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Draw Like an Artist: 100 Faces and Figures

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Draw Like an Artist is a great art book with lots of illustrations and help. The book is well executed and instructional.

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Thank you netgalley and publisher for this book to review.
This book gives about 4 pages of writing instructions.... and then you better figure it out as you go....lol! I wish there was more instructions given for beginner artists. This book would be for someone that has a couple years experience drawing.

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It's easier for me to draw the final image as a replica as opposed to follow the instructional graph because the author misses the basic point: dividing the face properly and then drawing eyes, nose, mouth feature (he says divide the face in half and draw, when a face is NOT divided in half; plus his step-by-step does not tell how the eyeballs area is selected and drawn - it just miraculously is there and one has to follow it.) My eighth grade art teacher taught figure drawing in a better way.

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Thanks to NetGalley, I was able to read a digital ARC of Draw Like an Artist: 100 Faces and Figures by Chris Legaspi.

The book begins with two pages on how to best use the book, detailing suggested materials, the basic drawing process, using gesture lines, constructing the image and how to add details and clean up your artwork. This is followed by another couple of pages of tips on how to improve line control.

The rest of the book is split into three main sections, faces, features and figures, respectively. Each page has the same drawing in various stages of detail, beginning with the simplest outline, and progressing through more detailed stages, until finally reaching the finished line-art image. The cover picture shows this progression well, and is indicative of the book’s content.

I’m currently learning to draw better and this is an extremely helpful book. It’s very clear and easy to follow. I enjoyed it so much I’ve purchased a paperback copy already! Definitely a book to buy for developing artists!

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Draw Like An Artist: 100 Faces and Figures is an interesting work in that it contains very little text. The bulk of the book comprises sketches, shown in various stages from first line to completion. This approach may not suit everyone; however, if you are someone keen to dive right in and learn through practice alone, without major discussion of technique, this would be a good book for you as there are plenty of figures and faces in different poses you can attempt to recreate step by step. Note, too, that this is a book about line drawing. Therefore it does not go into shading etc. and is more suited to cartoon-style drawing than ultra realism. In conclusion, this won't suit everyone, but if this type of sketching is what you are looking to accomplish Draw Like An Artist: 100 Faces and Figures will be an excellent resource.

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Other drawing books should use this one and take some notes, honestly this is probably the best how-to draw book I've ever seen! The steps are simple and not too drawn out, an amazing array of body positions and angles. I'm also in love with the wide variety of body types and races shown in this book (something far too many drawing books lack!). Will definitely be recommending this book to anyone who's interested in drawing.

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