101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal: Practical step-by-step drawing techniques for rendering a variety of surfaces & textures

This is an excellent book. If like me you like drawing a box and filling it with a mini drawing or segment then you will love these textures. About 75% are pencil and 25% pastel. Each page takes a texture like human hair, tree bark or water and shows a how-to in 4 boxes. The first box is usually the most helpful laying down the structure and then there is progressive finishing. I'm quite slow at the final detail stage but I have had some excellent results by following th steps and learning the techniques rather than copying the examples line for line.My only real criticisms are that the book is quite small at under A4 in size so the examples are also small, and that the examples could be ordered by difficulty. Rain drops for example are right at the end and human hair near the front. A minor niggle for what is an excellent book.

Really enjoy trying all the various art projects in this book. Each one is explained in a series of four pictures, with accompanying explanations, including the correct pencil to use. I was particularly pleased with the project for drawing a dog’s nose. Highly recommended.

What an amazing little book! It is full of simple clear information on how to create a wide range of textures. As soon as I got it, I sat down and drew a cwine glass, an apple, a pear and some cobble stones - all in just a few minutes! I showed this book to my art teacher, who immediately borrowed it - I think she will probably buy one of her own. I recommend it!

This is a great little reference book for doing different textures, i found a few hiccups in regard to some of the images which were upside down to the rest of images, which threw me a bit. Hence the 3 stars. Yes i would recommend this book but get the images sorted.

Great book, lots of ideas to try out, would recommend to beginners or experienced artists as I have been drawing thirty plus years and I have learnt things from it.