more detail, as the book is mostly simple but effective drawings and descriptions or explanations in easy to understand words, but he makes concepts like foreshortening a little easier to grasp (which I love!)
Overall, this is a nice book to have. If you're looking for something with longer descrptions and more detailed examples and diagrams, this might not be the book for you. I do recommend it though!
Book Description
The foundation for drawing manga begins with the artist copying the works of an admired manga artist. The artist learns the traits of the characters' faces and figures while replicating the eyes, the mouth, and other features and recreating the overall images projected. The first chapter of this volume painstakingly explains the artistic development process beginning with copying professional artists' work to the point where the beginning artist is able to produce his or her own original manga. The second chapter covers the basics of a character's face and body, as well as portraying backgrounds. Chapter Three demonstrates how characters from professional manga artists' work are portrayed.
Customer Reviews:
Perfect For Begginer Manga Artist.......2007-03-07
This was my very firt book my daddy bought me and let me tell you, he made a smart decision on buying How To Draw Manga: Ultimate Manga Lessons! This book is great for the basics of Manga.
My personal favorite was the deep detail the author went into when drawing the head. I also liked how the author clearly showed the differences on age of the child, protagonist, younger adult, mother, and an elder.
I would recommend this book to all ages, only one page with minor, let me repeat, MINOR nudity. Overall, this was a pretty great book.
The Good 'n Bad.......2005-11-08
The Good:
Compared to the other How to Draw Manga series, I would say this book was a summary of every book in the series. With multiple artists and varying styles, it offers a beginning artist a definite edge and foundation for drawing manga. Not only does it show a more stylized version of manga, and also shows a more realistic version. This was one of the more useful books for head angles. The heads are a variety of , high, low, and side angles. This is very useful for a beginning artist so that their work doesn't look dull or monotonous.
The Bad:
I somewhat felt a little ripped off when I saw the price for such a small book. Also, it seems as if this book doesn't go deeply into each specific section. It's more of a 'general' help book. For instance, if you want to know more about anatomy, I recommend buying the 'Bodies and Anatomy' book in the How To Draw Manga series. This book is more of a 'overall' book.
In conclusion, I'd recommend buying this book if I was a beginner or intermediate. You can always improve as an artist. Hope you found this helpful.
it's alright.......2005-08-03
okay this is my first review ever so hang in there with me alright? Now I purchesed this book "How to Draw Manga: Ultimate Lessons vol. 1" mainly because I like the other HtDM books and I wanted to see what this had to offer me. When the book came I was expecting it to be as big as the other HtDM books. Boy was I wrong! it was as thick as the others but the hight and with were 'shorter' none the less the content of the book itself prooved to be of some help. The book itself starts off with the begining mini comic or 'manga' if you will then the table of contents, and then the actual material. The first chapter is all about the basics, starting with "practice by starting with copying" then it moves onto how to go and create your own charatures by showing you the basics of drawing (start with a rough general outline of blah blah blah then refine it and add detale blah blah blah). First they start with the head and face the move down to the torso, arms, and legs. In the book they also show examples of expressing emotions, depicting 'cool action poses', a little bit of sceanery, and how to properly hold your drawing tools. IN the book itself it says these are the goals it's trying to teach you:
1) The Basics of Faces
2) Basics of Figures
3) The ABC's of Tools ans Materials
4) Basic Background and Special Effect Techniques
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5) Producing and Original Draft of Manga
In all it's a pretty helpful book; however it'll do you jack if you don't put it to use.. in other words keep on drawing. The book is only there to help you get ideas on how you may want it to look. It's not going to do it for you, or magically you'll be able to draw "manga" the instant after you read it.
Now I gave it 4 stars because for some reason I felt that it was lacking a little something in it.. other then that it's a great refference book for anyone, not just people who want to draw manga/anime, who wants to improve their drawing technique.
Good Book.......2005-07-15
How to draw Manga: Ultimate Manga Lessons Volume 1 is a good book to start with if you are trying to learn the art of drawing manga. This book covers almost all the basics and helped me alot. It tells you how to use different drawing materials and how to start drawing your own manga. It also showes you the differenses between male and female cheracters. Also as to be acspected in any how to draw manga book there is some mild nudity (but nothing that detailled). So alaround I think this is a very good book to start drawing manga with.-_-
Absoulutely amazing!.......2005-07-03
This is the most amazing drawing book I have ever purchased. This book is extremely helpful, especially towards the end. It shows characters in different poses to help you learn how to draw them. It does suggest in the beginning to copy some of your favorite artists' work. I copied pictures out of my manga books and then tried to do something original, and I have improved greatly! GET THIS BOOK!!
