What talent 11

"Learning to draw is to pay attention to our surroundings, to understand the structure of things, to look at their outlines and their volumes. These skills can then be used to create these things that exist only in our mind In this fantasy world that runs parallel to ours ": these few introductory sentences are those of the author who expresses the wish to encourage all those who will ride his book to develop this desire to create also fantasy designs.

But for this you must first become familiar with some techniques and acquire the necessary equipment; everything is explained, selection of pencils, erasers, sketchbook, cutter and paper, how to hold a pencil, scribble, hatching, blur, blur, sketch and draw.

Ten projects are presented, they are characters, heroes and creatures from the world of Fantasy:

Merlin,
Nain,
Dragon,
Thor and the Giant,
Lancelot,
Centaur,
Orca,
Arwen,
Balrog,
Mermaid.

These are ten projects that no one sees not evolve step by step, from initial design to the final result.
It is a book as beautiful as practical, directed by John Howe, a talented artist who studied at the School of Decorative Arts of Strasbourg and the famous illustrator of the Lord of the Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson.