Andrew Loomiss hugely influential art instruction books have never been bettered and Successful Drawing, the third in Titans programme of facsimile editions, is among the finest. A superb resource, covering the fundamentals of proportion, perspective and pattern, through scale and light, to the mastery of construction, character and consistency. Successful Drawing is a masterclass for all.
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"Hats off to Titan for re-releasing these books. After reading interviews and recommendations from so many other artists who state the influence of Andrew Loomis, his teaching certainly feels definitive... it would be hard to find a better teacher." --The Friday Book Review
"Titan Books has done a masterful job with the publication of this edition of SUCCESSFUL DRAWING. The book is a beautiful hardcover bound edition. It s a huge, sturdy, and solid volume whose page size gives the content in it the respect it deserves." --Ain t It Cool
"This book contains all the elements that you can find in most how to draw books, such as dimensions, perceptive, and lighting but does a much better job of trying to explaining their importance, and how to achieve them. It also has a wonderful gallery of examples by Mr. Loomis, that any illustrator would be inspired by." --Illustrators Lounge
"Quite amazing." --Today's Inspiration
"This book contains all the elements that you can find in most how to draw books, such as dimensions, perceptive, and lighting but does a much better job of trying to explaining their importance, and how to achieve them. It also has a wonderful gallery of examples by Mr. Loomis, that any illustrator would be inspired by." --Illustrators Lounge
one of the most essential artbooks that you will ever want in your collection if you are an artist, let alone a student mastering your skills. --SF Crowsnest
"This book contains all the elements that you can find in most how to draw books, such as dimensions, perceptive, and lighting but does a much better job of trying to explaining their importance, and how to achieve them. It also has a wonderful gallery of examples by Mr. Loomis, that any illustrator would be inspired by." --Illustrators Lounge
"Titan Books has done a masterful job with the publication of this edition of SUCCESSFUL DRAWING. The book is a beautiful hardcover bound edition. It s a huge, sturdy, and solid volume whose page size gives the content in it the respect it deserves." --Ain t It Cool
"This book contains all the elements that you can find in most how to draw books, such as dimensions, perceptive, and lighting but does a much better job of trying to explaining their importance, and how to achieve them. It also has a wonderful gallery of examples by Mr. Loomis, that any illustrator would be inspired by." --Illustrators Lounge
"Quite amazing." --Today's Inspiration
"This book contains all the elements that you can find in most how to draw books, such as dimensions, perceptive, and lighting but does a much better job of trying to explaining their importance, and how to achieve them. It also has a wonderful gallery of examples by Mr. Loomis, that any illustrator would be inspired by." --Illustrators Lounge
one of the most essential artbooks that you will ever want in your collection if you are an artist, let alone a student mastering your skills. --SF Crowsnest
"This book contains all the elements that you can find in most how to draw books, such as dimensions, perceptive, and lighting but does a much better job of trying to explaining their importance, and how to achieve them. It also has a wonderful gallery of examples by Mr. Loomis, that any illustrator would be inspired by." --Illustrators Lounge
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One of the great commercial illustrators of the 40s and 50s, Andrew Loomiss books are classics in the genre and highly sought after by commercial illustrators, comic book artists and concept artists alike. ""Loomis's realistic approach infected me with the desire to make all my work, comics and otherwise, fully believable.""-- Alex Ross, Mythology
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This book is more advanced than the two earlier books, Figure Drawing for All It's Worth and Drawing the Head and Hands.
Compared to other books that try to cover everything, this book focuses on certain aspects of drawing.
There's a great deal of emphasis on perspective and that section is 80 pages, which is half of this 160-page hardcover. At times, it can be quite difficult to follow because there's too many things explained at the same time. The part on drawing figures on different planes and elevation is quite useful. And also the part on common perspective mistakes.
The second half of the book covers lighting. It's stuff like how light rolls of a sphere, cone and cube. The application is more on figures as with the accompanying illustrated examples. There are many useful drawing pointers to take note of.
The book doesn't cover everything, or at least topics I would expect from a drawing book. What's missing are topics such as composition, contour drawings, colours, drawing portraits (dealt in his other books) and drawing techniques like hatching, layering tones, etc. It doesn't cover drawing by eye which deals with proportion, although it is mentioned briefly which can be overlooked easily.
