Drawing: The Complete Course

This is a lovely book. It is special to my heart because it is the first book I have read that truely treats drawing like an art form in and of itself. This book is responsible for peaking my interest in drawing again and reminded me why I do it in the first place. It reads very easily and the many examples in different drawing media give the reader many good ideas. Also, it is very good if you plan to go into painting in the future. It is a generous and high quality work and I have never forgotten the name Stan Smith because of this book (usually I do not remember author's names). I hope you get as much enjoyment out of it as I have.

This is a fabulous book for beginning artists. My 12 year old was inspired to try drawing with other kinds of materials besides drawing pencils. She has now used charcoal sticks, Water-color pencils, graphite sticks, and pastels. The basic instructions are easy to understand and follow. I highly recommend this book.