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  1. The Beginner's Guide The Female Nude
    The Beginner's Guide The Female Nude
  2. Surrealist Vision & Technique: Drawings and Collages from the Pompidou Center and the Picasso Museum, Paris
    Surrealist Vision & Technique: Drawings and Collages from the Pompidou Center and the Picasso Museum, Paris
  3. Dynamic Airbrush
    Dynamic Airbrush
  4. What Shall I Paint?: How to Find the Right Subject in Watercolor, Oils and Acrylics
    What Shall I Paint?: How to Find the Right Subject in Watercolor, Oils and Acrylics
  5. Enrich Your Paintings With Texture (Elements of Painting Series)
    Enrich Your Paintings With Texture (Elements of Painting Series)
  6. Let's Talk With The World - A Child's Guide to Art and the Natural World
    Let's Talk With The World - A Child's Guide to Art and the Natural World
  7. Mapping Cities : Boston University Art Gallery January 14-February 25, 2000
    Mapping Cities : Boston University Art Gallery January 14-February 25, 2000
  8. Painter As Naturalist: From Durer to Redoute
    Painter As Naturalist: From Durer to Redoute
  9. The Artist at Work: On the Working Methods of William Coldstream and Michael Andrews
    The Artist at Work: On the Working Methods of William Coldstream and Michael Andrews
  10. The Pre-Columbian Painting Murals of the Mesoamerica: Murals of the Mesoamerica
    The Pre-Columbian Painting Murals of the Mesoamerica: Murals of the Mesoamerica
  11. Art/Talk
    Art/Talk
  12. Drawing Scenery for Theater, Film and Television
    Drawing Scenery for Theater, Film and Television
  13. The North Light Pocket Guide to Painting Skies (North Light Pocket Guides)
    The North Light Pocket Guide to Painting Skies (North Light Pocket Guides)
  14. Jost Hochuli: Printed Matter, Mainly Books
    Jost Hochuli: Printed Matter, Mainly Books
  15. Knives
    Knives
  16. Anatomy, Perspective and Composition for the Artist
    Anatomy, Perspective and Composition for the Artist
  17. Learn To Paint-Vibrant Watercolour
    Learn To Paint-Vibrant Watercolour
  18. You Can Paint Pastels
    You Can Paint Pastels
  19. Drawing and Painting Animals: How to Capture the Essence of Wildlife Art
    Drawing and Painting Animals: How to Capture the Essence of Wildlife Art
  20. Light: Its Interaction With Art and Antiquities [FACSIMILE]
    Light: Its Interaction With Art and Antiquities [FACSIMILE]
  21. Art As Technology: The Arts of Africa, Oceania, Native America, and Southern California
    Art As Technology: The Arts of Africa, Oceania, Native America, and Southern California
  22. Garden Glories: Painting Fruit, Vegetables & Berries in Acrylic (Decorative Painting)
    Garden Glories: Painting Fruit, Vegetables & Berries in Acrylic (Decorative Painting)
  23. Artist's Eye: A Perpetual Way of Painting
    Artist's Eye: A Perpetual Way of Painting
  24. The ARTISTS WAY AT WORK THE : Riding the Dragon: Twelve Weeks to Creative Freedom [ABRIDGED]
    The ARTISTS WAY AT WORK THE : Riding the Dragon: Twelve Weeks to Creative Freedom [ABRIDGED]
  25. Art Making and Education (Disciplines in Art Education : Contexts of Understanding)
    Art Making and Education (Disciplines in Art Education : Contexts of Understanding)
The Beginner's Guide to Drawing People: Step-by-Step Techniques for Beginners, Covering Figure Drawing, Human Anatomy and the Female Nude (Beginner's Guide)
Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
  • It's overpriced
 The Beginner's Guide to Drawing People: Step-by-Step Techniques for Beginners, Covering Figure Drawing, Human Anatomy and the Female Nude (Beginner's Guide)
Patricia Monahan , James Horton , Ian Sidaway , and Albany Wiseman
Manufacturer: New Holland
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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  1. Drawing the Human Head (Practical Art Books)

