Free Andrew Loomis Art Intstruction Downloads
Save Loomis!
In response to the recent article, 7 Illustration Books You Need to Read, reader Steven Dovas was generous enough to share links to sites that are offering free downloads of Andrew Loomis art instruction books in pdf format. These rare, out-of-print books are free to distribute because of their public domain status.
Andrew Loomis created several amazing books on Illustration, Drawing, and Painting, and this is the kind of resource treasure that you only hear about or discover once in a long while. I know that many of my fellow Illustrators would love to have access to these great books, so I’m offering download links below. For more Illustration and Art Instruction books, visit the EFII Bookstore.
Please feel free to view or download the following books:
(Click to view, Right-Click to Download)
Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth
I’m really excited to be able to make these available to you, and I hope you find these books useful. Thanks again to Steven Dovas, and thanks to the following sites for providing these downloads and helping to keep the teachings of Andrew Loomis alive:
http://www.placidchaos.com/AM/index.php/2006/02/21/andrew_loomis
http://fineart.sk/
http://alexhays.com/loomis/
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For more Illustration and Art Instruction books, visit the EFII Bookstore.
I actually got all but “Eye Of The Painter” from a guy, I went to see for portfolio review for storyboards. These are THE BEST books for not just illustrators but for all artists and even designers (namely, Creative Illustration).
To make it short, I love these books. Good looking out.
OMG! Thanks for this – what a great find!
Great resources as always!
I can see and download 4 books, but “The eye of the painter” and “Creative illustration” it says they are corrupted. Maybe it’s just me…
Hey Laura,
I tested Creative Illustration earlier, and it seemed to work. I’ll look into it though. Anyone else having any trouble?
I keep telling myself I’m gonna sit down with these books and firm up my figures one of these days. Guess that’s going on the list of week after New Year’s resolutions.
Thanks for the links.
I kept getting file corrupted error boxes when I tried downloading these :( will try again later and maybe from a different computer.
Thanks Tye,
I do recommend you try again. Most people seem to be downloading them fine. Best of luck in the future.
Thomas
These books are exactly what I was looking for! I always look for books that explain technic and give tips and tricks. I find them very handy to refine my drawing skills and keep me “on my toes”. Just like the new book by James Gurney. I asked that one for christmas and got it ;)
Thank you Thomas for sharing these wonderful resources!!
You’re very welcome Veronika. I know you’ll get a lot out of these great books.
Just seeing the covers of these took me back (quite a long way) to when I used to check these out of the library and marvel at his style. Quite a flashback moment! I ended up pursuing writing rather than art but still enjoy looking at great illustrations and reading excellent blogs like this one!