Artist Toolbox: Drawing Tools & Materials

This is a must have for a beginner to experienced artist there is a ton of great information that can be useful if you want to experiment in a new media you can quickly find information on almost all tools and materials.

Artist Toolbox: Drawing Tools & Materials is a new book in a series of manuals covering methods and supplies for the visual artist. Released 5th March 2019 by Quarto on the Walter Foster imprint, it's 112 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats.

This is, as the cover states, a practical guide to the essential tools of drawing. The book is laid out in a logical format, with an introduction, a good overview of surfaces and paper finishes (along with sidebars showing how different media work with different surfaces), and then moving along to the different types of drawing materials and tools. The book does not 'shill' for one particular company or product, there are a wide variety of brands of pencils, pastels, crayons, etc shown. The real value of the book for me comes in the following chapters covering drawing techniques and concepts along with 6 tutorial lessons exploring the different techniques. Most of the exercises have the same subject explored using different drawing materials to better illustrate the differences and capabilities of the tools (graphite, crayon, pastel, pen and ink, etc).

This is a no-frills, well written, concise manual for tools and supplies for drawing. It would make a good support book for a beginning drawing course or for self study.

Four stars.

Artist Toolbox: Drawing Tools & Materials
by Elizabeth T. Gilbert

If your interested in learning techniques for drawing this book will be perfect for you. It starts with teaching you about paper, the different weight, brightness and textures. There is also a list of accessories that can be helpful with learning to draw. Starting with the basics you’ll learn about the different mediums from a basic pencil to artist chalks. From there techniques of each medium is shown with photos and drawings. As you advance through the book there are lessons for shading and contouring. Exercises are provided to test your budding talent. Have fun and find out if you have a hidden talent of drawing.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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This book is less about creating great art than it is about the tools you will need to create great art, and more importantly than the tools, how to use tools to get you the image you're seeking. And it also talks about creating great art - so what's not to like?!

As the title suggests, it covers a range drawing media, from colored and graphite pencils to crayons and crayon-like painting sticks in assorted forms, along with charcoal, vine charcoal, white charcoal, and conte materials, but it doesn't just talk about what's available, it gets into it about how to employ those materials to get the kind of results that will elevate your work to the next level, and it includes advice on how to store those materials to best preserve and protect them to prolong their life.

Since the surface upon which you create your art is also an important tool this area isn't spared attention, so we have a discussion of different materials available, and how your painting materials work on each surface, with some photographic examples of results achieved using different tools on different surfaces.

It goes beyond this as well, with step-by-step instructions on working through several projects for even a beginner to learn to draw effectively, so in short, everything you will need to get a firm grounding in your materials and your technique. I commend this as a comprehensive and useful tool to add to your artistic arsenal.

I received an ARC book from Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster via Netgalley for my honest review.

I recently decide to start learning about drowing, colors and art. This book is a excelent choice, because is easy to understand, it has excecise step by step, tips and recomendations. I like that it gives you information about all type of materials you can use when you are drawing, it has a variaty so you can choose wich technique you like. If you want to learn about drawing and don't know where to start, this book is a great choice.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgallery for proving me with a digital ARC for my honest review. Opinions are my own.

This is a comprehensive guide to drawing materials. Includes but is not limited to graphite pencil, pastels, pen and ink, etc... The author provides you with different techniques to use with each medium which is helpful with a beginner. She also provides you with a few beginner tutorials to practice these techniques. I also appreciate an organized table of contents, which also provides hyperlinks to skip to certain sections. Unfortunately some ebook apps make it impossible to utilize the table of contents. I would recommend purchasing this book in it's physical form.

Another interesting book of an introduction for artists to different materials. It is not a long book and a nice introduction. There are a few images I recognized from the support and surfaces book - but I got over it and they can do that. You are also getting comparisons and tips as well. Overall a nice book to have a look at.

A good overview of different types of materials and media for the beginning artist. Includes pages for each type of tool (such as colored pencil or graphite), and tips for selecting the best type for your project.

This is a well designed book with helpful information. This really is a practical guide with all the details needed. It is very well organized with step-by-step pictures and illustrations. There are helpful techniques or tips involving a variety of the tools and materials inside as well., which are helpful

For beginners it's fairly easy to understand, and it has almost everything I expected it to include: tips, exercises, recommendations, detailed introductions to all sort of materials. Definitely one of the most useful art tool reference books!

Artist Toolbox: Drawing Tools & Materials is the ultimate reference for anyone who puts pens, pencils, pastels or other media to paper. It includes types of paper with detailed descriptions and examples, types of drawing media also with detailed examples and descriptions, as well as shading, blending, erasing tools and techniques. There are great project examples and ideas. Very complete, very well thought out. Highly recommend!