Big School of Drawing

Big School of Drawing allows beginning artists to get started drawing anything and everything, from flowers and still life to animals, people, landscapes, and more! Learn to develop your sketches from basic shapes, adding texture and shading step by step to create realistic, three-dimensional drawings.

Perfect for beginners, this 192-page reference guide explains everything you need to get started, from choosing the right materials to basic drawing techniques and step-by-step lessons. Experiment with different pencils, drawing tools, and erasers as you learn to create depth and realism with shading techniques, perspective, and texture. 

Also available as a companion: Big School of Drawing Workbook, a 112-page interactive workbook allowing artists to practice their step-by-step drawing skills directly inside the book.

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Material Paperback
Dimensions 27.9 x 1.2 x 2.16cm
EAN/ISBN 9780760382004
No. of Pages 192
SKU 12093985

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Product story

With more than 1,000 step-by-step drawings for you to reference, Big School of Drawing covers:

Sketching from basic shapes
Gesture drawing
Adding shading, texture, and highlights
Creating depth and realism
Perspective and foreshortening
How to draw flowers, still life, and landscapes
How to draw animals, horses, dogs, and cats
How to draw people, portraits, and more

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