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>get drawing on the right side of the brain
>every exercise is literally "you have to watch the lines and try to get the shading right then draw the rest of the fucking owl"

What the actual fuck. Are there other good books for begginers like me?

>> No.2117297

>>2117283
This book sucks; get Keys to Drawing instead.

>> No.2117302

Get Vilppu's Drawing Manual. It helps you extremely well for a beginner. I followed along and it's definitely helped me way more than Loomis' Fun With a Pencil.

>> No.2117313

It's the best book for beginners in my opinion, but you really only need to do the first couple of exercises before it gets totally gay. Once you draw something upside down you've basically gotten everything you need out of it.

https://archive.is/zECsp

>> No.2117315

>>2117302
VDM is GREAT especially for aspiring animators. Feel it nigga.

>> No.2117322

>>2117283
That is the best book, it's designed to teach complete beginners though so you won't get to more advanced stuff until halfway through the book.
It sounds like you really want to learn construction though, which is slightly more advanced.

>> No.2117334

>>2117322
All you really need from the book is the understanding of spatial relationships which you get from reading her thoughts and following the first couple exercises; to be honest I think after that point the book doesn't do anything that isn't done far better elsewhere and with less ponderous tools and accessories.

Dump Edwards and take on Keys to Drawing and the Bargue Drawing Course to learn more about observational drawing.

>> No.2117345

>>2117302
Fun with pencil is for extreme begginers tho.

>> No.2117347

>>2117313
>before it gets totalyy gay.
How old are you?

>> No.2117363

>>2117347
>getting this triggered by someone using gay as the insult it deserves to be used as

Fuckin' newfag piece of trash.

F-off already you frickin' retarded n-word faggut AYY LMAO

>> No.2117366

>>2117347
Off to >>>/tumblr/ faggot.

>> No.2117367

>>2117334
Seconding brague drawing course. Doesn't get mentioned enough.

>> No.2117374

>>2117283
>bitching about practice and technique instead of actually doing them and trying to learn from the experience.

This is why you fuckers never get any better.

>> No.2117375

>>2117367
it's boring as hell.

>> No.2117378

>>2117363
>>2117366
Mid teens huh?
Looking for a place to belong? Somewhere outside the saccharine circle jerk of the new PC age?

>> No.2117388

>>2117378
3/10, got me to reply, twink lol

>> No.2117593

>>2117375
You're not going to make it with that attitude fam

>> No.2117643

>>2117283
>>2117297
This. Forget drawing on the right side. Keys to drawing is where the money is at + the exercises are pretty similar but Dodson doesn't try to make them look like something they're not.

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2117648

Not OP, but also a shit-tier beginner. I'm renting a copy of this, but I've only looked through some of the beginning stuff so far. Anyone else have experience with it?

>> No.2117651

let's turn this into a what books don't suck thread. only books you've personally used.

>> No.2117696

I'm working with this right now. I am absolutely a spastic beginner. As a progression, how does this sound:

DRSB
Keys to Drawing
Perspective Made Easy
Scott Robertson How To Draw Vehicles

Goal is really focused on drawing cars for shits and giggles but I'd like to be able to achieve a decent level of general competence.

>> No.2117708

>>2117696
The thing is as I've said elsewhere in the thread ( >>2117313 ; >>2117334 ) You don't really need to treat DRSB as a complete book. The first few chapters are absolutely essential for "breaking the ice" when it comes to observational drawing, but the INSTANT she starts talking about "viewfinders" and other accessory bullshit it's time to drop that Betty Edwards ho like a bad habit.

https://archive.is/zECsp

>> No.2117712

This book taught me how to sculpt with graphite, and I thought that was really cool at the time but not that useful after awhile. It's great for beginners though.

>> No.2117716

>>2117651
The Vilppu drawing manual is up in my top 3, one of those books you can work through multiple times and still learn new things.

>> No.2117729

>>2117708

But does my subsequent reading look suitable?

>> No.2117739

I'd say so if that's your goal.

>> No.2117801

>>2117739

Cheers. I know it isn't ultra important, but I'd still like to know if I'm making a terrible mistake!

>> No.2117968

>>2117283
Ah, this is the book that produces these amateurs who tell you not to use lines, isn't it?

>> No.2118983

Pure contour drawing is a crock of shit. The exercise in the book anyway.

>> No.2118988

>>2118983
Oh yeah I forgot about that one. LOL

"Just draw your wrinkly-ass hand without looking at it nigga, and hit this kush while you're at it, that's about as much good as this shit'll do ayy lmao"

Christ.

>> No.2119010

>>2117283
This book sucks and is a waste of time. I read it.

>> No.2119345

>ITT: retards

>> No.2119635

>>2117283
Just read through the book as you want, it isn't that important.

Grab some books about what you want to draw and the fundamentals.

Also, "traditional" "beginner" books for artists are the A. L. Guptills books for drawing in ink and pencil, J.D. Hardings landscape drawing books, Arthur Welsey Dows books on composition and some other books mostly available from Dover. If you just want your craftsman skills to improve, grab "Harding's Lessons on Drawing" which will teach you the basics.

But that is only one anon speaking.