Keys to DrawingKeys to Drawing

Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw.

In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system—fifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner.

These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time.

You'll learn how to:

• Restore, focus, map, and intensify
• Free your hand action, then learn to control it
• Convey the illusions of light, depth, and texture
• Stimulate your imagination through "creative play"

Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw.

In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system—fifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner.

These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time.

You'll learn how to:

   ' Restore, focus, map, and intensify
   ' Free your hand action, then learn to control it
   ' Convey the illusions of light, depth, and texture
   ' Stimulate your imagination through "creative play"
Describes the drawing process, discusses proportions, light, depth, texture, pattern, design, and imagination, and tells how to evaluate one's work
<b>Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw.</b><br><br>In this book, <b>Bert Dodson</b> shares his complete drawing system&#151;fifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner.<br><br>These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time.<br><br>You'll learn how to:<br><br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Restore, focus, map, and intensify<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Free your hand action, then learn to control it<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Convey the illusions of light, depth, and texture<br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Stimulate your imagination through "creative play"