Part 1: Discovering What It Takes to Draw.
CHAPTER 1: Gearing Up to Start (and Continue) Drawing. 7
CHAPTER 2: A New Kind of Seeing: Getting Familiar with the Artist’s Perspective. 19
CHAPTER 3: Gathering What You Need to Get Started . 37
CHAPTER 4: Working through the Developmental Stages of Drawing . 63
Part 2: Developing Basic Skills.
CHAPTER 5: Planning Your Drawings . 79
CHAPTER 6: Seeing and Drawing Lines and Shapes. 107
CHAPTER 7: Exploring the Third Dimension. 131
CHAPTER 8: Adding Life to Your Drawings with Shading. 165
CHAPTER 9: Identifying and Rendering Textures . 193
Part 3: Experimenting with Subject Matter.
CHAPTER 10: Making Meaningful Still Life Drawings . 209
CHAPTER 11: Representing the Natural World in Your Drawings. 225
CHAPTER 12: Bringing Animals to Life on Paper. 251
CHAPTER 13: Drawing People. 275
Part 4: The Part of Tens
CHAPTER 14: Ten Tips for Drawing Cartoons. 307
CHAPTER 15: Ten Ways to Grow as an Artist. 315
CHAPTER 16: Answering Ten Common Copyright Questions. 325