Sketch Your Stuff: 200 Things to Draw and How to Draw Them - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178221514X ISBN 13: 9781782215141

Publisher: SEARCH PRESS, 1795

Synopsis

Sketch Your Stuff

About this title

About the Author

Jon Stich has been creating pictures since he was nine years old, when his father took him to a restaurant and he scrawled all over the menu. He has since then become an illustrator for many wonderful clients including Bloomsberg Businessweek, Chronicle Books, MTV, The New York Observer, The SF Giants, Adult Swim and Grantland Quarterly. He also instructs courses in Illustration and Figure Drawing at the University of California at Berkeley and the California College of the Arts. Jon lives in San Francisco and works in Oakload, CA. For more information, see www.jonstich.com

Review

When you don't know what to draw, turn to this book for instant inspiration. Over 200 how-to's for drawing. Draw everyday objects in your home. Use a variety of drawing methods and enjoy the process. This book covers all the essentials of drawing. The contents include drawing objects in the studio, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, lounge, garage and street. Each section offers lots of information and professional tips. I am sure this book will improve your skills, it is one of the best how to draw and sketch books I have seen. * YarnsandFabrics.co.uk * I've remarked in the past how refreshing it is when an author provides drawings rather than photographs in the (perhaps) inevitable materials section. It can be revealing of their skills with perspective too, as complex shapes are frequently involved. When I first picked this up, I thought "I'll bet it says it's useful for when you're stuck for ideas" and sure enough, the back cover blurb begins with just that. I'm not convinced, and I never have been. If you're stuck for ideas, my guess is that you're really stuck. However, there are days when you want to practise and it's too cold or wet, or just not convenient to go out, and that's when looking around the home is a good idea. And, as I said, there are some complex shapes there that can flex your perspective muscles like nothing else. This is an imaginative book that will certainly convince you of its premise. Jon's style is pleasantly loose and he sets himself a variety of challenges that include simple as well as complicated subjects - spectacles, mugs, a pile of tumblers, a self-portrait, an untidy bedroom, even a bathroom. I'm not totally sure he gets the perspective right every time but hey, if you think you can do better - well, there's your challenge. This is a book about drawing the mundane, which means noticing things you don't normally notice, and lifting them out of everyday invisibility. It's a brave premise and Jon carries it off really rather well. * www.artbookreview.net * For those who want to learn to draw, but stuck for how to get started, Sketch Your Stuff shows readers how to tunr every day objects that fill their home into subjects for their sketchbooks - allowing them to work on their drawing skills at any moment of the day. * Hot Brands Cool Places * A really useful book whether you are a beginner or more experienced. It covers a range of topics and explains how to draw everyday objects by various methods with handy hints which show you starting points and how to break the subject into simple shapes before building on them with shading, texture and colour. The drawings are clear and the pages are well laid out with just the right amount of text so it doesn't seem daunting. It is the kind of book that encourages you to dip into it and have fun sketching without worrying about creating a masterpiece. * Carole Whiteoak *

Edition details

• Publisher: SEARCH PRESS
• Publication date: 1795
• ISBN 10: 178221514X
• ISBN 13: 9781782215141
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English