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F+W Media; 2007 edition (November 2, 2006)

Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing (Art for the Absolute Beginner) by Mark Willenbrink

Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing (Art for the Absolute Beginner) by Mark Willenbrink is Not even remotely for the "absolute beginner". The book starts off by immediately jumping into determining light values in different forms. What? I haven't even drawn a square yet, and you're asking me to shade a coffee mug in different forms with almost no instruction?The book is broken into mini examples that you are supposed to mimic, however even the very first example require previous drawing knowledge and experience.But rather than talk about it, I've attached a photo of the steps 3 and 4 (out of 4 total steps, although step 1 technically isn't a step) of the 5th mini example (out of like 30) you are supposed to follow.

Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing (Art for the Absolute Beginner) by Mark Willenbrink is Even an intermediate student, in an art class, would struggle with this text. You are not given clear instructions, you are just given expertly rendered pictures that if you are a beginner you have no chance at all of duplicating. I should have known it was a loser when it started out teaching you to draw a coffee cup without telling you you should have a coffee cup in front of you to draw. You were meant to just follow their exceedingly difficult instructions that leave you frustrated, demoralized, and ready to put down your pencil forever. Shame on these people for putting this book out, just to make themselves feel like hot shot artists and leave the rest of us in the dust. I'm an absolute beginner, I believe I can learn to draw, but not with this poorly done book. To say it is for absolute beginners and the title is misleading to the point of being false advertising. I feel cheated. These people are dishonest. I wish them well in their Rembrandt quality art that no beginner has a prayer of duplicating.

Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing (Art for the Absolute Beginner) by Mark Willenbrink is Not for the beginner. There is some good instruction, but the ABSOLUTE beginner needs at least one drawing course before tackling this book. Preferably two.Also, it has too much information about tools in the intro. An absolute beginner only needs paper, pencil, and instruction about drawing free hand. Circles, lines, squares... cubes, cylinders, pyramids... then some object with step-by-step instructions. This book skips sooooo many steps!!My husband wants to learn to draw and I got this book, trusting the title. Never again!! Read the reviews! He cannot draw from this book any more than he can explain particle physics. And I'm not going to be his teacher... that's a bad deal for a wife!!I'll be reading reviews from now on.

Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing (Art for the Absolute Beginner) by Mark Willenbrink is It does not provide enough detailed guidance. I'm never clear if I am expected to complete an exercise or just notice what they have done. This would have been better if provided as part of a course instead of stand alone.