Ultimately, the book is on understanding the fundamentals behind drawings. There isn't any step-by-step instructions to follow along, you learn by copying what's shown.
This is an intermediate book more suited for those with some knowledge of drawing, more specifically for those looking to learning perspective and lighting. If you have the two other Loomis books mentioned above, then you can easily apply what you've learned.
If you're looking to draw something instantly, then I would recommend more elementary beginner books. For perspective, you can try Perspective Made Easy, and Keys to Drawing for drawing in general. I'll also recommend Lessons in Classical Drawing because that book is also about successful drawing.
Compared to other books that try to cover everything, this book focuses on certain aspects of drawing.
There's a great deal of emphasis on perspective and that section is 80 pages, which is half of this 160-page hardcover. At times, it can be quite difficult to follow because there's too many things explained at the same time. The part on drawing figures on different planes and elevation is quite useful. And also the part on common perspective mistakes.
The second half of the book covers lighting. It's stuff like how light rolls of a sphere, cone and cube. The application is more on figures as with the accompanying illustrated examples. There are many useful drawing pointers to take note of.
The book doesn't cover everything, or at least topics I would expect from a drawing book. What's missing are topics such as composition, contour drawings, colours, drawing portraits (dealt in his other books) and drawing techniques like hatching, layering tones, etc. It doesn't cover drawing by eye which deals with proportion, although it is mentioned briefly which can be overlooked easily.
Ultimately, the book is on understanding the fundamentals behind drawings. There isn't any step-by-step instructions to follow along, you learn by copying what's shown.
This is an intermediate book more suited for those with some knowledge of drawing, more specifically for those looking to learning perspective and lighting. If you have the two other Loomis books mentioned above, then you can easily apply what you've learned.
If you're looking to draw something instantly, then I would recommend more elementary beginner books. For perspective, you can try Perspective Made Easy, and Keys to Drawing for drawing in general. I'll also recommend Lessons in Classical Drawing because that book is also about successful drawing.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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A cracking book.
Essential for developing artists.
I've recently taken up digital painting. Whilst there are a lot of books on the digital painting, I needed some
practical guidance on the basics. Andrew Loomis's book is just the job.
The guidance and examples are quite clear.
I also found Jack Hamm's books to be of great interest.
Essential for developing artists.
I've recently taken up digital painting. Whilst there are a lot of books on the digital painting, I needed some
practical guidance on the basics. Andrew Loomis's book is just the job.
The guidance and examples are quite clear.
I also found Jack Hamm's books to be of great interest.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Andrew Loomis has produced some of the best instructional books in art, especially drawing. Where his other well-known offerings, "Drawing the Head and Hands" and "Figure Drawing for All it's Worth" are all about figure and portrait drawing, this one looks more generally at drawing skills.
It covers a lot of theory, and condenses it into illustrations and explanatory texts that you'll need to follow closely if you are to learn everything that Loomis tries to convey. This makes it something that I doubt younger readers will enjoy, but teenage and adult readers, there is plenty of knowledge and skill on offer. About half the book is devoted to perspective in its many forms. It is detailed and exhaustive and thorough, and told mainly through explanatory graphics, but gives a through grounding in the subject. The accompanying texts can be a bit difficult to follow, so perseverance is required. The second half the book is much prettier, with many example drawings to inspire and amuse.
I bought this book simply because I have all the other Loomis books - to complete my set. It is a beautiful book, but not quite as useful to me as his other books. Even so, I've read this one but as a keen artist already, I didn't learn a great deal from it.
It covers a lot of theory, and condenses it into illustrations and explanatory texts that you'll need to follow closely if you are to learn everything that Loomis tries to convey. This makes it something that I doubt younger readers will enjoy, but teenage and adult readers, there is plenty of knowledge and skill on offer. About half the book is devoted to perspective in its many forms. It is detailed and exhaustive and thorough, and told mainly through explanatory graphics, but gives a through grounding in the subject. The accompanying texts can be a bit difficult to follow, so perseverance is required. The second half the book is much prettier, with many example drawings to inspire and amuse.
I bought this book simply because I have all the other Loomis books - to complete my set. It is a beautiful book, but not quite as useful to me as his other books. Even so, I've read this one but as a keen artist already, I didn't learn a great deal from it.
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I have been a fan of Andrew Loomis for many years, and as a professional artist myself, believe his books to be a wonderful starting place for learning to draw. Read more
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