Object Lessons: How to Draw Absolutely anything: Volume 1 - Tapa blanda

The books in the Object Lessons series by Marilyn Rabetz are designed in a lively, informative manner which makes seeing and understanding the drawing concepts quick and easy. Exercises are included and recommended for those truly seeking to improve their drawing skills. When drawing from life, there are many tricks that help make the magical illusion of three dimensions appear on the two dimensional paper. Proportion. Lines, Edges and Color are all covered in this first book of the two-volume version of this series on realist drawing from nationally acclaimed color pencil artist, Marilyn Rabetz. The second book deals with composition, perspective, patterns, portraits, figures, style and creativity.

Marilyn Rabetz studied with Philip Pearlstein and Ad Rheinhardt and is now a nationally known color pencil artist who works in a realist style that requires the ability to draw all types of subject matter with technical accuracy. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, and various articles have been published about her work in magazines such as American Artist, Drawing Magazine and Art/is. Rabetz served as the Director of the Richmond Art Center at The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut for fifteen years, and taught various levels of art there for over three decades. She currently works in her studio in Peekskill, New York, and teaches at the Rye Art Center in Rye, NY. To see more of her work go to: www.marilynrabetz.com