First Lessons in Drawing and Painting

Great book Very resourceful for learning to draw It has helped me improve on my Drawing Keep practicing ,these books really do help This book will make a difference in you drawing For both digital and/or traditional This book is amazing All Jack Hamm books are amazing And helpful I recommend buying & the other Jack Hamm books

It was very informative.

My first instructional art book was by Mr. Jack Hamm "Drawing the Head and Figure" and was easy to understand, with instructions and examples that anyone first learning how to draw will definitely understand. The title of this book is accurate, as he goes through the various areas for beginners and/or current artists to learn a new technique in a lecture style. This book gives you the fundamentals and is copyright dated in 1976, so if you purchase the other books, it's pretty much down the line in the series. Mr. Hamm, along with Wil Eisner, and Andrew Loomis provide any aspiring artist the fundamentals they need to begin their art career. Then they could apply to an art college or the Art Instruction School! Enjoy!

Awesome book

Excellent guide for beginning artists.

WOW

"First Lessons in Drawing and Painting" is a great way to begin your quest of becoming an accomplished artist. This book will help you understand how other famous drawings and paintings were "built", by focusing on the creation of Still Life. Jack goes through many lessons in both drawing and painting, such as how to create space and depth in your drawings, working with values, keys to good composition, light and shadow, basic painting techniques, working with a pen, etc etc... If you have no idea what all of this has to do with good artwork..., then I'd highly suggest starting right here. After you learn the basic formula, Jack take you step by step through a realistic chalk drawing, creating texture, an intro to abstraction, and even teach you floral drawing and painting (you'll learn how to draw realistic roses in here as well). I bought this book after I had already purchased Jack's other four excellent books, this was a mistake on my behalf. I became frustrated when I reviewed my drawings as they visually reminded me that I was 'still a beginner'! So, I bought this book. I've only had this book a week and already my lack of experience is becoming harder to trace, it also helped to boost my self-confidence when I re-read Jack's books and re-tried the excercises. Conclusion: I've learned from my mistakes, so you can save yourself unnecessary frustration. This book is a great easy to follow starter book for the aspiring artist, I'd really consider this book trying to take on figure drawing, landscapes, etc... all of Jack's books will help indefinately, but this book makes you both visually, AND mentally prepared for them!

Jack Hamm is considered one of the best illustrators ever. This is a great technique book showing you lots of drawings and step by step.

This is not a "first lessons in drawing and painting". as it says at the bottom of the book it is actually "stil llife drawing and panting". This book teaches you how to do still llifes. It doesnt teach you how to hold a pencil. or how to observe. or even how to draw an apple. This book does teach: still life composition. light and shadow (minimal at best). This book has minimal practical explanations of how to do. Really after years of trying to make this book work for me, i've had enough. this is not a how to draw book, it is a still life book. I regret buying this book.

The books by this artist are the best art tutorials I've ever seen. I have bought all the other books by him and they are invaluable. Every drawing has explanatory notes and my drawing has improve tremendously.