Unclipped pictorial jacket has a minor chip on the upper edge of the rear panel, small closed tear on the bottom edge amd upper edge of the front panel, otherwise looks new in mylar sleeve. The only downside to this book (and most of Loomis's books) is his personal style is extremely specific and a tad outdated and it can make modernizing some of his figure and facial drawings difficult. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. While I mostly just scanned/gleaned through this, I do think this has a lot of decent material concerning some fundamentals of art while encouraging creativity, which is really good for beginners at any age from heads, posing, and perspective.

With delightful step-by-step instruction from Professor Blook, Loomis's charming alter ego on the page. Those are fine to look at, but the physical book is far,far batter for reference and to compare and consider approaches to drawing. Though a little complex to read, this would still be a good “rare book find” gift for a budding artist. star for pointless racism (if you wanna draw the receding hairlines of middle aged white men, oh boy, do you have diversity *there* :/. brown cloth, 120 pp, covers a bit worn with some adhesion marks on front cover, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents (esp end papers) toned else a nice copy in worn, edge torn and edge chipped dust jacket.Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. here puts down in black and white a method which will teach anyone, no matter who awkward he is with his fingers, to draw. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Addeddate 2011-12-08 04:44:34 Coverleaf 0 Identifier andrew-loomis-fun-with-a-pencil Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0vq3zj8j Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8. from the librarian with glasses on the nose to the African-American man with lips the size of Australia.This book was also my first look at the Loomis method of constructing the head, which I will be learning more about as I read his other books. Bukan setakat melukis karikatur sahaja, malah beliau juga melukis potret yang sangat cantik dan realistik.

There are so many lines in these drawings that any beginner would have no idea what they are looking at. My main criticism is that this book is labelled as a book for beginners, however the content gets increasingly more difficult towards the end of the book when Loomis dives into complicated perspective and shadow construction drawings with little explanation to aid in understanding them. very nice and simple visual introduction to anatomy and perspective, upped my doodle game magnitudes. I'm reading here that people don't think this is a good book for beginners, but I started with this book and learned how to draw well from the techniques.Because as a youngster you probably scribbled on Mother's woodwork and wallpaper, in your school books, and on the back fence. I have been working through his exercises in this book and there is so much joy and fun in his work, unlike the tortured self-expression of some modern art instruction books today. Written in the 1930s, there is a wholesomeness to this book that reminds artist that creation is fun. Fun With A Pencil How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw, Vintage copy of this classic work on pencil drawing by the foremost illustrator of his time.

This one is fun, but loaded with practical information on how to upgrade your feeble attempts to draw what want to illustrate your ideas. Released by Titan Books, London, UK it's worth time spent in studying and performing exercises in each chapter. The reverse side has some tape reinforcement along the top and bottom and the folds as well as several careful paper repairs to the spine tips. Andrew Loomis is revered amongst artists including comics superstar Alex Ross for his mastery of drawing.Light blue cloth with slight color fading at edges of boards and spine, slender white streak to lower rear board. I'd say back this up with other books on the fundamentals (including perhaps Loomis' other books on figure drawing), since formulaic lessons can become a crutch, but this book is still rooted in a lot of those basics, so you won't be lead astray. Also his technique is extremely realistic so if you are looking to do something more like animation then this might not be the best instructional book for you to start with.