/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3440484
I never said that the book was written for art students, but if you would like to tangent into semantics, the book explores concepts like understanding the correlation between positive and negative space, drawing what you see without understanding what you're looking at (preconceptions) etc. and puts those concepts into understandable terms for (like you said) non artists. Everyone who is just starting art is a non-artist. I'm just going to take a wild guess and assume that you went to an accredited institution as I did, and that there were classes that were electives for your 'non-artists'. That class was likely an "art of sketching" class that could be differentiated from a "drawing 1" course in depth of content. Of course it's a watered down version, but so is our book in question. It still explores the 'fundies' in a way that is easily identifiable for a non-artist, maybe like someone on a Babylonian Sky Writing image board who is asking for a "1 year drawing routine png its gives you books or lessons to follow".

What if I gave the recommendation assuming that the person was starting from scratch and like most people in these draw threads, the person may lack an attention span or have commitment issues stemming from a string of poor lifestyle choices or a lapse in discipline. What if i chose the book because it is essentially a vague attempt to get a child to eat peas by putting them in macaroni and cheese. What if most people on this board aren't motivated enough to ever 'make it', but kind folks such as I drop in here to hold people's hands once in a while.

Additionally, I've attached an image of a "value scale" because you have trouble seeing between black and white.