Draw Like an Artist: 100 Faces and Figures: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing *A Sketching Guide for Aspiring Artists and Designers* (Volume 1)

First time using a drawing book in all the years I've been drawing, great to learn new tactics and teachers, really enjoying this

Read carefully the basic drawing process section. This isn't like the draw 50 series where each picture shows what lines to draw since the last picture. Instead each picture shows the completed step in his six step work process. In other words the first image is the product of his first step -- defining the main gesture, so to recreate the first image you wouldn't say okay i need to draw this line and that but you would need to look at the final drawing and ask yourself what is the main gesture then check yourself against what the author shows is the main gesture in the first image (and then draw it). I like how the author pulls together the figure drawing process into an organized flow (six steps) but if you haven't learned the individual component s (proportions of the face, gesture, manikin/skeleton figure construction, etc ) then this book isn't for you as he doesn't explain them but expects you'll apply them in the appropriate step. So not a beginner's book.As for things I don't like about the book, I have an issue with the order of the images: 1) the head views section should not be before the features since you need the features to complete the head views 2) and within each section there needs to be some order from simple to increasing complexity. (the first step by step page is of a 3/4 head viewed from above --arguably the most complex head view in the book . Not a good place to start if you're really trying to teach and not just impress with your drawing skills.) The book has a lot I think I can learn from it but it desperately needs better organization and additional clarifying instruction at the head of the features, faces, and figures sections specific to the section (ex. he says "even faces have gesture " it would have been helpful for him to expand on what he considers the gesture of the face. And step 3 for the figure, what construction falls into that step , he says step 4 are the limbs and body so what construction is he expecting to be accomplished in construction step 3 ? )

I recently purchased this book as I am very interested in drawing people. I am very familiar with the "Draw 50..." series by Lee J. Ames as I have grown up with those books. This is similar, but not quite as easy to follow. The pictures are a little more complicated but still good. This is geared more towards high school students and adults and may be a little hard for younger children to follow unless they are artistically advanced.

Save your money. You can get better images from a social media app. I tried to return it, the company didn’t even want it back.

The book is really nice and has so many examples of a diverse range of faces and body types. While it does have some tutorials in it, it is mostly a reference book not a how-to book.

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Faces and Figures is a step by step tutorial guide to human anatomical line drawing. Released 16th April 2019 by Quarto on their Quarry imprint, it's 112 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats.This guide provides a short introduction followed by 100 specific line drawing tutorials (see cover) arranged around different facial or body positions. The tutorial pages are similar to the drawings on the cover and have 3-6 steps each.The ebook format includes an interactive table of contents. There is no index, however, the ToC is quite detailed and specific. This is a very bare bones streamlined collection. There is no detailed drawing tuition here, just the line drawings with refinements.Three and a half stars. This is for artists who know how to draw and need some help with perspective and positioning.Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.