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How to Draw What You See book cover
ISBN 13: 978-0823023752
Pages: 176
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications

How To Draw What You See (test)

by Rudy De Reyna
Rudy De Reyna author photo
Rudy De Reyna was born in Spain and was educated in England, Mexico and the U.S. He began his art career painting movie posters in California. He later moved to the East Coast and taught fine art in Westport, Connecticut at the Famous Artists School. Later, he settled on Cape Cod and continued to paint in Sandwich, Massachusetts. He is best known for his detailed, realistic oils and watercolors. He has won numerous awards including the Douglas Grimshaw Prize in 1975 and 1st prize at the 38th annual Connecticut Watercolor Society. His book How to Draw What You See was the best selling art book of Watson Guptill and the most popular art instruction book of the last 35 years.

A brief excerpt from the book…

page 9… “I believe you must learn to draw things as you see them—realistically. That is, you must reproduce the dimensions and proportions of a given subject. To render a faithful, realistic drawing, you must be able to observe the basic structure of an object, regardless of how complex and obscured by detail it may be. you must train not only you hands by your eyes as well.”

About this book…

Everyone wishes that they could faithfully reproduce the world around them—wishes that they could draw what they see. This is a book that teaches you how. Rudy de Reyna believes that there are only four basic shapes in nature—the cube, the cylinder, the cone, and the sphere. Every object is based on one of these geometric shapes, although the shape itself may be greatly modified. once you can see the basic shape of an object, you can draw that object no matter how much detail it may contain.

Part one discusses the fundamentals of drawing, There are clear, concise, and lavishly illustrated projects. Each project is arranged so that one is slightly more complex than the one before.

In part two, the author explains the use of media not usually described in a drawing book—wash, opaque, watercolor, and acrylic He provides exercises to help the student gain proficiency in handling each of them.