/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>Men like to portray the female figure in an idealized manner.

More at 11.

>>1953543
The exercises are good, as long as you spend time on them and not simply 15 min like the book says.
For someone just starting out from point zero, they really don't need all that psychological meandering that is in the book. In fact, that's probably one of the last things they should be concerned with.

Better books imo would be

The Practice and Science of drawing by Harold Speed

Drawing lessons from the great masters by Robert Hale

Probably the best would be to go through the Bargue Drawing Course.

If you want to read about all the psychological stuff go read some of rudolph arnheims books. They're more in depth than the drivel that Edwards writes about and a lot more interesting and *gasp* actually useful.


One of the reasons I think edwards book is so popular is that it kind of gives people an "excuse" as to why theyre so bad at drawing via a mental crutch rather than what the real reason is, that they just havent drawn as much as they should due to giving up cause they think its too hard, or out of frustration and impatience