wombatjenni's review against another edition
5.0
This is the meatiest book on drawing I have read in a while. It just keeps on going, with tons of examples and suggestions, and you're really only dealing with ink and one type of subject matter! It's a cornucopia of expertly organized information and inspiration. I'm glad I bought this, because I have a feeling I won't be exhausting the book's contents any time soon.
I'm terrible with ink and brush techniques, so I timidly applied one of McLeod's techniques to a doodle - and it looked great! Some other doodles didn't, but luckily McLeod was very quick to assure that a lot of what you are practicing with is going to look sucky until you learn how your brush and ink works, and to do that, you just gotta continue going at it.
Now, after reading the whole thing, I just need to go back and start applying what I learned and take it step-by-step.
I'm terrible with ink and brush techniques, so I timidly applied one of McLeod's techniques to a doodle - and it looked great! Some other doodles didn't, but luckily McLeod was very quick to assure that a lot of what you are practicing with is going to look sucky until you learn how your brush and ink works, and to do that, you just gotta continue going at it.
Now, after reading the whole thing, I just need to go back and start applying what I learned and take it step-by-step.
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