Welcome to my book section. We all refer to books once and a while to help us learn how to draw or just as a reference for those hard to draw things. Take a look at these books and feel free to drop a line or feedback on what you thought of each book. As you can see from the list there's a couple of authors I tend to lean towards. Their style works for me and maybe you find someone elses style works for you. Take time develop and explore. There's so much out there.

Click on the book to order!	Draw Real People By Lee Hammonds This book help you to get an understanding on how real people look with a new technique.	Click on the book to order!	Draw Real Hands By Lee Hammond Lee Hammonds book Draw Real Hands deals with just that HANDS. This is a great help on understanding the hands and how the hands shape can effect your pictures. For the price it's a nice reference book.
Click on the book to order!	Draw Family & Friends By Lee Hammonds This book gives you a review of the other books Lee Hammond has written in regards to the face and setting up a grid to draw. The big bonus to this book compared to the rest is the concentration on the whole body in shape, posture, and how the clothing sits on our body. Excellent book for the complete body sketches.	Click on the book to order!	People & Portraits By Lee Hammond This book covers similar things as Draw Family & Friends with the big exception of adding color to her drawings. Again a good book for the artist at a resonable cost.
Click on the book to order!	Flowers and Nature By Lee Hammonds This book gives you the same technique Lee Hammond is know for in a nature and flower use. A recomended book for all who strive to learn how to draw. Excellent format to help you understand were to start.	Click on the book to order!	Birds By Lee Hammond This book covers similar styles of Lee Hammond. A sucessful series of books teaching the basics for everyone to be able to draw. Some pictures are not quite realistic but thats the same no matter what kind of artist we are. For birds this is a simple book to learn
Click on the book to order!	Draw Portraits in Colored Pencil from Photograph by Lee Hammond This book is my #1 reference for colored pencil portraits. Nobody explains it easier. Everyone I've suggested this book has to agree it's great. Lee Hammonds book Draw Family and Friends covers some of the same details as previous books but goes further into clothing and the entire body rather then staying to one part the face..	Click on the book to order!	Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photograph By Lee Hammond Lee Hammonds book Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photograph take you through the ways of drawing in graphite pencil and how to get the proper proportions that are usually the culprit that ruins your portraits.
Click on the book to order!	Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil By Gary Greene This book help you draw all kinds of flowers in colored pencil. From Roses to Tulips, Azelias to Morning Glories every flower you can imagine he's covered and explained how to achieve each look.	Click on the book to order!	Creating Textures in Colored Pencil By Gary Greene This book is a must have for all Colored Pencil Artists who enjoy drawing a broad range of subjects. Gary covers how to achive the old rusted hinge to a few flowers to every in between.
Click on the book to order!	Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor by Claudia Nice Claudia has a technique that transfers very easily to colored pencil. She ranges from outside textures of leaves and wood to animals and buildings, Baically she covers everything from soup to nuts.	Click on the book to order!	How to Keep a Sketchbook Journal By Claudia Nice This is a nice book to add to a library but I would consider purchasing both Creating Textures in Pen, Ink Watercolor and Painting Weathered Building in Pen, Ink and Watercolor before this book. This is a nice book but covers many of the things already covered in the books above. Mind you it is a nice book with a specific purpose "How to Keep a Sketchbook Journal".
Click on the book to order!	Sketching Your Favorite Sujbects in Pen & Ink by Claudia Nice This book deals only with black and white. Claudia does give many good ideas and how to's don't expect a step by step but but rather a book that gives ideas and tips on how to draw. Well worth the money you spend on this book for the new artist to pen and ink to the advanced looking for some references.	Click on the book to order!	Painting Weathered Buildings in Pen, Ink and Watercolor By Claudia Nice This entire book deals with buildings. Claudia has a nice style both in ink that could easily be transfered to colored pencils. Very simple but detailed explinations makes her books an excellent addition to any library.
Click on the book to order!	Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques By Judy Martin This book covers a range of colored pencil techniques and how to work with this medium. It's a nice reference book for the fact it shows you a broad range of techniques but limits itself to actual teaching by being so broad. Again nice to have in reference but limited in practicallity.	Click on the book to order!	Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step By Ann Kullberg Ann covers Portraits in a very realistic style. Capturing the color and expressions with ease which she teaches you in this book. With the use of simple homemade tools she shows you how to copare colors in photographs, create skintones, hair and fabric and how to put them all together as one.
Click on the book to order!	Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur L. Guptill This is the classic book on Pen and Ink techniques. It covers 250 pages of using Pen and Ink. You will be amazed at some of the details that are achived with this medium. From Trees to buildings to fine intricate detail of furniture. A must for any Pen and Ink Artist.	Click on the book to order!	Painting Nature in Pen, Ink and Watercolor By Claudia Nice Again Claudia has proved how beautiful pen and ink can be. She has taken her talent and drawn nature both as direct pictures and with tips and ideas sketched on the side. This is a nice book both for instruction and for just browsing through.
Click on the book to order!	Colored Pencil Solution Book by Janie Gildow, Barbara Benedetti Newton It's a nice refreshing style book. Very clear and detailed on how to achive certain looks in colored pencil. This book does not deal with the smudging, burnishing aspects of colored pencil like many other books do. A must have for the colored pencil artist.	Click on the book to order!	Exploring Colored Pencil By Angela McFall Angelo In her own style this is a good book for the colored pencil artist. Unfortunately it's not presently in my collection. May be a future purchase.
Click on the book to order!	Colored Pencil for the Serious Beginner By Bet Borgeson This is not one of my favorite colored pencil books. It does give you some insight into colored pencil but don't expect a lot of step by step instructions rather a broad view of the colored pencil artist. For a good read and some details other books don't cover this is good.	Click on the book to order!	Complete Colored Pencil Book By Bernard Poulin This book covers a range of colored pencil art. Many will agree it was not made for the new artists to colored pencil. Different in style from the rest is the refreshing part of this book giving new ideas to the artist.
Click on the book to order!	Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil By J.D. Hillberry I like this pencil drawing book. It doesn't have many examples like some of the books. but this one is detailed. It's amazing the detail that is achieved with a simple pencil, eraser and a kneaded eraser. A nice book to have for the realistic Artist.	Click on the book to order!	Perspective for the Comic Book Artist By David Chealsea 175 pages of comic book style writting explaining what seems like everything in drawing from perspective of buildings to people, inside buildings and outside plus much more. A nice book for anyone not just the comic book artist. This book is done in a fun comic book way. Worth the money you pay for it.
Click on the book to order!	Colored Pencil Explorations By Janie Gildow I have not yet had a chance to see this book as it was new in December. If it follows the same style as her previous book it should be very useful to the colored pencil artist. See Colored Pencil Solution book for her other title above.	Click on the book to order!	Animals By Lee Hammond Lee hammond has produced another good reference book. This book Animals she covers how to draw some of our favorite pets and animals from dogs to cats, rabbits and tigers. I find her book much better then birds and the realism created is back to her usual style. this book does also take into account more then just the Prismacolor Line of Pencils, she also uses the Derwent Studio brand showing there is more then just one pencil out there.