--- product_id: 3978531 title: "Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes" price: "Rp622351" currency: IDR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.id/products/3978531-drawing-scenery-landscapes-and-seascapes store_origin: ID region: Indonesia --- # Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes **Price:** Rp622351 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes - **How much does it cost?** Rp622351 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.id](https://www.desertcart.id/products/3978531-drawing-scenery-landscapes-and-seascapes) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes [Hamm, Jack] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes Review: Content-packed bargain! - Jack Hamm's three books "Drawing the Head and Figure," "How to Draw Animals," and this volume together form what I consider a complete course in commercial illustration but for color theory, which you can find in many other art books. Drawing well is the basis for every other art form especially in illustration. This is the most difficult of those three volumes. Prepare to spend some time reading and studying it. I felt like I was back in college, and progressed through it one page at a time doing sketches on index cards with a soft pencil to test the ideas and theories he put forward -- and unlike many other art books I've read or classes I've taken, concepts like composition, balance, light and perspective made sense to me after studying this book. It's not a light read but it's so rich. Jack Hamm's style is engaging but it's very content-dense. His books are the peak of the example-heavy content-rich concise style of art instruction. Step by step projects and long personal essays on technique and feeling aren't what Jack Hamm is about, although his style is engaging he doesn't seem to have the ego that many art instruction writers do. He doesn't claim his methods or compositions or styles are the best. He describes as many different ways to do things as they are and constantly encourages imagination, originality and personal style. He distinguishes realism from artistic exaggeration and explains effectively why you can't just rely on a photo or even on what you see to create a good believable picture. I'm a writer who has spent a lifetime trying to learn self-illustration and his explanations have successfully broken some mental barriers like overdetailing, lack of focus, bad composition, inconsistent lighting. He encourages boldness and daring. He has specific examples and details of everything I'd need to use in a scene, from clouds and waves to rocks and trees and houses. Most of all he shows how to create drama within a scene, no matter what the subject is it can be rendered a little bolder than life, it can convey emotion and tell a story. I'd recommend this without reservation, order all three of them if you don't have them. All of these books have one quality in common. Even after they're read, they are great permanent references with examples of trees, waves, houses, styles of clouds -- the cloud chart pages are great -- so if I'm doing a drawing I can flip to the right section and get ideas for how to handle the sky or what I can do to make the gnarled tree look like endurance. These books are the kind that will wear out from constant use and need replacing if you're at all fond of drawing, because there's always something new and interesting to find for any future artwork. This is why these classics are still in print. Check out the other two and consider his cartooning book as well if you have any interest in cartooning. Review: Useful - All you need to know starting with composition followed by drawing objects from landscaped with a lot of drawings/sketches. Old print but very useful ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #140,463 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #82 in Landscape & Seascape Art #89 in Landscape Painting #764 in Drawing (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 433 Reviews | ## Images ![Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7190ZoXiniL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Content-packed bargain! *by R***N on September 17, 2005* Jack Hamm's three books "Drawing the Head and Figure," "How to Draw Animals," and this volume together form what I consider a complete course in commercial illustration but for color theory, which you can find in many other art books. Drawing well is the basis for every other art form especially in illustration. This is the most difficult of those three volumes. Prepare to spend some time reading and studying it. I felt like I was back in college, and progressed through it one page at a time doing sketches on index cards with a soft pencil to test the ideas and theories he put forward -- and unlike many other art books I've read or classes I've taken, concepts like composition, balance, light and perspective made sense to me after studying this book. It's not a light read but it's so rich. Jack Hamm's style is engaging but it's very content-dense. His books are the peak of the example-heavy content-rich concise style of art instruction. Step by step projects and long personal essays on technique and feeling aren't what Jack Hamm is about, although his style is engaging he doesn't seem to have the ego that many art instruction writers do. He doesn't claim his methods or compositions or styles are the best. He describes as many different ways to do things as they are and constantly encourages imagination, originality and personal style. He distinguishes realism from artistic exaggeration and explains effectively why you can't just rely on a photo or even on what you see to create a good believable picture. I'm a writer who has spent a lifetime trying to learn self-illustration and his explanations have successfully broken some mental barriers like overdetailing, lack of focus, bad composition, inconsistent lighting. He encourages boldness and daring. He has specific examples and details of everything I'd need to use in a scene, from clouds and waves to rocks and trees and houses. Most of all he shows how to create drama within a scene, no matter what the subject is it can be rendered a little bolder than life, it can convey emotion and tell a story. I'd recommend this without reservation, order all three of them if you don't have them. All of these books have one quality in common. Even after they're read, they are great permanent references with examples of trees, waves, houses, styles of clouds -- the cloud chart pages are great -- so if I'm doing a drawing I can flip to the right section and get ideas for how to handle the sky or what I can do to make the gnarled tree look like endurance. These books are the kind that will wear out from constant use and need replacing if you're at all fond of drawing, because there's always something new and interesting to find for any future artwork. This is why these classics are still in print. Check out the other two and consider his cartooning book as well if you have any interest in cartooning. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful *by R***T on November 12, 2025* All you need to know starting with composition followed by drawing objects from landscaped with a lot of drawings/sketches. Old print but very useful ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ On Composing Pictures and Drawing Scenery *by G***M on May 8, 2009* This is an amazing book that teaches how to draw scenary. When we look at Landscape as a subject it becomes essential to look at composition of the picture. This is an extremely important aspect of creating a drawing, whether landscape or not. more so when its a landscape, since there are bound to be multiple subjects present in the picture. The book deals in great detail on the various approaches to composing a picture. Learning to look at the whole, creating space within the boundaries, separating /arranging the subjects, creating a path for the eye to flow. these are difficult topics, but essential for a successful picture. Numerous details, and tips are presented on this topic which will enrich ones ability in composition. These can all be employed while drawing figures/still life or any picture. There is a lesson titled "Putting subject matter out of the mind" where the author introduces an interesting experiment of trying to compose pictures, with the basic elements such as the line, tone, etc.. but without any specific explicit subject. Its a wonderful exercise that opens up our ability to compose pictures. This is probably similar to the Gesture drawing that Kimon Nicholaides prescribes for capturing action. There are tons of such useful exercises on composition alone that will make the book worth possesing. Of course the book deals is awesome detail on the specific subject of scenary. classified into following sections Trees and Foliage Rocks and Mountains Clouds and Skies Water : Ocean, Lakes, Rivers Building Each one of these contain simple examples, several variations, approaches to capture the particular element. This pretty much takes care of all that one needs in creating a place for the story a picture tells. Whether one wants to explore pure landscape as a subject, for painting, or for story Ilustration/ graphic story telling, where one needs to create the space for the characters to live, this is undoubtedly a great book to learn from. ## Frequently Bought Together - Drawing Scenery: Seascapes and Landscapes: Seascapes Landscapes - Drawing the Head and Figure: A How-To Handbook That Makes Drawing Easy - How to Draw Animals (Perigee) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.id/products/3978531-drawing-scenery-landscapes-and-seascapes](https://www.desertcart.id/products/3978531-drawing-scenery-landscapes-and-seascapes) --- *Product available on Desertcart Indonesia* *Store origin: ID* *Last updated: 2026-05-09*