Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting

by Reader's Digest Association

A comprehensive introduction to drawing and painting for the complete beginner or the amateur who has mastered one medium and is interested in acquiring new skills. The book starts with a special drawing course devised by Stan Smith. an established artist with a wide teaching experience, whose paintings are regularly exhibited throughout Europe, often as one-man shows. It goes on to cover all the basic media, with detailed information about materials and techniques, including linked, step-by-step demonstrations by practising artists. Readers are encouraged to find similar subjects of their own, or, if they lack confidence, to learn by simply copying the demonstrations. Packed with colour step-by-step photographs and artworks, the Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting is a complete course which will guide beginners from their first strokes of the pencil or brush to their first satisfying pictures.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Banned Books

288 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 1997

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Tawna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of many books I checked out when I started teaching myself to draw. I think it helps to explore different approaches to art instruction and this was one I found useful.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I decided to take up sketching as a hobby. I found this book informative, but I would have liked more information on drawing. It seems like most books I've looked into so far have a brief section on drawing and a large section on painting. This book was no different.