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Title: Drawing for Older Children and Teens: A Creative Method That Works for Adult Beginners, Too by Mona Brookes ISBN: 0-87477-661-9 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: November, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great art teaching aid
Comment: This book was easy to follow and interesting. It would be a little too much for a child to understand on their own, but with limited assistance it is an excellent guide for beginners who want to draw. My grandson was thrilled with it!
Rating: 1
Summary: DO NOT BUY
Comment: This book is terrible. If you are looking for a book to teach you how to draw better more realistic and dynamic drawings then definitely do not buy this. Half of the book is on gesture drawing (the annoying five-minute drawings which are usually printed on your homework paper). The other half is full of other people talking about their lives in art. This book is more for people who don't know how they want to draw and is to help you explore very boring sides of art. If you are interested in drawing more active drawings ( possibly comic, realistic, lively, anime/manga, or anything interesting) then look for books by Burne Hogarth. He has done some great books on the human anatomy, hands, head, facial exxpressions, etc. Unless you really want to draw potted plants and scribbling exercises, DONT BUY THIS BOOK.
Rating: 5
Summary: This Book Really Deserves To Be Better Known
Comment: If I had to pick only 5 books from my art instruction shelf to keep and had to sell all the rest this would head the list as Keeper Book 1. Many people are familiar with Betty Edward's Drawing on the Right-Side of the Brain and I agree it is a good book. But Mona Brooke's book is every bit as good and I really feel it is unknown and under-appreciated compared to Ms. Edwards book - especially considering the excellent instruction and lessons each chapter gives. These 2 books are excellent complements to each other. And don't let the title throw you. This book is worthy of every adult wanna-be-artist's bookshelf. There are just as many examples of adult beginner artwork as there are examples from children and teenagers. Like the Betty Edwards book it teaches beginners progressively how to see and draw things and people. But this book puts a much larger focus on creativity - take what you learn and unleash it creatively as well as realistically (or even un-realistically if that's what you prefer as the author says).
Everything is here - proportion, perspective, contrast, shading, scale, etc. and the tons of "projects" help reinforce the lessons. But a big chunk of the book give projects stressing creativity as well. That is what I love about this book so much. Not only do these people go from childlike drawings and progress to increasingly amazing results -they throw in big doses of creative inspiration as well. So, for example, some of the students (after learning and proving to themselves they can finally draw realistic portraits) forsake strict realism for more creative interpretive portraits. In short, the author never loses sight of the fact that drawing, any artistic endeavor in fact, should be fun. All kinds of materials are suggested for the various projects. And the student artwork in this book is very inspiring. Everything from strict realism to whimsical to experimental is shown. Once you learn how to draw realistically you can then break those rules if it suits your creativity better. This book is just plain FUN. FUN! FUN! FUN! Get it along with the Betty Edwards book. They really make a great art-instruction duo.
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Title: Drawing With Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too by Mona Brookes ISBN: 0874778271 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook: Guided Practice in the Five Basic Skills of Drawing by Betty Edwards ISBN: 1585421952 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 10 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards ISBN: 0874774241 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson ISBN: 0891343377 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: August, 1990 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: The Natural Way to Draw : A Working Plan for Art Study by Kimon Nicolaides ISBN: 0395530075 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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