You Can Draw It in Just 30 Minutes: See It and Sketch It in a Half-Hour or Less

I feel like Mark was all time next to me while I was reading this book. Some lessons seems to be way complicated and I even were thinking to give 4 stars but when I managed to draw ballet slipper with more details than suggested Mark, I understood that he did his job.I would like readers and publisher pay attention that: some instructional pictures are wrong (missing) during lessons: penguin, frog head and clipart hand (nothing critical but...).Very often, the first blue print and following drawings are way different. For example: while drawing clipart hand, instruction told me to place pinky at certain place in blueprint. When I finished my hand was looking strange. I compared my final result with Mark's and discovered that he moved pinky way down on 3 or 4th step (but said nothing about that).BTW in the lesson about cake there are two sources of light not one as mentioned in book. I used technic which invited guest artist taught us while drawing boot. The first light is from front left while second - behind right. That explains why we have two shadows, one opposite to another.Some measuring hints are useless because they are told relative to some part of picture, which size is not mentioned at all. The rest measuring hints (including pencil) in this will teach you how to make your picture proportional.I found only few hacks practical: ruler, stumpy from napcin and couple of more (IMHO using your fingers to draw oval seems to be correct only for kids but not adults). BTW those big gray boxes 'please read those two pages, no drawing yet' was annoying and I wish in Kindle version it can be replaced with just single headline.Despite the fact I had original Kindle book, I found scanned PDF version more easy to follow on my iPad. The pages in PDF version are more easy to read and follow. In Kindle version I had to scroll back (3-7 clicks) to see the original picture (to compare it to instructions) while in PDF version I could scroll with single swap.In general, another book 'you can draw in 30 days' is better for start. This one is more to adding additional skills to your drawing (however can be used as first book as well). Currently I am going to subscribe for one year video lessons.All my friends cannot ever imagine I could draw so realistic hands, noses, eyes (the lips are still the most difficult body part for me, however after this book I can draw them more realistically).Thank you Mark for great job.

I worked through all the lessons. After I finished the book, I grabbed a few things to draw that I had trouble drawing in the past. The drawings came out really well. I'm impressed with what I learned in this book. Now I am going to work through another one of his books.

I really look forward to daily sketching lessons from the book.

I’m a little biased because I’ve taught with the author at a kids’ art camp but if you want to have the best possible shot at understanding the drawing tricks and techniques needed to fool the eye, Mark Kistler is a good as they come. I’ve painted for over 30 years but I learned more in my first week of sitting in on his classes at camp than I’d learned combined up to that point. He takes all the info that the great art masters figured out centuries ago and puts them into a dozen principles that are easy to follow and ridiculously easy to master! When you “get” the theory, the actual drawing is a breeze! You can’t IMAGINE the magic you have inside you already. TRY IT!

I have always wanted to be able to draw! I have learned so much and I’m amazed that I can draw! (At 57). Lol I bought all of his books!

This book is AWESOME!!!!! I am not an artist and struggle even following along. BUT...This book is amazing. I love it. I cannot wait for Saturday so I can go outside and enjoy my new book. This is a book for the absolute beginner or anyone in-between. The diagrams make you look at objects differently. I can see down the line being able to look at something and actually draw it. Thank you. Mark!!!

I was disappointed by this book, "You Can Draw It In Just 30 Minutes" compared to his previous "You Can Draw in 30 Days." I think he painted himself into a corner, so to speak, by requiring that each picture use a 'hack.' The hacks seem really random and unnecessarily complicated - I recall at one point he uses a penny to draw a triangle? What? And Keurig should pay him a commission for how many times he uses a K-cup to trace a circle.I'm selling this book at a yard sale, but I'm looking forward to his next one - hopefully he will be back in top form.

I just started drawing 3 mo. Ago with you can draw in 30 days and it’s so true. After that I tried other books and found none to be as good as Mark kistlers book, so I bought 4 other of his book as well including this one and can now do most anything . I am 57 and never could draw anything! Now I want to draw everyday even if only have time to doodle an idea for later.

Mark Klister é o melhor professor de desenho! Pena que não encontrei outros cursos dele!De todos os cursos que já comprei, esse professor foi o melhor!As aulas dele são inesquecíveis.

He gives you the skills you need to draw a beautiful picture one object at a time. All books tell you how to draw and shade a sphere. He gets you to draw and shade many spheres different sizes and placements to create a picture. Tips to make it 3D. You use the skills to creat many things like the flowers. You start with one. Add another.

Una guía práctica para hacer dibujos totalmente completos en 30 minutos, súper recomendado

As a beginner I found this book fabulous. I did a lesson a day. Some I was happy with my result and others I know I need to practise more.

The drawing instructions and illustrations were excellent.