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If you're not getting the kind of true-to-life results you want in your drawings (or if you can't even draw a straight line), Carrie and Rick Parks can help. As award-winning teachers, they have a proven game plan for helping artists of all levels overcome common problems and see immediate improvement in their work. As professional composite artists, they know the tricks and tools for achieving incredibly lifelike results. In this friendly, foolproof guide to drawing, they share it all:
- Easy-to-master techniques for achieving a convincing sense of depth
- How to draw challenging textures like metal and fur
- Putting personality into your portraits
- 40+ step-by-step demonstrations featuring a variety of people, animals and nature
About the Author
Carrie has been a professional artist since 1976 and a forensic artist since 1981. In 1986, she attended an FBI class and became a composite artist, later developing a portrait-drawing course for all ages. She is the author of Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces (2003, North Light Books), Secrets to Realistic Drawing (2006, North Light Books) and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children (February 2008, North Light Books).
Rick, who co-authored Secrets to Realistic Drawing and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children, spent thirteen years in forensic art for the FBI in Washington DC. He and Carrie formed Stuart Parks Forensic Associates in 1988. They work on criminal and civil cases, and teach law enforcement professionals across the nation.
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The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets by Carrie Stuart Park,
This review is from: The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets: Easy Techniques for drawing people, animals, flowers and nature (Paperback)
This book is the best on drawing that I have purchased. It is written in easy to understand instructions, and has many tips not found in other books. You will definitely improve by using Carrie's methods, and will be glad you invested in this great resource!
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4.5 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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Fantastic resource!,
By Ryan Simmons - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets: Easy Techniques for drawing people, animals, flowers and nature (Paperback)
I have purchased several other books about drawing recently, however this book is by far the best one I have come across. After reading it I am amazed at how many tips and techniques it contains that none of the other books felt like mentioning. Some of the many great areas of instruction this book covers are:-Combining from several photo references -Proper smudging and blending techniques (Even after reading three other books on drawing this is the FIRST one that actually teaches exactly how to do this properly) -Erasing techniques to enhance your drawings -Using custom and self-made templates -The art of measuring -Enlarging photos -Measuring curved surfaces -Using a proportional divider -Optical indexing -Compare by tracing And a lot more! All this and more is just found in the first half of the book. Most of the rest of the book covers specific details with drawing faces and portraits. The problem I have noticed when deciding which book to purchase here is that almost all of them have stellar reviews. This book is far better than any of the other "five starred" drawing books I have found on Amazon. It is perfect for someone that already knows the basics of drawing and can draw fairly decently but who doesn't know very much about how great pencil artists manage to create such awesome drawings. My other five star rated drawing books are now collecting dust, but this book is rapidly collecting tattered corners from me using it so much. If you are a complete beginner to drawing buy a book like "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", if you are already a great pencil artist and want to polish your skills even greater buy a book like "Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil", if you are anywhere in between these two extremes with drawing BUY THIS BOOK. 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Good, but Biggest isn't always the best,
By K. Kristensen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets: Easy Techniques for drawing people, animals, flowers and nature (Paperback)
This book is good and the author is great at teaching drawing using book lessons, better than some of the classes I've taken. But this book is more of an overview of the different types of subjects, not too detailed in any one area. If you want really good thorough lessons, try their specific subjects -- I suggest "Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces."If you're looking for diversified, non-detailed info on most drawing subjeccts, this is good book for that. It covers just about everything, generally. 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Carrie could teach a rock to draw!,
By Nadeoui A. Eden - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Big Book of Realistic Drawing Secrets: Easy Techniques for drawing people, animals, flowers and nature (Paperback)
This book is wonderful. I grew up drawing stick figures. With Carrie and Rick's techniques, I have been able to draw faces of my family that actually look like the people. This book is chock full of techniques and helps. When I say that Carrie could teach a rock to draw, I mean that she and Rick do not teach anyone how to draw, they teach people how to SEE...and when you actually see what you are looking at, then you can draw it.The book also teaches techniques for overcoming the patterns we all have in our heads...the round happy face, the stick arms, all the things that we get stuck on. You will not go wrong with any of her books...I recommend them all. Look at their website, [...] to see all about their books and their classes...wonderful!! |
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