<b>Discover the Keys to Creating Beautiful Drawings with Master Artists</b><br>  <br> Between these pages, artists of all backgrounds will find anything and everything they need to know about drawing. With thorough explanations of materials and their composition, step-by-step demonstrations, and practical advice for creating compositions, <i>The Big Book of Drawing</i> is a comprehensive authority on the medium that is the foundation of all other visual arts. <br><br>Learn how to handle charcoal, pastel, pencil, and an array of inks; master various shading techniques, including cross-hatching and chiaroscuro; and discover the secrets to constructing attractive and unique compositions. Aspiring artists will learn from the best, with a plentiful array of work by old masters, such as Van Dyke, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others. <br><br>This combination of a detailed instruction book and folio of masterpiece art inspires and informs artists in a way that no other drawing book does.