Lee Hammond - Lee Hammond’s All New Big Book of Drawing: Beginner’s Guide to Realistic Drawing Techniques

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In 1993, I lost my father, William Hagen. At that time I was publishing my very first book, Drawing Portraits from Photographs.He did not live to see the book in print. I dedicated that book to him and made a promise to him in my heart that it would become a best-seller. And it did.

This book is dedicated to my mom, Dorothy Hagen, who passed away while I was in the process of writing it. I had the great honor of having her at my side at many of my book signings. It is my goal to make this book a best-seller as well as a tribute to her. Mom was a constant inspiration to me with her easy approach to life. She was the one person who was always there for me. Thanks for being my mom. This one is for you.

Bill and Dorothy Hagen, my angels of inspiration

circle template or compass

colored pencils

craft knife

drawing paper

kneaded eraser

mechanical graphite pencil

pencil sharpener

ruler

stick eraser

stump or tortillion

Welcome to the All New Big Book of Drawing! I couldnt be more excited about this book for it takes all of my expertise about drawing and combines it into one fun, project-filled book. After almost forty years of teaching, I have developed some great tips to share with yousome of which I havent revealed before.

If you have ever dreamed about becoming an artist but have not had much practice drawing, this is the book for you. It will slowly guide you to producing your most successful drawings yet. Practice on your part will be extremely important, but the lessons and projects in this book will give you everything you need to succeed. Just follow the material in the order that it is presented, and youll get fabulous results.

The first half of this book is all about drawing with graphite. This is the foundation for all of the other mediums, so everything you learn about graphite will transfer to future techniques you may want to try. Step-by-step projects will help complete your drawing knowledge and make you proficient in drawing a wide variety of subject matter. Even if you have my other graphite books, the all-new projects will still provide plenty of practice for improving your skills.

The second half of the book explores drawing with colored pencil. It takes the basic theories of capturing shape, form and likeness that are covered in the graphite section and applies color theory to them. The simple step-by-step projects will guide you towards drawing realistically with colored pencil in no time.

This book could easily be called a bible of drawing. Use it as your go-to book for any drawing questions you may have. I hope you will love it as much as I loved creating it for you!

Many students have told me that they initially feared taking one of my classes because they didnt know how to draw.