Drawing for dummies 3rd 2023

Part 1: Discovering What It Takes to Draw.

CHAPTER 1: Gearing Up to Start (and Continue) Drawing. 7

CHAPTER 2: A New Kind of Seeing: Getting Familiar with the Artist’s Perspective. 19

CHAPTER 3: Gathering What You Need to Get Started . 37

CHAPTER 4: Working through the Developmental Stages of Drawing . 63

Part 2: Developing Basic Skills.

CHAPTER 5: Planning Your Drawings . 79

CHAPTER 6: Seeing and Drawing Lines and Shapes. 107

CHAPTER 7: Exploring the Third Dimension. 131

CHAPTER 8: Adding Life to Your Drawings with Shading. 165

CHAPTER 9: Identifying and Rendering Textures . 193

Part 3: Experimenting with Subject Matter.

CHAPTER 10: Making Meaningful Still Life Drawings . 209

CHAPTER 11: Representing the Natural World in Your Drawings. 225

CHAPTER 12: Bringing Animals to Life on Paper. 251

CHAPTER 13: Drawing People. 275

Part 4: The Part of Tens

CHAPTER 14: Ten Tips for Drawing Cartoons. 307

CHAPTER 15: Ten Ways to Grow as an Artist. 315

CHAPTER 16: Answering Ten Common Copyright Questions. 325