Keys to Drawing by Dodson - ISBN: 9780891343370
Paperback
Unlock your inner artist: 55 keys to confident drawing.

Keys to Drawing

$56.75

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    15 August 1990

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Summary

Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw.

In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system—fifty-five “keys” that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you’re a beginner.

These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time. You’ll learn how to:

  • Restore, focus, map, and intensify.
  • Free your hand action, then learn to control it.
  • Convey the illusions of light, dep…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780891343370
ISBN-10:0891343377
Author:Dodson
Publisher:F&W Publications Inc
Imprint:North Light Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Edition:15th
Release Date:15 August 1990
Weight:726g
Dimensions:279mm x 216mm x 13mm
Series:Classic American Furniture
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Critics Review

“This long-popular guide uses simple black-and-white pencil drawing illustrations to help beginners to develop their skills and dexterity through a series of short exercises.” –Library Journal”…a virtual dictionary of drawing and realted subjects, properly mixed and poured-out in a teaching sequence that works for artists of any age or skill level.” –Draw Magazine

About The Author

Dodson

Bert Dobson, a talented draftsman, painter, and illustrator, graduated from Arizona State University and later studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He then taught drawing and illustration for several years at the New York Fashion Institute of Technology. He has illustrated more than 70 children’s books, worked as an animation designer for the PBS series Intimate Strangers, and is the creator of the comic strip “Nuke.”

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