This 2nd edition of <i>Drawing For Dummies</i> provides more than 25 percent new and revised content including updated projects, more step-by-step illustrations, and additional how-to graphics, helping the reader to build confidence as they progress through its pages. Specific areas to be updated include: <ul> <li>A discussion of additional shading techniques, including blending <li>Complete information on the tools and materials needed, including the different types of pencils available and how best to use them&#160; <li>Updated and added projects allowing readers to try their skills drawing animals, still life, and more <li>Thorough, step-by-step instruction and additional art allowing readers to build their drawings from the ground up, from geometric shapes to finished artwork <li>More comprehensive coverage of perspective and composition, going beyond two-point perspective to three-point perspective, and creating visual tension and interest <li>Expanded step-by-step coverage for drawing people, including anatomy, proportion, and movement </ul>