ebooks Theatre Studies: The Basics by Robert Leach in Arts-Photography

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Artist/Book amazinvg; not for novice/beginner unless gifted. What he does takes real talent; uses graphite but can apply to any.By Aspiring Artist and DesignerThis is an excellent book; but not for the beginner. Intermediate is ok on up and it is all graphite work. I have found that I am a mixed media artist; and primarily do pencil work; including watercolour pencils and watercolour. This book is definitely graphite but I tend to like to go really dark on some subject matter so prefer to lay down either charcoal first to get the blackest blacks. It is the only way; and you must apply it BEFORE graphite; because graphite is shiny and smooth and thing do not stick to it. You build up values by going from lightest; usually an "h" pencil; to the darkest graphite which is usually "9B". In some of my work that is not dark enough for the effect; dramatic usually; I am looking for. Also; love using pastels first to help with the greys as they are soft and can be layered on.If you hate charcoal you HAVE TO GET "CARBON" pencils; they are in between. Just bought "Generals" set and I absolutely loooove "Wolff Carbon Set". They get as dark as any darkest of the charcoal and without the mess. It is like in between a graphite and pastel pencil; with a matt finish. If you like the shine of the graphite; just layer it on top!Wolffs Carbon Pencil Setbut unless you have the basics down; including forms and perception; composition and perspective wait until you get some more work under you belt. Definitely got some pointers but in the end we all create our own way of doing things.If you want a good book on animal form and perspective get this one; it is really good and works for any artist at any levelComplete Guide to Drawing Animals1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Three and a half starsBy J. FELLAIm a fairly experienced artist; but am always looking for new books and ways of doing things. I have a couple of other books on the subject "Drawing Masterclass: Animals" by Lucy Swinburne; and "Drawing Animals In Nature" by Lee Hammond. So I hope to provide some good; objective comparisons here.Several things struck me as not ideal while reading this book. For one thing; even though he strives for detailed drawings; he recommends watercolor paper; which is extremely textured. This seems counterintuitive to me. Most other authors tend to use smoother paper for portraits; and that makes more sense to me. Secondly; he uses a lot of cross-hatching for the underlayers of fur. Again; many authors dont recommend doing that; but rather always doing your work in the direction of the fur. If you do underlayers with cross-hatching; then put the more detailed fur on top of it; it probably wont look as good. And third; many of the pictures are a little small; and I found myself wishing I could see them more close-up. Lastly; he never even mentions using your eraser to "draw" in highlights or lighter strands of fur. This is an important part of drawing.However; you cant argue with his results. He definitely has his technique down; but I cant help but wonder how much more crisp and detailed his drawings would be on smoother paper. If you are a drawing-book junkie like me; then certainly get this book; but if youre looking for a good first book on the subject; Id recommend one of the other two I mentioned.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Enjoyed; this book helped in my quest to draw ...By CustomerEnjoyed; this book helped in my quest to draw realistic animals