 | | | | The Artist's Guide to Sketching |  | Authors: James Gurney, Thomas Kinkade
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.65
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 330888
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0823003329
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.2
EAN: 9780823003327
ASIN: 0823003329
Publication Date: May 1988
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Incredible Sketch Guide November 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great book. It is an excellant guide to sketching and what to look for in a subject. It is also an absolutely must have for any fans of James Gurney or Thomas Kinkade. Both went on to have fabulous careers. This book gives insight to their thought processes and their lives when just beginning as professional artists.
Attitude change on Sketching September 28, 2007
Absolutely one of the best books on sketching I have in my library. It contains not only the "how to" of things but a spirit an attitude that when embraced makes sketching a life long joyful expression. This book (if you can get it) is a must have!!!!
Superb sketching for real artists March 25, 2003
7 out of 15 found this review helpful
Yes, this book has great (and I mean really great) sketches, apparently done on a marathon road trip in the '70s or '80s. Dynamic, free-flowing, expressive, two talented young dudes having a blast and amazing themselves with their own virtuosity. BUT- is this the same Thomas Kinkade who later trademarked the name "Painter of Light" and churns out the [...] treacly-est fantasy landscapes featuring "charming" cottages decorated with sprinles of sugary highlights, with quasi-religious titles designed to appeal to the Born-Again crowd in shopping malls everywhere? .... They ought to re-issue the book, though, it's really something to gaze at.
Outstanding presentation of the subject April 6, 1999
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
University art programs should require their students studying drawing and sketching to buy this book. The Artist's Guide to Sketching is essential to the artist's library and is a must for people just starting. After checking out this book from library at the university I attend, I knew that I had to own a copy for myself. The sketches are beautifully executed and each has a lesson along with it. This book will inspire you in one way or another. Thanks and praises to the authors.
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