3 ms·

It's crazy how little has changed in drawing styles since the 30's. Those books look like something you could buy today (or at least find on the internet, I'm n

• zuminator 4y ago
  You actually can buy it today: https://www.amazon.com/Draw-Animal-Book-Step-Step/dp/1631598414 https://www.amazon.com/Draw-Animal-Book-Step-Step/dp/1631598...
• noahbradley 4y ago
  I'd say a whole lot has changed in drawing styles. There just happened to be a fairly accessible style of drawing that these sort of books teach which has stuck around well. It can be a nice intro to art and at least starts you thinking about how to construct your drawings. But yeah, once you move past that it's fairly impressive how much things have changed/evolved in drawing.
• egypturnash 4y ago
  The fundamentals are always the same. Start with a rough shape that vaguely resembles the thing you’re drawing. Work over it to make it look more like the thing. Look at real examples of the thing if you want to. When you reach the desired level of detail, call it done. The details change over time. New conceptual tools, new mark-making tools. But the process I use as an artist is fundamentally unchanged since the first caveman saw firelight flickering on a bulge in a cave, said “hey, that looks like a bull”, then picked up a bit of charcoal to make some marks that make it look even more like a bull.
  • dotancohen 4y ago
    > The fundamentals are always the same. Start with a rough shape that vaguely resembles > the thing you’re drawing. Work over it to make it look more like the thing. Also called "remove everything that isn't elephant".