Looks like he needs more practice with his own methods
936656
Looks like he needs more practice with his own methods.  This book definitely reads as if it was written in twelve days.
4237965
I agree that he needs to refine his songwriting a great  deal. Each song sounds the same, actually sounds like old Stevie Wonder songs that he never recorded (because they weren't up to his standards back then). I await his next  release and hopefully he utilizes an outside producer/ songwriter (Babyface? D'Angelo even?).....
1662591
His first few books kinda left a bad taste in my mouth after reading them.. In this one it seems like he has taken his edginess and refined it into something more intriguing.
4280570
So far he hasn't figured out how to separate the peices and seeems to enjoy teething on it.
2832196
Disappointing ... he never gets around to saying HOW to make your own rules.
3317047
Good explanations, unclear about putting into practice. I'd like more practical steps on this new approach to common problems and habits.
835693
Graves goes on about scaring the student with such phrases as "plunging immediatley into frantic production of your own thing."  The entire book is a number tricks. I don't object to "tricks" if the ends result in  a good drawing. The first rule of art is ; there no rules. I agree with many of Graves' didactic, time tested academic step by step progress. However what I see here is not unlike many of the popular TV how to draw/paint....Like ME. In fact Graves' drawings are rather poor. His concepts about tone and form are sound. My fear is that is that want of the student to advance in there truest of artforms; the charcoal drawing. It is the purest of all medium. The art of drawing is the most important vehicle to which the artist can move on to painting, printmaking etc.; not that that is even important. A good drawing can stand alone and equal to any painting. If you really wish to draw well I would suggest "The Natural way to Draw" which is also very exercize driven and only people who truly want to draw well will follow this regimine. Nicholides does not present his own work as an example of how to draw; but rather chooses to present and challenge the student to work and work hard. I believe this a better way in which to convey the principles of draughtsmanship.
1613883
Good material, allows you to use the calculator faster than if you just start reading HP manuals.  But I feel that this tutorial could be more professional, both in form and substance: the examples used seem to be random instead of carefully chosen and worked out in advance.  I guess that the author knows much more than he tells and this is frustrating.
821647
The author spends quite a bit of time repeating himself and often appears to be writing about things with which he has no experience.
4247338
not used to this yet but when i did finish my bed looked a lot better than when i did it. will have to practice more.
263768
I saw Rick Hanson in Kirpaula in Western Massachussets after I got the book.  He is a great guy.  However, I feel the book is not all that helpful.  Dr. David Burns is more my style.  This book did not have many exercises or exercise sheets and was sort of fluff.  Sorry Rick...the concept is great but could have been said in a lot less wordy manner and with more punch.
1705500
.. Over Robbie J. Well, it's a pretty advanced technique that RJ uses, but if you're going to get anywhere near his skill level I imagine you probably need something like this to help you out.
150051
The K'Nex are great for creative development. His hands are still a little too small to articulate the construction. His mom and I have to help him. He does make his own things.
1120894
Scott Kelby is a very good, step by step instructor.  However, some of the techniques are repeats of previous ones in earlier books
1418132
Needs an editor and perhaps some reference books. Wrote it from seat of his pants.
1384372
From the description, I expected step-by-step instructions for a series of drawings.  This book seems like about 50% of it was edited out.  What is there is sort of instructive and the author is funny, but he seems to take for granted that readers will be able to fill in a lot of gaps on their own.  For instance, on one page he draws the outline of a head and neck, then puts dots around the outline, which he says are self-explanatory.  To him, maybe.  If I had to buy it again, I wouldn't.
4021769
Although the director did a good job, the moves are not really for the beginner, especially for an older one. I will need to find a more suitable set of exercises.