The Fundamentals of Drawing

This internationally bestselling guide covers essential drawing techniques, written by expert practical art author Barrington Barber.

The Fundamentals of Drawing is a practical and comprehensive drawing course from beginner to advanced levels. Opportunities for practice and improvement are offered across a wide spectrum of subjects with step-by-step examples to guide you through.

Subjects include:
- Still life
- Plants, nature and animals
- Portraiture and life drawing
- Perspective and composition

The methods used in this book are time-honored and proven, having been practiced through the centuries by art students and professional artists. Barrington Barber brings his invaluable expertise as a working artist and teacher to the task of showing you how to use them effectively to create successful drawings. No matter what your level of expertise, you will find his clear approach encouraging and his way of teaching inspirational.

Author Biography

Barrington Barber is the world’s best-selling practical art author and a practising artist. He worked as an illustrator (Saxon Artist) and Graphic Designer, was Art Director at Ogilvie & Mather and S.H. Bensons, and then a lecturer in Graphic Design at Ealing Art School. He has also worked as a freelance designer, illustrator and animator and as a painter. He was awarded a one-man exhibition at St. Oswald Studios. His internationally best-selling books include The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits and The Fundamentals of Drawing Still Life. He lives in Wimbledon, London.