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    The Drawing Bible
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    The Drawing Bible

    By Craig Nelson

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    About this ebook

    This is your complete guide to drawing--packed with everything you need to know about materials, techniques and drawing styles. Learn the secrets of rendering any subject correctly and creatively in an amazing array of mediums from pencil to full color. Quickly find the answers to common problems and questions so you can get back to the drawing board. The Drawing Bible is a handy, one-stop reference that beginners and experience artists simply can't be without!

    Learn How To:

    • Master essential line and tone techniques
    • Use proper perspective and proportions
    • Create everything from quick sketches to impressive finished drawings
    • Draw graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, colored pencil, pastel, and more
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNorth Light Books
    Release dateMay 9, 2011
    ISBN9781440314469
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    The Drawing Bible
    Author

    Craig Nelson

    Craig Nelson is the author of Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness and the New York Times bestseller, Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, as well as several previous books, including The Age of Radiance (a PEN Award Finalist chosen as one of the year’s best books by NBC News, the American Institute of Physics, Kirkus Reviews, and FlavorWire), The First Heroes, Thomas Paine (winner of the Henry Adams Prize), and Let’s Get Lost (shortlisted for W.H. Smith’s Book of the Year). His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, National Geographic, The New England Review, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest, and a host of other publications.

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