People: Super-Quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings (5-Minute Sketching)

Nice book, easy to follow sketching for illustrations to support a story

This book significantly helped me get over a fear of sketching people and adding them to my urban sketches as well as finished paintings for sale.

I bought all three books in this series, I think the author does a good job of teaching quick sketching as well as 5 minute sketching. I disagree politely with those that say beginners can’t use these books. It’s also got a lot of tips for advanced artists who may want to try to simplify their work and try something new I have started a 5 minute sketch club and it was based on these books. Many of the people are new to sketching and these books have been very helpful in learning techniques and a place to start. They also show a huge range of styles, encouraging people who don’t draw ‘conventionally’ to draw in a way that suits them. These books are good at breaking things down to the basic building blocks of art. I didn’t find that much overlap in them, I think a master book containing all of the series would be a cool idea if it wasn’t overpriced. Maybe for beginners without other people around it can be daunting to just pick up a pencil or other medium and start drawing. The 5 min sketching is good to get going and to quell your inner critic. Just draw! Great tips on fast textures, using charcoal, drawing crowds etc it’s a lot of fun!

Excellent and Inspiring. I bought this book for myself and liked it so much I bought another for an artist friend as a Christmas gift.

A really great place to start,