How to Draw What You See

Watson-Guptill, New York. 1984. Hardcover. 17th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to tail and bottom tips, small smudges on the textblock fore edge. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; chipping at head and tail; small closed tears top edge of DJ. Gray buckram boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 175 pp 4to. The author /artist believes that there re only four basic shapes in nature-the cube, the cylinder, the cone, and th sphere. Every object is based on these geometric shapes, although the shape itself may be greatly modified. Once one can see the basic shape of an object, it can be drawn no matte how much detail it may contain. Part One covers the fundamentals of drawing. Part Two the author explains teh use of media not usually described in a book on drawing. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.