Essential Guide to Drawing

This binder format drawing guide brings together a range of subjects in one volume. Each section focuses on getting to grips with a particular subject. Includes six sections covering Animals, Landscapes, Life Drawing, Portraits, Perspective and Composition and Still Life, there is something for everyone's taste. Among the world's best selling practical artists, Barrington Barber and Peter Gray bring their years of expertise to cover the specific challenges and rewards of tackling each type of subject matter. This book is clear and concise, perfect for a newcomer to get to grips with the basics of the drawing.

Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and also a practising artist. After training as a graphic designer, he went into advertising, working for top agencies before progressing to freelance design and producing illustrations for a range of books and magazines. He taught art for many years and has written and illustrated numerous books, including The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits and The Fundamentals of Drawing Still Life. He lives with his wife in Wimbledon, London.
Duncan Smith graduated with Honours from the Glasgow School of Art over 20 years ago and works as a freelance illustrator, author and teacher of art. Smith lives near London with his wife, two cats, and a wee dog named Ted.