How to Draw from Photographs: Learn How to Create Beautiful, Lifelike Drawings from Your Own Photographs

Diane Cardaci

Mar 2010 · Quarto Publishing Group USA

About this ebook

You’ve captured a moment in time—now learn to draw it! Discover the ins and outs of using a very modern tool to help with a timeless art.
 
Photographs are valuable reference tools that most artists use. Complex subjects are generally easier to draw from photos—plus other factors, such as weather, movement, and lighting, can make drawing from life nearly impossible. Children and animals, for example, rarely sit still when you want them to, making it much easier to draw them from photographs. However, many beginning artists aren’t confident in their picture-taking skills, or they don’t know how to translate their photos into drawings. That’s where this innovative book comes in! In no time, beginning artists will be drawing animals, people, landscapes, and still lifes that look real enough to reach out and touch!

Ratings and reviews

Poorly laid out with text overlaying many images making these pages unreadable on both my android tablet and on my Ipad pro

About the author

Diane Cardaci was classically trained at the Art Students League of New York City, Parsons School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been published by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, as well as by major textbook companies such as Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. She is a Signature member of the American Society of Portrait Artists, and has contributed writing for the organization’s publications. Diane is also a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, the Graphic Artists Guild, and the Illustrator’s Partnership of America.