Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing

You will learn to unlock the artist within you so you too can draw and express yourself!! This book will show you how to use different basic mediums, such as pencils, charcoal, pen and ink. It will also teach you different types of drawing such as line, cartoon, figure, perspective and technical drawing. The book will include using shading, light, dimension, energy and mood techniques. Blank pages are included to serve as practice pages.

Lauren Jarrett, a naturalist, has collected, drawn, and painted from nature since childhood. She currently teaches in East Hampton, New York.

Lisa Lenard is the coauthor of several titles in The Complete Idiot's Guide® series, and has taught composition and literature at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.