Drawing Books, Art Books and Magazines - Reviews and Websites

A review of 'A Foundation Course in Drawing ' by Peter Stanyer and Terry Rosenberg. Though I don't really recommend this book for beginners, its a worthwhile and substantial volume aimed at first-year university students which will also interest others who wish to broaden their drawing technique

A review of 'Drawing from Observation: an introduction to perceptual drawing" by Brian Curtis. An excellent, somewhat academic drawing book, highly recommended for Fine Art students and independant learners who are familiar with art jargon.

Claire Watson-Garcia's book, as its name implies, is aimed at raw beginners. If you haven't touched a pencil since high school, this may well be the book for you.

A review of Drawing from Line to Life by Mike Sibley

A review of 'Learn to Draw and Paint' by Curtis Tappenden. This book isn't quite appropriately named, as it doesn't really teach technique, but it does have a wealth of useful exercises for the beginner to intermediate artist.

Bert Dodson's book, 'Keys to Drawing with Imagination' is 'strategies and exercises for gaining confidence and enhancing your creativity'.

A review of Steven Pressfield's 'The War of Art', a brilliant, pithy motivational text directed at professional or would-be professional artists.

Review of Kimon Nicolaides' book 'The Natural Way to Draw'. Find out if The Natural Way to Draw will help you develop your drawing skills.

Gerald Ackerman has produced a marvellous addition to the bookshelf of any student of academic drawing, gathering and annotating the drawing course of Bargue and Gerome into one superbly illustrated volume.

drawing on the right side of the brain - book review of Betty Edwards' drawing on the right side of the brain

a review of Theories of Modern Art, with quotations from the text.

A review of 'Everyone Should Draw' by Les Pardew. A drawing book for beginners, published by Thomson Course Technology.

Your guide's top picks of magazines and books (as well as art products). Includes links to online price comparison and publisher's websites.

A review of Classical Drawing Atelier by Juliette Aristides

Celtic Design: A Beginner's Manual by Aidan Meehan is a step-by-step introduction to designing and drawing celtic knotwork, step, key and spiral patters as well as calligraphy in celtic style using uncial script.

Richard Bell's "sketchbook from the wilder side of the garden" is the perfect gift for art-loving gardeners and gardening artists. Richard Bell writes eloquently and is an excellent draughtsman, and his work is infused with a deep love of nature and the small wonders of the garden.

Review of Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy, the excellent new book on chinese calligraphy from Watson Guptill. Find out more about Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy - a structured course in creating beautiful brush lettering.

Book Review - Drawing Wildlife by J. C. Amberlyn would be more correctly titled 'Drawing North American Wildlife', as it focuses almost exclusively on the creatures of this region.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards is a deservedly classic drawing book. Find out why I love and recommend this book to any student of drawing and art.

A book of drawings, rather than a lesson book, this is a perfect gift for lovers of Christian contemporary art, with Diez's beautiful, haunting, deeply meaningful drawings.

learn to draw and paint - review of Learn to Draw and Paint by Curtis Tappenden. Find out if this will be a suitable addition to your art book collection.

Find out why I highly recommend this book for anybody young or old who is exploring '3D' perspective drawing for the first time.

Allan Kraayvanger is a retired commercial artist who counted some of America's biggest corporations among his clientele. Find out whether his book 'Figure Drawing Workshop' will develop your figure drawing skills.

When you're creating art, you want to know what's in the stuff you're using - how to use it safely, how to use it correctly, how long it's going to last. Sometimes you want all the chemistry, and sometimes you just want a simple mixing guide. These reference books can help you out with that.