Summary
Anyone can draw. Award-winning artist Bruce Waldman has spent the last 30 years teaching people at all levels simple methods for drawing nearly anything imaginable, adapting and simplifying techniques favored by artists since the Renaissance. Now his book Drawing for Everyone: Classic and Creative Fundamentals provides a clear path to artistic expression for those who have never attempted art before as well as those making a living at it.
Learn how light and shadow work, how to make objects seem close or far away, how to draw complex things by starting with simple geometric shapes, and more. Sketch animals, people, cities, simple objects in your home, complex landscapes, even fantasy imagery. Drawing for Everyone contains plenty of step-by-step instruction, but it's much more than that. It's an art class in a book, a guide to discovering your own personal artistic vision even if you've never before thought you could have one. Ultimately, the tools and exercises inside will free you to powerfully express your ideas on paper. Bruce also shares personal anecdotes about his teaching and creative experiences over the years. Black-and-white and full-color illustrations. 160 pages. 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches.
Bruce Waldman is a printmaker, illustrator, and college art instructor who works in the New York City area. He has been anadjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts for more than 30 years, is a member of The Board of Governors of the RobertBlackburn Printmaking Workshop, and is a director of The New York Society of Etchers. He has also been an adjunct professorat the Westchester Community College Center for the Arts for more than ten years, and teaches at the College of NewRochelle. Bruce has given intensive seminars at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City, and the Printmaking Center of New Jersey, where he is also on the Board of Directors. His prints are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the New York Public Library; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Bronx Zoological Museum; the Royal Collection, London; the New York Historical Society; the Library of Congress, Washington DC; the Housatonic Museum of Art, Connecticut; the New York Transit Museum; and the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators.
