Very Good Edition Not Specified Twelfth Printing 4to = over 12" No DJ 120pp Tan cloth over hard covers with red lettering and illustration, very tall book. Though a little complex to read, this would still be a good “rare book find” gift for a budding artist. The only downside to this book (and most of Loomis's books) is his personal style is extremely specific and a tad outdated and it can make modernizing some of his figure and facial drawings difficult.

Those are fine to look at, but the physical book is far,far batter for reference and to compare and consider approaches to drawing.

Saya perhati Andrew Loomis gemar memakai pensel yang mungkin 6B hingga ke 8B berdasarkan kehitaman lakarannya. Written in the 1930s, there is a wholesomeness to this book that reminds artist that creation is fun. My main criticism is that this book is labelled as a book for beginners, however the content gets increasingly more difficult towards the end of the book when Loomis dives into complicated perspective and shadow construction drawings with little explanation to aid in understanding them. Addeddate 2011-12-08 04:44:34 Coverleaf 0 Identifier andrew-loomis-fun-with-a-pencil Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0vq3zj8j Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8. All the principles are very HARD things to do, and mastering these concepts will require much* further practice after copying everything from the book.

The section on how to draw cast shadows according to specific angles was difficult for me to understand. With delightful step-by-step instruction from Professor Blook, Loomis's charming alter ego on the page.Results of figure drawings require at least some knowledge of anatomy, not possible with information presented in book alone. Classic instruction in the art of pencil drawing by renowned American illustrator Andrew Loomis and a book also famous for its memorable dust jacket which is highly regarded among the exemplary tradition of American pre-war dj art. Anybody could pick up this book and get a great grasp for how to start drawing and where to progress from there.

Bukan setakat melukis karikatur sahaja, malah beliau juga melukis potret yang sangat cantik dan realistik. brown cloth, 120 pp, covers a bit worn with some adhesion marks on front cover, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents (esp end papers) toned else a nice copy in worn, edge torn and edge chipped dust jacket. If there was a reprint of this with annotations and a disclaimer of some sort, then it probably wouldn't have such a low rating from me. All in all, a great tool for the artist that wants to move from the low intermediate to high intermediate. While I wouldn't mind looking at his other books for technical drawings, even I wouldn't recommend this book to a beginner, for the above reason alone.Fun With A Pencil How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw, Vintage copy of this classic work on pencil drawing by the foremost illustrator of his time. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. it's also just fun to look through, the drawings and sketches have so much 20th-century character to them it's fun to see the creative process behind such charicatures.