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    Draw Good Now
    Draw Good Now
    Draw Good Now
    Ebook186 pages21 minutes

    Draw Good Now

    By E. J. Gold

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    A fanciful place from which to start explorations of artistic value, this illustrated guidebook offers simple, understandable instructions to improve all drawing styles, helping bring emotion to the artwork and pushing artists beyond their limits. Offering more than 70 examples and exercises along with visual samples, artists will find plenty of ways to practice their skills with pen, pencil, and charcoal.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGateways Books Tapes
    Release dateDec 15, 2008
    ISBN9780895564269
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      Draw Good Now - E. J. Gold

      Copyright © 2008 E.J. Gold, All Rights Reserved

      Cover design by Marvette Kort

      Front cover art by E.J. Gold

      Back cover photo by Christiane Wolters

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the copyright holders, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, internet publication, or broadcast and except for pages photocopied by the reader in order to practice the exercises contained in the book.

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      ISBN Softcover: 978-0-89556-256-2

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dedication

      INTRODUCTION

      Contact Information

      Dedicated

      To

      My First Drawing Teacher

      Chaim Gross

      INTRODUCTION

      Claude Needham, Ph.D.

      The success of the Draw Good Now art series has been spectacular. Who would believe that a classroom of beginners could advance from E.J.’s opening comment – this is a pencil to every one of his students becoming selling artists in less than a year? But, that is precisely what has happened. Selling art was the furthest thing from our minds when we signed up for the drawing classes taught by E.J. Gold at a local Ben Franklin Arts and Crafts store. We just wanted to have some fun, learn art, spend a few enjoyable hours with like-minded art enthusiasts, and did I mention

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