Draw Real People! (Discover Drawing Series)

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Summary: My Favorite Drawing Book
Review: I resently purchaced this book and at first thought it was going to be one of those tecnical - slow process books. I'm only 15 and I know it's got to be one of the most easy-to-understand books I've ever read!!!

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Summary: I don't know what the big deal is about.
Review: I'm not going to put anyone down for using a grid because the Old Masters used to use it,but I personally think the grid doesn't work.You still have to know how to draw in the square.If you look at the picture of the little girl with the graph over her you will see her eyes are perfect circles.A graph is not going to help you draw perfect circles,you'll have to use a circle template for that.She made it seem like drawing a line drawing from a photograph was easy.When you draw from a cartoon you just draw the lines you see.In a photograph you can't see the lines because they don't exist in real life.She doesn't show you how to create lines from a photograph.This is something a graph will not show you.As for her blending method,you really don't need to know all those fancy names like cast shadow for instance.When you look at a black and white picture I doubt it if you could determine where all the different names of light are.All you need to know is that if you see a certain shade, color in the same shade in your drawing.How you do that I have no idea.I'm still looking for a book to explain that to me.Her book has astonishing before and after drawings.This makes me wonder if they really used her teaching to draw better...

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Summary: Drawing for Dummies
Review: Lee Hammond must be a remarkable teacher. Her book " Draw Real People " creates joy, confidence and insight into our own natural ability to to be creative. I would love to attend her class but I am a little further than a 'cut lunch' away. Best Regards...... Garth Crabb.

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Summary: Drawing for Dummies
Review: Lee Hammond must be a remarkable teacher. Her book " Draw Real People " creates joy, confidence and insight into our own natural ability to to be creative. I would love to attend her class but I am a little further than a 'cut lunch' away. Best Regards...... Garth Crabb.

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Summary: Great instruction!
Review: My daughter is 14 and has been using this book for a few months. Before that she did okay, but her drawings were all so much alike. Now she is making "Real People" I love it!

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Summary: Excellent Drawing Guide
Review: This book is the BEST drawing book I own. By following Lee's advice, which included her shading tecnique - it's easy, and makes your drawings look really good, and using circle stencils for the eyes so they look natural, I was able with some practice to draw some realistic looking faces and be told I am a good artist (and truly - I needed help!) Lee goes step by step with each part of the face, then teaches you how to draw an entire face with important facts to remember (like there is one eye width between the eyes). She included some drawings done by her students, and a couple of fun exersizes with scrambled bar graphs where you have to draw in each square how you see it in the right spot to see what the mystery picture is. If you are curious about drawing faces or wish you could draw better, get this book!