Creative Drawing

by Barrington Barber

This fully illustrated user-friendly guide by best-selling artist Barrington Barber reveals the skills required to meet the demands of drawing in color. The step-by-step approach teaches the technique of working with a range of media, from colored pencil, crayon, and pastel, to ink and watercolor.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

Barrington Barber originally worked in advertising and television as designer and art director. Then taught at Ealing Art School. Then practiced as a freelance designer, illustrator, painter at Augustine Studios. He was Head of Art at St James’s Independent Schools. Author and illustrator of Fundamentals of Drawing and about 20 other books for Arcturus Publishing. Now paints, draws and writes about art.

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sadly I was not particularly impressed with either the drawn pictures of this book nor the "assignments". This book didn't inspire me at all, rather it did the opposite... And it didn't help that the very last drawing of the book is a two-page spread of a very very sexist picture of a young girl. Disturbing. Sorry.

[Carm · Rating 1 out of 5]

It started off well with instructions on materials and how to hold your pencil or brush. It then moves on to positions of people and perspective as well as how to use different materials. The last pages are shocking with the suggestive picture of young girl. It was unnecessary to provoke and exploit readers sensitive to this last picture and it's interpretation.