Drawing Lifelike Subjects is a tutorial and technique guide for rendering landscapes, flowers, and animals aimed beginning to intermediate artists. Previously published in 2007-2008 in several other volumes, this second edition is due out 2nd March 2021 from Quarry on their Walter Foster imprint. It's 144 pages and will be available in paperback format.
This volume has a similar format to the other familiar (and beloved)
volumes in the series. The introduction covers tools, materials, some
texture techniques, and some general drawing info (very basic). The
following chapters contain the tutorials, arranged thematically: dogs & puppies, flowers & botanicals, landscapes, and lifelike animals. Each of the tutorials contains step by
step line drawing from basic outline to finished drawing. I felt some of
the steps hopped over a lot of intermediate refinement, but all-in-all
they're followable and clearly illustrated.
I could see this booklet, bundled with a drawing set, being a
superlative gift for a young artist up to adult age. The drawings are
detailed enough to look quite professional, but not so extremely
advanced that they would frustrate a keen beginner.
Five stars. I love that there are high quality tutorial books available from
this classic art-publishing imprint.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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