Learn to Draw

by Barrington Barber

Learning to draw will be a pleasure with this 10-week course, packed with clear step-by-step exercises and inspirational examples. Each week focuses on a different area of drawing, from initial mark-making to portraits and landscapes, so that you can gradually build your skills and discover the subjects that interest you. Barrington Barber takes as his starting point the belief that, with regular practice and enthusiasm, anyone can learn to draw and learn to draw well. After 10 weeks following the exercises in this book, you will be amazed at what you can achieve.

144 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2017

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

[Biggaletta Day · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was hard, and probably for the very serious aspiring artist. However I set myself up a challenge to draw all the picture in the book rather than just dreaming about it. That very difficult but keeping with the challenge, I started to see things in a new way.

However I later discovered that Barrington Barber has a number of books that use the same images. Also due to the glossy quality of the paper, I wasn't about to see the markings on some sketches, but I l guess that is a reason for me to visit galleries. Overall, I learnt a lot, though at times it was repetitive and boring. Below are a selection of my better drawings.