You Can Draw in 30 Days

Pick up your pencil, embrace your inner artist, and learn how to draw in thirty days with this step-by-step guide from an Emmy award-winning PBS host.

“Sharpen your pencils and open your sketchbook; your teacher is waiting.” -The Boston Globe

Drawing is an acquired skill, not a talent—anyone can learn to draw! All you need is a pencil, a piece of paper, and the willingness to tap into your hidden artistic abilities. With Emmy award-winning, longtime PBS host Mark Kistler as your guide, you’ll learn the secrets of sophisticated three-dimensional renderings, and have fun along the way—in just twenty minutes a day for a month. Inside you’ll find:

• Quick and easy step-by-step instructions for drawing everything from simple spheres to apples, trees, buildings, and the human hand and face
• More than 500 line drawings, illustrating each step
• Time-tested tips, techniques, and tutorials for drawing in three-D
• The nine Fundamental Laws of Drawing to create the illusion of depth in any drawing
• seventy-five student examples to encourage you in the process

“Kistler’s approach is light and fun, and rather than overwhelming with technical terminology and intimidating concepts, he instead starts you out putting pencil to paper. Within the first few pages of the book, you are already well on your way . . . The approach presented in this book works so well because you get instant results, which inspire you to continue with the process.” -Sacramento Book Review