The Best HOW TO DRAW Books I Own & Why

In this video I talk about some of the best how to draw books I own and why I love them so much.

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[eioclementi]

0.29 How to Draw: Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from Your Imagination
2:43 Stonehouse's Anatomy Note Socca Suk Jong Hyun How to Draw Human body (hipsters only need this)
4:53 Perspective Made Easy
6:37 Figure Drawing: Design and Invention

[Andrew-rzck]

I think Anatomy for Sculptors is helpful. Because it was designed with sculpture in mind. You really see the 3d forms of the different muscles and body parts. It's really helpful just for sketching too.

[Boltclash]

Michael Hampton's Figure drawing book is my all time favourite book when it comes to the human figure and I've read George Bridgman, Andrew Loomis, tomfoxdraws and even Rock He Kim despite not understanding Korean. Yet I still come back to Hampton the most.

[dj-murlock]

A video on the worst books and why they're bad would be pretty interesting in my opinion

[pup]

How to Draw - Scott Robinson
Perspective Made Easy - Ernest Norling
Stonehouse's Anatomy - superani
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention - Michael Hampton

[KingFluffs]

Stonehouse's is *AMAZING*. I've never seen anything so indepth, so it's no wonder it took him a decade to compile, edit and draw it. Hamptons books good, but there are some ever so slight errors to his anatomy (atleast in my version). It is a great breakdown into the main muscles you need to learn and little ways to simplify them though.

[ntyqxif]

Draw Like a Boss! Probably the best book on drawing!

[bostonblackie]

There are not books out there that cover the basics, one of my favourites is "Art for Kids: Drawing." Books that say they are for "beginners" have a different definition of the word than myself. They start of well the vier of in another direction. Another I like is "Basic Drawing" by Christopher Hart.

[jtohgaming]

Books (in reading order)
Perspective made easy by Earnest R. Norling
How to draw by Scott Robinson
Figure drawing by Micheal Hampton
Stonehouse's anatomy

[grovestreet]

Hi, I study medicine, and I am really want to learn how to draw anatomy 💓this is so helpful thank you 💖

[MarkWhippy]

I see the anatomy for artists book on your shelf, that book is amazing

[IrlLove]

Is there any books on Drawing everyday life objects and backgrounds? Something for comic artist

[LifeGames]

The Guide Artists books have books by the best painters and sculptors in the world. They release one to two books per month. It's really a luxury nowadays!

[internetguru]

Awesome infomation!
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[joelguzman]

Anatomía y perspectiva, ambos temas bien abordados en estos libros que realmente simplifican el aprendizaje. Gracias

[senioracademia]

You and your video's a gem, thank you!

[CraneStyleNJ]

Never heard of the Stonehouse book but now I will buy it! Thank you and love your content by the way!

By the way I have those other books and they are amazing!

[Quasartist]

lol I've already got every book on this list except the Stonehouse Anatomy book you mention, which is on my Amazon wishlist hahaha glad to know I've got a solid foundation already at my fingertips. I personally find Perspective Made Easy to be quite boring though honestly. Something about the old fashioned writing and dull colors make every page feel like they run together after a while, alongside the written "homework" orders at the end of every chapter. I found that I made a lot more progress a lot faster by using Matthew Brehm's Perspective: How to See It and How to Apply It. It's a lot of the same concepts obviously, but with a more modern day approach, and reference photos of the topic at hand alongside color drawings as examples helped me to wrap my head around the subjects much easier, especially relating to everyday life in a small city. It just resonated a little better to me. Don't get me wrong though, Perspective Made Easy is still a solid choice and I refer to it first when I need help with a perspective issue because it's still easy to digest, I just found it boring to work with as a starting point. There are a thousand different books on perspective so really it's pick your poison, but Perspective Made Easy won't steer anyone wrong even if it feels a little monotonous. And especially for such a small price tag to boot.

I'd also nominate Anatomy for Sculptors, as a few others have mentioned. It's a very no-nonsense guide to anatomy, but it definitely works better as a supplemental book to go with any other anatomy books you already have.

[benbeard]

I would just like say I think you are very talented in what you do and I really like that Fred Perry top you have on, ,class 👌🏻

[KillerTacos]

I’m so so happy I picked up Hampton and Stonehouse’s books!