Drawing Made Easy: How to Draw from Observation and Imagination

by Robbie Lee

Do you want to get better at drawing? Maybe a lot better? If you're an adult who's dusting off the old pencil case or a precocious young person just starting off, then this book is made for you. In the same easy to understand and fun to experience style as Perspective Made Easy , Robbie Lee shows readers, step by step, the basic drawing skills they need to build a successful base on which to build any style of drawing expertise. Topics The simple language and graphic novel approach makes it all fun and easy, and includes over 20 step-by-steps for everyday stuff like eyes, hair, furniture, wood grain, cities, rockets, disco balls, castles, sushi dinners and more.

Genres: Art

128 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2018

Reviews

[Montzalee Wittmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Drawing Made Easy: How to Draw from Observation and Imagination by Robbie Lee is a book I requested and the review is voluntary. I found this book had just about everything a beginner would need. How to graph, perspective, types of pencils and the grading of them, how to draw parts of the face, where to put them on the face, and so much more. There is a lot of information crammed into that little book! It is shown in a way that is easy to understand and fun! Drawings everywhere to illustrate the writing. Great book for getting the info out!

[SundayAtDusk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Writing and photography have always been the two main ways I express my creativity, but every now and then I get the urge to look at books on how to draw or paint. This book is a wonderfully useful one for the beginner drawer. It covers materials needed, and gives very easy to understand, but still comprehensive, lessons on how to draw objects, people, animals, trees, etc. I found the how to draw an eye lessons extremely interesting, and also took special note of tree drawing. I wish I could say Robbie Lee's book has motivated me to start drawing right away, but it actually made me think I need to remember to charge my camera battery. Maybe one day, I'll try to draw. If so, I'll get the paperback copy of this book for sure, because I can't imagine a beginner's drawing book being any more helpful than this one.

(Note: I received a free e-copy of this book from NetGalley and the author or publisher.)

[Literary Redhead · Rating 5 out of 5]

Drawing Made Easy is a really cool guide by seasoned illustrator/instructor Robbie Lee. It features more than 20 simple step-by-step demonstrations and 30 lessons to teach the drawing process, including perspective, drawing people, and drawing scenes. With a fun approach using a graphical robot as guide, this info-rich book helps readers hone skills critical to any drawing success. 5/5

Thanks to F + W Media and NetGalley for the ARC. Opinions are mine.

#DrawingMadeEasy #NetGalley

[Arvenig · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is all about how to get better at drawing and it starts with simple things like materials and lines and goes through shapes, shadings, drawing from pictures and life, proportions, perspective and ends with scenery.

I love the style of the book, it’s very organized, colorful, with an amazing design and a robot-narrator that explains everything creatively and easily, but still using technical terms (which are important).

I really like drawing and I already read some books to get better at it such the very similar book “21 draw illustrator’s guidebook” (though Drawing Made Easy is for more traditional artist (with pencil and eraser)), but this one is the best one I’ve read yet! Especially for the drawing humans and drawing from pictures and life parts.

At the beginning I admit I skimmed some pages since basic stuff doesn’t ever really change, but I found some interesting and useful tips in there as well!

One thing I’ve never really been good at is life drawing (probably because I’ve never really tried, but whatever) so I tried drawing a chair using Robbie Lee’s tips and this is the result! (I don’t think it’s perfect, but I think it’s good considering it’s my first time really drawing from life!) -> http://www.arvenig.it/blog/wp-content...

Final Thoughts:
I think this is a perfect book for beginners, but also artists who never really studied the theory.


[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book reminds me of a basic drawing college class that I took (and enjoyed tremendously) years ago. The attitude the author takes makes a huge difference in the way a non-artist can approach and finish projects.

The projects in this book are fairly basic though the subjects are covered in plenty of detail.

I especially enjoyed the portions of the book which deal with shading and texture as that is an area where I lack any form of finesse.

Also, the idea of drawing in grids was right up my alley. I am a cross stitcher (and have even been a cross stitch designer), so breaking images down into little squares was second nature to me. I had a lot of fun with this portion of the book.

Finally, the lessons in perspective were something I really needed and appreciated. I lack depth perception, so the world is pretty much a flat viewing surface for me. Trying to draw that is a little difficult for me to translate. The lessons helped me move what I see to the page more easily than I have before.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robbie Lee has packed Drawing Made Easy full of information! I love the way he presents the book as well. While his lessons may combine several aspects of drawing at once, they are easy to understand and will have you drawing things you never thought you could in no time. I especially liked his approach to breaking things down into basic shapes and then refining those shapes into what the ultimate outcome should be, and his studies in perspective. All around, this is a fine reference book for new artists, and perhaps more seasoned artists as well.

Many thanks to NetGalley and F + W Media for allowing me to read an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

#DrawingMadeEasy #NetGalley #Arts

A very practical book to learn topics such as the drawing process, perspective, drawing people, and drawing scenes in a very creative way. The author approaches different drawing methods like drawing from observation, drawing from imagination and others. I liked the comic style used as graphical method for the tutorials