Drawing is the foundation of all visual arts and accompanies the entire process of understanding, from the initial image to the finished work. With this idea in mind, the purpose of this book is to dispel the fear of the blank sheet and encourage us to give form to our own ideas through drawing.

Thus, the reader is informed, step by step, about the materials and tools needed to create a drawing, how to prepare a model, what composition consists of, how to obtain rotating bodies, how shadows are represented in a drawing, what a still life means, and how it can be depicted.

After the instruction has been learned and the drawing completed, the aspiring artist is shown how to make a mat to help preserve their works intact over the years, as well as the key points in the plastic analysis of a painting. At the end, a small glossary of specialized terms is attached, intended to help the reader understand the concepts presented in the book.