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| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illus (The Complete Idiot's Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Brenda Hoddinott
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 115672
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 0.9
ISBN: 1592572235
Dewey Decimal Number: 743.42
EAN: 9781592572236
ASIN: 1592572235
Publication Date: August 3, 2004
Release Date: August 3, 2004
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Product Description
The fine points of faces and figures...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illustrated expands upon the success and ease-of-use of the successful The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Illustrated, but focuses entirely on the process and techniques of drawing people. This book covers each step between the first stroke and the last, including composing portraits, creating three-dimensional reality, creating light and shadow, blending techniques, rendering the human figure, and much more.
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idiot's guide to drawing people June 29, 2008
This is one of the most definitive books I've ever seen on drawing people. I'm a professional artist. I graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design. This book is an absolutely glorious mixture of artistic ability and real medical knowledge. I was bowled over by it!
 Could be better April 16, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book because of the rave reviews. It certainly seems decent. However, to me it seems to jump from very elementary steps to finished products without as much help for the in between as it could. I don't know if it's possible to become a decent artist by following books alone without having a ton of patience and perserverence. I think you can learn a lot from this book, but it isn't the bible of self-learners in my opinion.
I'm really glad I picked this up September 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have several books on portrait drawing. Some of them are great and some are not. This one falls into the great catagory. What I really like is the first part of the book gives you guidence and exercises to help you learn the skills you need to draw portraits. Some books will tell you a head is shaped like an egg and the eyes are in the middle. Ok great, you know where they go, but if you don't know how to draw an eye, it doesn't help much. I really like the shading section as well. I've done some nice portraits only to mess them up by not shading them correctly. Drawing portraits can be very rewarding and stressful. This book has really helped me overcome some of the more difficult aspects of this art. I think having some drawing experiance is a plus and will lead to better results faster, but even beginners will really benefit from what this book teaches.
THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO DRAWING PEOPLE ILLUS. August 31, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far, this is a very good book on the drawing of figures. Lots of good information on the measurements of the human body parts, and a lot of instructions on the hands, feet, and every area of the human body. I still have a lot to explore in this book.
Exellent!
Great drawing book January 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Way better than most art books, Covers so many necessary points. The author has a great website too.
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