Sketching for the Absolute Beginner (Absolute Beginner Art) Paperback – 14 Oct. 2021

Although not a beginner myself to sketching, this book is excellent, both for a complete beginner and to give inspiration to other artists.My first books on sketching I purchased some years ago and they were by Adrian Hill, a professional artist who appeared on television and wrote some excellent books on painting and sketching. I absolutely love his pencil sketches and since they were published during the 1950s and 1960s I have been looking for similar books by a modern artist. This book I feel is the first one to be every bit as good as Adrian Hills. For the absolute beginner there is a section on materials and exercises with step by step instructions to help. The importance of shapes, edges and tones are explained, types of sketches and using other media such as pen and wash, charcoal, etc. Then there are chapters on composition, portraying different weather conditions, people, animals in the landscape, trees, boats, etc. The book has numerous excellent examples of Peter’s sketches superbly illustrated and interspersed with lighthearted and sometimes humorous text about his experiences sketching outdoors.All in all I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone, beginner or more experienced artist and it is the perfect accompanying book to his excellent first book, “Pure Watercolour Painting”.

I thought I would take up sketching to get me of my phone. I have not done any previous art(other than school 30 years+ ago). This book has been so helpful and I am impressed with the tutorial it gives. Explained in such easy manner even I could follow.Chuffed with the results after a week.

A great book with lots of information and helpful insights, many more pages than I had thought so great value for money, quite a bit to work through but if you do your be a much better sketcher for it.

Nice book just not right for me

This product is user friendly and is used to learn how to sketch.

Not enough exercises, although supposed to be for the absolute beginner a knowledge oe ability to draw is presumed.

I am a beginner and this book got me sketching very quickly and with confidence. A lifetime of skills tips and tricks are contained in this wonderful book. I cant praise it high enough. The only small downside is that the reference photographs used to sketch from are tiny and poor quality....very difficult to see any detail. It is not a show stopper though and the lesson/point/ideas still come across. I started as a complete and utter beginner...here I am three weeks later just given a small pencil sketch of their house to my next door neighbour as a present. I am really happy. Buy this mans book...it is really good.

This is a fantastic book, putting sketching ideas into simple and clear language. I have many "how to" art books but this is by far and away the best. It should be in your backpack when outdoors and on your desk in your study. I have no doubt that this book become a must have classic for students and artists.