John Howe Fantasy Drawing Workshop
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John Howe Fantasy Drawing Workshop Details
About the Author John Howe is one of the world's most renowned fantasy artists, best known for his 20 year stint as an artist on the Tolkien list, and his work as Conceptual Designer alongside Alan Lee on the Lord of the Rings movies. He is an active member of the worldwide fantasy art community, and holds regular exhibitions and lectures on his work around the world. John lives in Switzerland. www.john-howe.com Read more
Reviews
I originally bought this book to help give me some ideas on what to draw that were fantasy-like in nature. I am an artist myself, but I've had several years where I was too busy with life to even draw. I wanted to get back into the swing of things and I thought that this book would be a good start. I am a fan of John Howe's work as well, so that certainly went into consideration when purchasing the book.The book itself goes through the basics of what tools you should use and how to get references to draw from so that your illustrations/drawings look more realistic. That's pretty basic in most drawing books. From there, it goes through start to finish of some general fantasy drawings from John Howe. They are nothing fantastic, but I don't consider that to be a con. I didn't buy the book to be a coffee table art book - I bought it to give me some ideas on what to draw and get practicing again. It definitely serves its purpose for that! Some of the basics include drawing Merlin and another one is a dragon. He shows some references on what gave him inspiration for each of these. From there you can choose to use his references or gather some of your own. What I like about it personally is that I can start with what he has and then draw it again and again using my own references and building on it until it's something that I'm really happy with. Sure, you can always look online for ideas and inspiration in what to draw, but for about $16 it's really a great price and you get to see how he starts with something really basic and adds more and more details and the thought process that goes behind each drawing. It's like having a class on fantasy drawing and you have your own assignments to do, but you don't have to physically go to class!
