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By Catherine Holmes, 222 pages, save $9.16, published March 13, 2015.

Amazon's Description:

“How to Draw Cool Stuff: Basics, Shading, Texture, Pattern and Optical Illusions” is the second book in the How to Draw Cool Stuff series. Inside you will find simple illustrations that cover the necessities of drawing cool stuff.

Specific exercises are provided that offer step-by-step guidelines for drawing a variety of subjects. Each lesson starts with an easy-to-draw shape that will become the basic structure of the drawing. From there, each step adds elements to that structure, allowing the artist to build on their creation and make a more detailed image.

Starting with the basic forms, the artist is provided a guide to help see objects in terms of simplified shapes. Instructions for shading to add depth, contrast, character and movement to a drawing are then covered. The varieties of texture and pattern that can be included in an artwork offer another layer of interest and depth to a design. These elements are necessary to indicate the way something looks like it feels in a work (texture) or creating the repetition of shapes, lines or colors (patterns). Illustrated optical illusions involve images that are sensed and perceived to be different from what they really are, showing examples of how the mind and the eyes can play tricks on each other.

All you need is a piece of paper, a pencil and an eraser and you are ready to draw cool stuff. Once the drawing is complete, it can be colored, shaded or designed in any way you like to make it original. Following these exercises is a great way to practice your craft and begin seeing things in terms of simple shapes within a complex object.

US: http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Cool-Stuff-Illusions-ebook/dp…
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  bargained on 16/03/2015 - 22:47

  Not sure if this was published March 13, 2015.

  Has been released before (and was free as well) cause I have it already.

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    grababargain on 16/03/2015 - 23:06

    This is the second book in the series. The first book was posted last May.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/145668

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      bargained on 16/03/2015 - 23:09

      You're right. It's the second book, I stand corrected.

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  gimli on 16/03/2015 - 22:55

  It's not rocket science.

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    alebox on 17/03/2015 - 00:00

    +2

    It's not rocket surgery

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      surethang on 17/03/2015 - 14:17

      +2

      That's covered in the third book, "How to Draw Cool Rocket Surgeries"

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  tightarse on 17/03/2015 - 06:40

  Cheers.

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  [Deactivated] on 17/03/2015 - 09:01

  do people draw still?
  seems like a dying art…..

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    Mr Wowtrousers on 17/03/2015 - 10:19

    +3

    I would highly recommend doing it, even if "you aren't good at it". Activities like drawing, playing music, learning languages etc have been shown to be highly beneficial for your brain.

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    ilikeit on 17/03/2015 - 21:22

    +1

    I only move my wrist, the rest of me is still.

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  Mugsy on 17/03/2015 - 23:34

  Got any Magic Eye eBooks?