Andrew Loomis

dencal

Folks

I have rescued this link from the old TCM Forum. Excellent instruction.

This link is to free downloads of a fantastic set of drawing instruction books by the artist Andrew Loomis.

If you only download one book make it "Figure Drawing for all its Worth".

http://www.placidchaos.com/AM/index.php/2006/02/21/andrew_loomis

Denis

studioania

Hi Denis
Have you seen Proko on youtube?
He uses Loomis method for drawing really nice I think that's a good suggestion for everybody!
Ciao Maria
https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV/videos

dencal

Maria

Thank you Proko is a very useful link with great drawings and excellent instruction.
Have you seen my favorite? http://www.fivepencilmethod.com/ by Darrel Tank.

Denis

studioania

dencal said:

Maria

Thank you Proko is a very useful link with great drawings and excellent instruction.
Have you seen my favorite? http://www.fivepencilmethod.com/ by Darrel Tank.

Denis

No but I will do for sure!
Grazie Maria

Gary

Thanks Denis....I had the Loomis link and lost it when I changed computers, I appreciate the reminder. I'm a fan of Darrel Tank and his method as well.

Vangie

@Denis
There are no more free downloads on that website of Andrew Loomis' books.
But found them elsewhere:
- http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/ - 6 books
- http://www.saveloomis.org/ - "Due to a cease-and-desist letter from the current copyright holders of the Loomis books I have been forced to take down all copies of his work from my site. In response I have started to develop a strictly Public Domain / Open Source Drawing book site which is located at drawingbooks.org."

Vangie

I love Stan Prokopenko's artwork and drawing videos, as well as Darrel Tank's 5PM drawing lessons/videos.

If you're on Facebook, check out also some of the hyper-realistic charcoal drawings of some of Ani Art Academies' apprentices, graduates and teachers:
- Ani Art Academies' Language of Drawing Program - https://www.facebook.com/groups/389214077803388/
- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ani-Art-Academy-Waichulis/91107787464?ref=ts&fref=ts
- https://www.facebook.com/awaichulis

studioania

I have 6 Loomi's books saved months ago on my pc if someone needs do not hesitate to ask!
I can send via email..and then I will be arrested!=))
Creative illustration
Drawing the head & hands
Figure drawing..
Successful drawing
Fun with a pencil
The eye of a painter
Ciao Maria

tjs

studioania said:

I can send via email..and then I will be arrested!=))

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I like Nicolai Fechin's style of drawing.

tjs

gfish

Thankyou Vangie for these links. Its been a long time since I have seen any of these and I think they are very good at keeping your drawing skills tuned up.

studioania

tjs said:

studioania said:

I can send via email..and then I will be arrested!=))

)

I like Nicolai Fechin's style of drawing.

Why this remind me Richard Shmid?????????
I adore this sense of loosing edges!

CharleyBoy

All of Loomis's books have been republished recently and can be purchased on Amazon.com. The only exception is "The Eye of the Painter". I don't know if they plan to republish that one or not. Loomis died unexpectedly in the middle of writing that work and it was finished by someone else. It looked like he was starting to focus more on the aesthetic aspects of drawing and painting in "The Eye of the Painter". When reading about him it seems he had just finally felt financially secure and looking forward to a retirement where he could do what he wanted rather than what was dictated by his clients. Who knows what treasures we were denied by his early demise?

Those republished books are hardback, fairly large format, wonderful quality and they all seem to be about $25 each no matter how many pages.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Andrew+Loomis&rh=i:aps,k:Andrew+Loomis

CharleyBoy

About a year ago, I was looking for the Schmid book, "Alla Prima". It had a price of around $50 or $60, so I decided to wait while keeping an eye out for a less expensive used one on Amazon. Big mistake--it's over $100 now! His other titles are now out of print and the used ones are listed for hundreds on Ebay. Guess I'll do without unless I get lucky. Anybody have alternative leads on those books? Maybe some of the members who have those books can share with everyone else the advice and information they contain that is different from what is available in other books---or refer us to other authors that provide similar information!?

gfish

Super book. Have not looked at it for a while but should. I picked it up on a pre-publish offer and saved a little but do not remember how much now. Have other books and dvd's by him also. One of my favorites. Its pricey but still worth it.

Vangie

Whilst we're on the subject of drawing, I thought I'd share with you an FB post from Edward Dillon (Artist/Instructor at Ani Art Academies Dominicana). He wrote:

"Here is a great website for those of you who like to practice gesture drawing, introduced to me by my brother Joe Dillon. An excellent way to warm up before working from a live model or brushing up on anatomy in perspective. http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/thirtysecond"

That link is in Japanese, but I think you'd get the gist of it.

Here's the English version: http://www.posemaniacs.com/.

Also check out posemaniac's videos: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=posemaniacs&oq=posemaniacs&gs_l=youtube.12..0.261.3923.0.6994.4.4.0.0.0.0.588.1231.0j2j1j5-1.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.BrVvSYT7aZg

Gary

Thanks Vangie! Great site...its all good but the I like the challenge of the 30 timer page. I can't do it but its fun to try!

dencal

Vangie said:

@Denis
There are no more free downloads on that website of Andrew Loomis' books.
But found them elsewhere:
- http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/ - 6 books
- http://www.saveloomis.org/ - "Due to a cease-and-desist letter from the current copyright holders of the Loomis books I have been forced to take down all copies of his work from my site. In response I have started to develop a strictly Public Domain / Open Source Drawing book site which is located at drawingbooks.org."

Vangie

I can still download from that website, can't see any restrictive warnings.

Wait, Just tried the above link I supplied and it generates a spam warning.
I must be using a different link these days. Anyhow thanks for finding the new ones.

Denis

AZPainter

U.K publisher, Titan has already published three of the Loomis books. Amazon has all of the ones released already and the word is that Titan plans on publishing all of his books. There are five or six, I think. Memory fades with age, sorry.

The first art instruction book I ever bought was "Richard Schmid Paints Landscapes" I bought is for $14.95 and it is a first edition as is the second art instruction book I bought "Richard Schmid Paints Figures." I had no idea who Schmid was back in 1975 or that these two books would be worth what they are now. I have all of the Schmid books in first editions and two "Alla Prima" books on a limited first edition, signed and in a case, and the other a first edition regular one for reading and learning. I also have his "Landscape" coffee table book. I have taken two workshops with Schmid, one for a single day and one for five days. He is a wonderful teacher, if a little dramatic at times with some of the final florish's with his brush for the finishing stroke to a demo. I like him though very much. He is polite and generous with his knowledge and gives wonderfully instructive critiques of student's paintings at the end of the workshop. What is interesting is that he tells everyone in the class NOT to sign their paintings, but to place it on the floor facing the wall. When the critique starts he will pick up each painting, one at a time, set it on the easel and talk about the painting without knowing who's piece it is. He talks about mistakes and how to fix them as well as what is good. I enjoyed these workshops very much and learned a lot.

I wandered off the road and topic here, so I apologize and suggest looking on Archive.org or a library website and see if they have the Schmid books for downloading. I know Archives has the Loomis books and other out of print books. I have not looked for them, but it maybe another source for some desirable books that are long out of print. http://archive.org/

Gary

Good info....thanks for the archive line!