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Everyday sketching & drawing : 5 steps to a unique and personal sketchbook habit / Steven B. Reddy ; foreword by Gary Faigin ; afterword by Stephanie Bower.

by Reddy, Steven B.

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Monacelli Studio, 2018.

Drawing -- Technique.

9781580935050 (pbk.)

192 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction: your life, your drawings, your way -- The sketching habit: there's always time to draw -- Materials: it's not about the pen -- The 5-step method: gray does the work, color gets the credit -- Still lifes: draw what you see, not what you know -- Interiors: drawing in public -- Exteriors: location, location, location -- Clutter: embracing complexity -- People: stealthy sketching -- Travel journaling: who needs another gift shop t-shirt? -- Challenges and experiments: what have you got to lose? -- Final thoughts.

Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers an easy-to-follow, 5-step formula, which teaches beginner-friendly techniques for learning the skills necessary to make drawing and sketching an everyday habit. For those who have always wanted to or tried and failed to learn to draw it provides simple step-by-step instruction, plus easy-to-follow practice exercises, and provides the motivation and inspiration readers need to be successful. For those who already draw, the book offers another technique to add to their drawing arsenal. --From the publisher.

Faigin, Gary, 1950-

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