Customer Reviews:
Good Paintings, but Little Instruction.......2006-08-01
The book has excellent paintings throughout; however, this is an instruction book and it fails in telling or showing the reader how to develop the painting in pastels. The first few steps are the foundation of any painting and in this area the book is inadequate. Their is some instruction in this area, but not enough.
The author also fails to show alternative ways to achieve the results desired. I like art instruction books that show more than one way to get to certain results but few do this. It is important, especially in books that are introductory in nature, to show more than one way to get to a result. Most art books fail to do this and this book is not an exception.
Pastels Made Easy.......2006-07-01
All a person needs to get started and keep going. The demonstrations and directions when done her recommended way create a sense of accomplishment and curiousity to try the next hurdle.
If your looking for a Pastel book, This is the one........2005-11-08
In my travels between EU, USA and Argentina I have been looking for a book that would provide me with the basic pastel information, and this is the one. I have looked everywere and reviewed other books before I purchased. Anne Heywood has a great way of putting things in a way that help you imagine and understand and this is something that a lot of books lacked. I have read the review on Amazon.com noting that her book needs "step by step on how to", I would agree if this was a book that was meant to be a Basic Pastel learning with step by step, but it is not. I am hoping to find a step by step Pastel book from Anne Heywood, if anyone is aware of one by this artist, please post it, as in my office 5 personal (including myself) have purchased this book and would like to read and learn from her being she has a way of making you understand, not many people have this talent. I was on Amazon looking for Anne Heywood step by step, but as of today, nothing yet.
Extremely Basic.......2005-04-05
The art work in this book is beautiful; she is a talented artist. She gives some good ideas however her book is too basic there are not any real step-by-step projects to put to practice what you learn in the book. I am looking for a book that give basic explantion and projects to work on.
Book Description
Christopher Hart, America's best-selling author of art instruction books, makes drawing animals truly amazingly easy, by simplifying animal anatomy so that artists can get the poses they really want. What does that animal look like as it moves, bends, twist, jumps, runs?
Simplified skeletons and an innovative new approach show how to look at an animal as a strangely built human with an odd posture--allowing the artist to draw animals by indentifying with them. Hart's step-by-step instructions and clear text mean true-to-life results everytime, whether the subjects are dogs, cats, horses, deer, lions, elephants, monkeys, bears, birds, pigs, goats, giraffes, or kangaroos.
This is the follow up title to Christopher Hart's best-selling book "Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy".
Customer Reviews:
Amazingly Excellent.......2007-02-09
This is an excellent instructional book. Comparing the drawing of animals to drawing human characters helped immensely. The focus on drawing dogs and cats was also appreciated by my family and I, but rest assured there are lots of monkeys and giraffes! Topics on motion and angles were great as well. Recommended highly!!
A must.......2007-02-08
A grand book filled with clear & simple step by step instructions, which are easy to understand and follow. The anatomy and the dynamics of each animal is described well in a separate chapter for many animal types. Each animal is portrayed by simplifying its body parts, poses, movements (run, jump, twist etc) and different views: Hart hi-lights each animal's general and specific characteristics (skeletal, muscular and joint placement) which brings life, individuality & personality to the illustrated creature.
many tips and techniques about creating not only a drawing but a feeling as well, makes this a great book for beginners as well as experienced illustrator.
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This essential book explores the importance of understanding the range of values of a subject, from light to dark and all the variations in between, and demonstrates the drawing techniques that can be used to render realistic forms. The step-by-step projects help artists develop their skills through shading, contrasting elements, studying composition, drawing white objects, using lighting effects, and more.
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With step-by-step projects and examples that guide the reader as well as illustrate what not to do, this book demonstrates how to create pleasing compositions--one of the most important aspects of drawing. Readers will also pick up plenty of information on applying the rules of perspective, which will help them create realistic drawings as well as balanced compositions.
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For anyone who's ever wanted to paint watercolor but lacked the expertise and practical know-how, Watercolor Painting Made Easy provides them with the basic instruction they need to paint with ease.
Featuring progressive exercises consistent with training from professional painters, this practical guide begins with basic exercises--accompanied with traceable patterns--that focus on mixing color and brush stroke applications. Ensuing exercises present the fundamentals of basic composition and drawing, and the varieties of color use and their applications.
Using practical, easy-to-follow exercises and proven techniques, Watercolor Painting Made Easy will help readers build their artistic confidence while providing a foundation for their later work.
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