The Complete Guide to Drawing: Essential Skills for Every Artist

A spectacular hardback gift edition of the best-selling drawing book by practical art author Barrington Barber.

What does every budding artist need to know about drawing? And what quick skills can you pick up to help you on the way? In this instructive book, Barrington Barber shows you just this, offering tips and tricks as he guides you through the fundamental aspects of drawing.

Get to grips with still-life composition, draw dynamic bodies in motion, and capture the spectacular natural world. The Complete Book of Drawing is a distillation of the many skills that the aspiring artist needs to develop.

As Barrington Barber knows from his many years of teaching and practising art, it is crucial for you to develop your own artistic style. And, uniquely among practical art books, this is what The Complete Book of Drawing provides. By revealing the nuances of texture, composition and perspective, this book will enable you to look at the world around you with fresh eyes.

Barrington Barber is the best-selling author of a range of practical art books which teach traditional techniques and methods of drawing in an encouraging, accessible way. His Fundamentals of Drawing is one of the most popular drawing manuals in print and has been translated into many languages. While continuing to study the works of the old masters, he constantly refreshes his approach to art by keeping abreast of current trends.