silver Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 (edited) My kids love Drawing Textbook for learning pen and ink semi-realistic drawings. I'd like something similar for people, where the lessons get more detailed/complex and build on the previous lessons. I'm OK with it being somewhat cartoonish, what I would like the book to focus on is face and body proportions first and then focus on expressions, body movement, etc. I'm not looking for photo realistic drawing, it can be cutesy/cartoonish. We have Let's Draw Happy People, and it did a lot of giving my daughter confidence, but it doesn't really focus on proportions, expressions, and movement. Edited October 4, 2016 by silver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 *bump* Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) I'll take a stab at answering your question. :). I am not sure what age your kids are so I don't know if any of these books are even close to what you are looking for. I searched on Amazon and found a couple books that might be a possibility. If you search for "figure drawing" in books a lot of books will come up, the trouble is most figure drawing books are aimed towards the age range of high school to adults. But you may be able to find a few gems. A couple that I saw when searching were .... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933027800/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385346239/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581803591/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER And possibly this one (but it has no preview)..... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0891340971/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Some books more on the animation side of things are... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1879505975/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560100842/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER And possibly... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/086547897X/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER I want to add a disclaimer that I personally own none of these books myself, they just happened to look like some of the more kid friendly books that I saw while searching on Amazon. But if you do purchase any of these books or other figure drawing books I suggest you preview them to make sure you feel it is appropriate as figure drawing type books often have nudity. Another great free resource that you might find useful are the free out of print books by Andrew Loomis. He has a figure drawing book, as well as a head and hand book. You can find them for free by searching for Andrew Loomis. I think I downloaded some of them from goodreads. His books are written for the college level, but they do have some useful illustrations. However, there is a lot of nudity in his books, so definitely preview them. They most likely will be more useful for you than your kids at this point, but you can take a look if your interested. I didn't search these but you could also try searching for "cartoon drawing," "cartooning," or "how to draw anime" ," or something similar. I know sometimes just knowing what to search for is helpful. Hope some of this is helpful for you. And hopefully others have some useful resources or books to add. Edited October 5, 2016 by ForeverFamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelylearned Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Chris Hart's Figure It Out Series is pretty good and I think it is geared towards young (middle school and up) artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Thanks for the suggestions! I now have a few of these books on request from my library in order to preview them. I found an Andrew Loomis book as pdf called Fun with a Pencil that looks like it might be what I'm looking for. I'll have to sit down to look at it closer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I have a copy of How to Draw Almost Anything, but I haven't used it yet. I totally intend to, and it looks lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 You could check out this http://www.alienthink.com/ The first 19 video lessons are available for free so that you can try it out/preview it. I was comfortable with that free section with my daughter in middle school, and was considering springing for the full course when her interests changed. I was impressed that I got reasonable results myself and I have very little natural ability in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.