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	• The Best of Sketching and Drawing: A Collection of Still Lifes, Portraits and Landscapes Rockport Publishers, 1999 - 144 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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The problem with most books on drawing that have an instructional bent to them is that they are dependant on the work of second-rate draftsment and tacky artists to illustrate them. This is obviously counter-productive. Though this is not an instructional book, it is filled with nothing but the best graphic work done in all mediums by a good variety of contemporary artists. Seeing the higher level of what is being produced now is instructional and inspirational in itself.

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As soon as a checked this book out of the library, I knew I had to buy it myself.

There is a wide variety of different media and styles represented in the book. While it is not an instructional book, I've found the drawings to be very useful as a source of inspiration, and the sketches are helpful in developing different aproaches to tackling problems.

For the non-artist, this book can still be very informative and entertaining due to the wide variety of artists represented here.

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Collected in these pages are sketches and drawings that capture the true essence of their medium. Moods, textures, nuances of tone and gesture, all are here - in an amazing range of artistic styles and approaches. Selected from hundreds of entries, these beautifully reproduced drawings make a rich gallery of new work from some of today's most gifted artists.

More than 150 sketches and drawings in charcoal, pencil, or pen-and-ink. Work in a variety of genres: portraits, landscapes, abstracts, and still lifes. An international collection of sketches and drawings.

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