ASIN: 1843305631

Book Description

From understanding the basics of human anatomy to capturing the grace of the female nude to accurately depicting a person’s figure and form, this covers it all: choosing and using tools and materials, capturing both still poses and motion, and completing exciting, skill-building projects. “Detailed and engaging projects. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars It's overpriced.......2006-06-20

"The Beginner's Guide to Drawing People" by Patricia Monahan

It is way overpriced. Besides, offering a drawing book that offers FEMALE nude studies, and neglects entirely, MALE nude studies, does not make the book a bargain, especially when it is titled "Drawing PEOPLE". If a book is about drawing PEOPLE, shouldn't there be MALE people as well?

This book has 216 pages. That's twice the number of pages that most figure drawing books have, and the FOUR authors still limit it to nude female anatomy? Is that sexist, or merely neglectful?
The best "instructional" books always come from the singular vision of one author. Sure enough, this book has a "fractured" feel.
The Beginner's Guide The Female Nude
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Instructive and Productive
  • Great
 The Beginner's Guide The Female Nude
Ian Sidaway
Manufacturer: New Holland
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GeneralGeneral | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
DrawingDrawing | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
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  1. The Big Book of Drawing and Painting the Figure

ASIN: 1859741665

Book Description

“A fine addition to the genre...gets you working immediately and rapidly develops your skills in a wide array of mediums. Students will become acquainted with equipment and with what each medium...can do....Capture the body in three classic poses....Twelve projects take the student through every step of the process, while showing how a professional might take on the challenge.” —Arts Materials Retailer.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Instructive and Productive.......2003-11-01

'The Beginner's Guide' is an excellent book for artists and those wanting to improve their technique. The female nude is a beautiful subject for developing line and texture, and Sidaway explains how to achieve a level of expertise in easy to follow steps. As a beginner myself, I found the advice invaluable.

As well as being a book focusing on technique, the author lightens the text with anecdotes. On pages 34-41, he recounts an incident involving me and two of my artist friends:

'Schwarz had been having private lessons in my studio and was beginning to blossom as a real painter. So I gave him my book and told him to study it at home. From what he told me later, he showed it to Sylvester Stallone and Woody Allen one night in his apartment, just before Goldie Hawn was to arrive. Woody was ecstatic and urged Schwarz to ask Goldie if they could paint her nude. Apparently Stallone emitted some sort of bovine bellow, rubbed his perspiring hands together and fetched a pencil from the phone stand. Not long after, Goldie arrived, beautiful as always, and after some small talk and tall cocktails, Schwarz gathered enough gumption to stammer, "Goldie, can Sly and Woody and I paint you in the nude?" Without hesitating, Goldie replied, "Sure, guys, but leave your socks on. I just adore argyles." So the three shed everything, including their inhibitions, and all went well till Goldie said that Sly's pencil was blunt through overuse and that Woody's name was a gross overstatement of his reaction. Fearing a similar assessment, Schwarz quickly covered himself with postage stamp.'

Ian Sidaway's book is a practical, easily read manual.

5 out of 5 stars Great.......2002-02-15

This book is great. I used it to help me with my very first attempt at drawing the figure. But what's even better, it covers a range of mediums from charcoal to Pen and Wash. Photos of very nice models too.
How to Draw: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners Covering Still Life, Landscapes, Figure Drawing, the Female Nude and Human Anatomy
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    		How to Draw: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners Covering Still Life, Landscapes, Figure Drawing, the Female Nude and Human Anatomy
    Patricia Monahan , James Horton , Angela Gair , Ian Sidaway , and Albany Wiseman
    Manufacturer: New Holland
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    1. The Computer in the Visual Arts
    2. Oil Painting With a Basic Palette
    3. Step-by-Step Art School: Nudes
    4. The Beginner's Guide The Female Nude
    5. The Art of Japanese Calligraphy (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, V. 27)
    6. Abstract Options
    7. Tonal Values: How to See Them, How to Paint Them
    8. An Introduction to Drawing (DK Art School)
    9. El Tao De LA Acuarela
    10. Start To Learn Oil: The First Steps to Get Started in Oil Painting

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