Synopses & Reviews
Turn the pages of Drawing Figures -- and discover an exciting art course that teaches you basic and advanced techniques for capturing the human form. Drawing Figures is a practical guide to a wide range of figure-drawing techniques. More than 300 photographs guide the beginner through a series of exercises designed to teach all the essentials. Revealing projects focus on professional drawings, shown in the making so novices can follow the creative process step-by-step. Unique gallery pages display works of masters -- drawings that will instruct and inspire every student of the medium. Packed with specially commissioned artworks, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow exercises, The DK Art School offers idea courses for "armchair" art students. The DK Art School series is a new way to learn, improve, or master drawing and painting skills. Carefully constructed courses ensure that you gain both the confidence and the know-how to create imaginative, beautiful pictures. With individual volumes on subjects like still life, portraiture, or landscape, in specific media such as oil, watercolor, or acrylic, The DK Art school series offers something for everyone, and builds into a unique collection of practical art books.
Review
... deliciously illustrated step-by-step instructional guides. (The New York Times)
About the Author
Internationally noted artist Ray Smith has exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. A lecturer at the Chelsea School of Art and at Exeter Art College, he was recently Artist in Residence at the University of Southampton in the UK. Smith has received many distinguished awards for his work, including an Arts Council Award, a Lindbury Trust artist's award, and the Deutscher Jugendbuch Preis. He has written several titles in The DK Art School series, and is the author of The Artist's Handbook and How to Draw and Paint What You See.