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• 288 pages — 625 illustration
• Features three step-by-step projects
• Read a page from each chapter
• Basic price per book : £35.00
• Discounts on orders of 3 or more books - go to MAIN BOOK ORDER FORM

Drawing From Line to Life was born from the 'how to draw' tutorials on this website. Artists began to ask me for more and that coincided with my desire to unload 25 years of professional drawing experience into one volume. That knowledge, locked up in my head, was no use to anyone else and I couldn't see why other artists had to learn from their mistakes when they could leap forwards by being warned about mine!

The chapters build step-by-step from basic 'how to draw' techniques to advanced drawing, so each chapter simply adds to the techniques learned in earlier chapters. And I set out with the intention of always explaining why as well as how. Understanding comes from knowing why you should do something, not from just knowing how.

There are three sections - basic to advanced - and each section culminates in a step-by-step drawing that exposes my errors as well as triumphs.

You can read a sample page from each chapter, discover what other artists have had to say, and see what discounts are available..