>Start reading a Loomis book
>He starts talking about fucking water color and basic beginner shit instead of what I came for
>expecting knowledge of how to produce art to be spoonfed to you like a babby
then dont read the stuff you dont need to read m8
>>2463837
>loomis meme
the only good loomis book is eye of the painter
>>2463856
I'm not expecting that.
I'm expecting to not have to shift through a fucking mountain of garbage with valuable information tucked in-between.
I mean I'm not going to drop the book, but damn it.
>>2463837
>"watercolor" and "basic beginner shit" in the same sentence
But really, Loomis is just a very broad, condensed version of art fundamentals. His books are just a jack of all trades introduction (or refresher) for drawing. Other authors are go more in-depth, so you just have to read their works.
>Start reading a Loomis book
>Not intimidated by the few paragraphs of theory in between the image plates that are pretty much commonplace in most other drawing books as well.
>Learn things from book
>Move on without ever having felt the compulsion to whine to /ic/ about how an author mentions a topic and medium I'm not completely enthralled with in one of their 5 different books.
