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Summary: Rayne's probably holds the GOLD BELT ...
Review: "ULTIMATE... Drawing Course" by John Raynes? The title implies that John Raynes has learned a thing or two about self-promotion from the WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION. Raynes' "Figure Drawing" book didn't impress me either, so it isn't surprising that the figure illustrations are no better here. Raynes' illustrations of senselessly abstract and hopelessly chaotic bathroom water valves, odd bottles, sliced melons, seashells and bicycles are uninspiring enough to make one turn away. The compositions are tedious and repetitive. An example of Raynes' droll, overly-intellectualized written instruction appears on p. 58 in the form of a page-heading in large print: "Metal is manmade, and there is almost no limit to the forms it can take." -John Raynes (If that is relevent to learning to draw, then Raynes will probably tell us that watching paint dry is exciting also.) By page 140, Raynes arrives at human portraits. Unfortunately, he skips drawing of eyes, nose, lips, ears, or the head generally up to that point in his "ULTIMATE" book. (Raynes doesn't address the matter in the pages on portraiture either!) At $20.00 the book is too pricey for too little substance. Just another hack art instructor trying to "cash in" on the trend to LEARN-HOW-TO-DRAW-ON-THE-CASH-IN-YOUR-WALLET fad of art instruction.
Rating:
Summary: Rayne's probably holds the GOLD BELT ...
Review: "ULTIMATE... Drawing Course" by John Raynes? The title implies that John Raynes has learned a thing or two about self-promotion from the WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION. Raynes' "Figure Drawing" book didn't impress me either, so it isn't surprising that the figure illustrations are no better here. Raynes' illustrations of senselessly abstract and hopelessly chaotic bathroom water valves, odd bottles, sliced melons, seashells and bicycles are uninspiring enough to make one turn away. The compositions are tedious and repetitive. An example of Raynes' droll, overly-intellectualized written instruction appears on p. 58 in the form of a page-heading in large print: "Metal is manmade, and there is almost no limit to the forms it can take." -John Raynes (If that is relevent to learning to draw, then Raynes will probably tell us that watching paint dry is exciting also.) By page 140, Raynes arrives at human portraits. Unfortunately, he skips drawing of eyes, nose, lips, ears, or the head generally up to that point in his "ULTIMATE" book. (Raynes doesn't address the matter in the pages on portraiture either!) At $20.00 the book is too pricey for too little substance. Just another hack art instructor trying to "cash in" on the trend to LEARN-HOW-TO-DRAW-ON-THE-CASH-IN-YOUR-WALLET fad of art instruction.
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