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Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing

By Selwyn Leamy
Laurence King Publishing
Series: Read This
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Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy is a practical guide designed to inspire and improve your drawing skills. It breaks down complex techniques into accessible and engaging lessons, making it suitable for both beginners and more experienced artists. The book is filled with exercises and tips that encourage creativity while developing essential skills.
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This book may appeal to you if you're aspiring to enhance your drawing skills with practical tips and inspiring guidance. Selwyn Leamy offers clear and straightforward advice, making it ideal for both beginners and those looking to refine their artistic abilities.

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Accessible and jargon-free guide to improving your drawing skills

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This book demystifies the art and practice of drawing. Through fifty drawings by great masters past and present, the techniques and ideas behind their master sketches will put you on the path to making your own great drawings.

The entries also feature exercises with step-by-step instructions as well as simple diagrams providing further visual explanation to the jargon-free discussion.

For aspiring artists of all ages and abilities, Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing will motivate and strengthen your drawing talent.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786270542

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 450g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Selwyn Leamy is an artist based in London. He has experience in teaching a broad range of ages and, as a co-founder of the creative travel company Frui, has taught drawing and painting in various beautiful locations around the world. He has exhibited his landscape paintings extensively in the UK and also in Italy.

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