Drawing For Dummies
by Brenda Hoddinott
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Book Reviews of Drawing For Dummies
Book Review: This book is a must!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Drawing for Dummies" is a great book. I use it to teach my drawing classes. It is easy to follow and is very readable. While some of the books in this series (and others like it) are over-simplified, this one is terrific.
It is extremely useful for beginners, but even someone with a lot of experience in drawing could learn from it. I know I did. I would suggest that if you are going to only buy ONE drawing book, then make THIS book your choice.
Book Review: Kind of Lame
Summary: 2 Stars
Too simplistic, even for a complete novice--also, the illustrations are downright weird. There's a whole chapter where the artist has drawn normal faces except everybody has a circle for a nose. Probably there's a point there, but it escapes me. Also, I'd rather have straight instruction than somebody trying to be cute and funny and failing miserably. That said, there are a few good points to the book, but I wouldn't buy it new and pay full price.
Book Review: So far so good
Summary: 5 Stars
I am currently working my way through this book and I am not only having a wonderful time, I am learning to draw. The exercises in this book are really made for you to see results and encourage you to move on the the next one. The author gives you a good dose of encouragement as well. I good book to get your feet or pencils wet!Book Review: Starts off good, but then......
Summary: 2 Stars
Well, I really wanted to learn how to draw well, so I picked this up. The first few chapters really help, but then it became was to hard for a beginning artist. Some of the stuff she wants you to draw is insane, and I just gave up on this book. If you want a good drawing book for beginners, don't look at this one.Book Review: Good basic drawing book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a nice basic drawing book. This book teaches you how to do tonal drawings by crosshatching. She doesn't smudge her drawings to save time and you can tell by the finished piece. This would be good practice for someone interested in printmaking.