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# Broad brush sketches & shaded drawings for practical learning 312 pages of in-depth life drawing mastery Step-by-step skill building from basics to full figure Complete Guide to Life Drawing

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## Summary

> 🎨 Unlock your inner artist with the ultimate life drawing bible!

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- **What is this?** Complete Guide to Life Drawing
- **How much does it cost?** € 59.89 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated & Popular:** 4.6 stars from 252 reviews, a top choice for serious life drawing enthusiasts
- • **Trusted Legacy Publisher:** From Search Press, UK’s leading art & craft publisher since 1970
- • **Build Skills Stage-by-Stage:** Structured progression from simple forms to complex full-figure compositions
- • **Master Proportions Like a Pro:** Comprehensive sections covering every body part for precise figure drawing
- • **Learn Through Actionable Sketches:** Uses shaded and broad brush sketches to teach principles, not just finished art

## Overview

Complete Guide to Life Drawing is a 312-page, A4-sized comprehensive manual published by Search Press, offering a stepwise approach to mastering human figure drawing. Featuring practical shaded and broad brush sketches, it covers all body parts in detail and is highly rated by artists seeking deep, actionable knowledge.

## Description

From the Publisher Search Press is the leading art and craft publisher in the UK. We specialize in producing beautiful and practical books on knitting, sewing, crocheting, needlecraft, textiles, painting and drawing, and general crafts for people of all skill levels. The company was founded in 1970, when Charlotte de la Bedoyere published her first book – Basket Weaving – in an attic room in Kensington. Translated from a German book, this was to be the first of many titles. The format was good, the thinking behind them simple, to publish small, reasonably priced books that were packed with practical information, offering crafters and needlecrafters new ideas and inspirational designs. Lotti, as she is known to everyone here at Search Press, went on include hot trends like pin and thread and candlemaking. The market loved them and so she continued, introducing full colour and a successful series of practical art books – the Leisure Arts. In the early 1980s, Lotti moved to Tunbridge Wells, establishing a warehouse and offices in a quiet corner of the North Farm Industrial Estate – where we are today. She continued to publish an increasing range of popular books, developing new series and commissioning larger titles. Then in 1997, following her decision to retire, her son, Martin de la Bedoyere, took over as Managing Director, with his wife Caroline. Both with extensive publishing experience gained as directors at Heinemann, they continue to build on the strong traditions that Lotti had developed over 27 years.

Review: Very comprehensive - A4 size and with 312 pages this a very comprehensive book. The trouble with books of this size is that they don’t lie flat and I wish it was spiral bound. The book is divided into sections: Proportion, Rest & Movement, Legs & Feet, Torso & Shoulder Girdle, Arms & Hands, Head & Neck and Building Up the Whole Figure. Bammes leaves no stone unturned. The book takes the student stage by stage and builds up the required skills. Unlike other books on Life Drawing which are full of finished pictures this book actually uses shaded drawings and broad brush sketches to demonstrate the principles. It’s excellent and I hope I get through it all before I die.
Review: Superb drawing guide - A superb guide to life drawing, I've bought many drawing books recently, in a search for sound drawing knowledge that's well explained and this has it in spades. There's plenty of detail about understanding proportions, which as someone looking to improve my life drawing was very welcome, also of the construction of the body and its elements, and is never quite as 'medical' in its dealing with muscle groups as other books I've bought. One of my top top three drawing books without doubt.

## Features

- New Store Stock

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 256,437 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 171 in Figure Drawing 245 in Human Figures in Art 1,910 in Painting (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 252 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very comprehensive
*by A***R on 18 February 2016*

A4 size and with 312 pages this a very comprehensive book. The trouble with books of this size is that they don’t lie flat and I wish it was spiral bound. The book is divided into sections: Proportion, Rest & Movement, Legs & Feet, Torso & Shoulder Girdle, Arms & Hands, Head & Neck and Building Up the Whole Figure. Bammes leaves no stone unturned. The book takes the student stage by stage and builds up the required skills. Unlike other books on Life Drawing which are full of finished pictures this book actually uses shaded drawings and broad brush sketches to demonstrate the principles. It’s excellent and I hope I get through it all before I die.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb drawing guide
*by H***W on 6 March 2017*

A superb guide to life drawing, I've bought many drawing books recently, in a search for sound drawing knowledge that's well explained and this has it in spades. There's plenty of detail about understanding proportions, which as someone looking to improve my life drawing was very welcome, also of the construction of the body and its elements, and is never quite as 'medical' in its dealing with muscle groups as other books I've bought. One of my top top three drawing books without doubt.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent for developing skills
*by D***E on 19 September 2015*

I found this a very good book indeed. It is thorough, well organised and takes you through steps which allow you to see how Bammes understands life drawing and achieves what he does. One of the best such books I've come across and I've been interested in life drawing for many years and seen a number.

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