Young at art Combine the familiar charm of crayons with "grown-up" art techniques for surprisingly realistic results! Your old childhood coloring friends are all grown up! In this unique book, best-selling artist Lee Hammond proves that crayons are not just for kids anymore but can hold their own as a "serious" (if unexpected) art medium. Use Hammond's easy methods to create striking drawings that feature brilliant color and incredibly lifelike texture. • 29 step-by-step demonstrations cover a wide range of subjects—still life, landscapes, animals and people • Simple blending, layering and burnishing techniques translate into remarkably realistic drawings • Hammond's graphing and "puzzle piece" theories help you draw any subject with true-to-life results • Features great tricks you can pass along to other crayon lovers in your life, regardless of age You simply won't believe what you can accomplish with this familiar and affordable medium. Rediscover the creative thrill of opening the "big box," and infuse your art with a fresh sense of play.

Real life happens in color! Colored pencils are wonderful tools for creating realistic drawings. Lee Hammond, popular instructor and North Light author of more than twenty instructional books on drawing and painting, is here to show you how. Now you can learn to draw lifelike flowers, buildings, animals and people in vivid color. Inside you'll find: • Easy instruction on difficult subjects such as water, glass, silver, sunsets, skin tone, hair and more • Over 40 step-by-step projects using basic techniques and readily available supplies • More than 400 illustrations and photos for easy reference Join Lee as she shares her easy-to-follow teaching methods to help you master colored pencil, from basic shapes and everyday objects to your own pets, friends and family members. You can do it!

You can do it! If you've always wanted to draw realistic and believable clothing, then look no further! Lee Hammond drawing demystifies the process of drawing clothing through a series of easy-to-follow step-by-step demonstrations that will have you drawing like a pro in no time. With an emphasis on the human body and five different folds of fabric, Lee explores the countless ways that fabric moves and drapes on the human form. Exploring everything from the basics of anatomy to the importance of lighting to the way clothing and form work together--there is nothing Lee doesn't help you master. • 30 step-by-step demonstrations ranging from the basics of anatomy to masterful statuary poses to elegant and realistic clothing patterns and styles • Focuses on clothing the body and the way fabric moves and drapes, and the importance of light and shading • Explores a variety of fabric and patterns: lace, stripes, crochet, denim, plaid and much more!

Learning How to Draw Has Never Been Easier! Lee Hammond's All New Big Book of Drawing is the culmination of nearly forty years of teaching. No matter what your experience level YOU CAN DRAW by following along these easy step-by-step demonstrations. Whether you want to create drawings of flowers, learn how to draw animals or how to draw a person, these drawing techniques, all-new projects, and expert tips will show you how to get great results with both regular pencils and colored pencils. • Two books in one. The first half is a comprehensive course on using pencils to capture shape, form and likeness. The second half explores adding color using colored pencils • 88 step-by-step projects. You will learn to draw everything with this book! Starting with a simple sphere and working up to sea shells, sunsets, flowers, birds, horses, clothing, people--and so much more! • A lifetime of know-how! Lee covers it all--from big picture concepts (selecting tools, shading techniques, making sense of perspective) down to techniques for creating the look of feathers, capturing skin tones, and making surfaces look shiny or transparent. Using her straightforward, three-stage approach to lifelike drawings, Lee makes any subject approachable, from still life and landscapes to animals and even people. This project-driven tome will help you create realistic, frame-worthy artwork. Project by project and subject by subject, you will gain confidence and cultivate great joy in drawing.

Enjoy the scenery with fast and fun landscape painting! A summer sunset, a bubbling brook, a sea of golden wildflowers like nature itself, landscape painting doesn't have to be complicated to be beautiful. In this beginner-friendly guide, Lee Hammond shows you how to use a handful of colors, a simple three-step approach, and the friendly medium of acrylic to create charming landscapes throughout the seasons. • Step-by-step instructions for painting favorite landscape elements—skies, trees, grasses, mountains, water and more—provide endless mix-and-match possibilities. • 16 paint-along landscape projects can be completed quickly, using no more than 8 colors each. • Basic brushwork techniques, easy-to-learn painting methods, and lots of step-by-step instruction get beginners painting fast. One of the most popular art instruction authors out there with 20+ years of experience, Lee Hammond shares tried-and-true secrets for achieving a sense of distance, evoking mood, painting realistic textures, and much more—everything you need to turn any moment in nature into a personal work of art.

In this step-by-step guide, Lee Hammond reveals secrets that will help you turn your drawings into professional-looking fashion illustrations. &break;&break;You'll start with the basics - like how to draw the human figure as a combination of simple, interlocking shapes and how to use shading to give your work a realistic, three-dimensional quality. Next, you'll learn how to make the fashions look real - with convincing folds, drapes, patters and textures.&break; &break;Exercises and easy-to-follow demonstrations how you how to give your models expressive features, fashionable hair styles and just-the-right accessories. &break;&break;You'll learn how to add impact with cropping and creative backgrounds as you combine pose, expression and lighting to strike a mood and create attitude. &break;&break;If you have a feel for fashion and a creative flair, try your hand at fashion illustrations. This book makes it easy!

With photographs of your favorite people, and the right materials and this step by step guide, you'll be drawing colorful, lifelike portraits in no time!