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Drawing Still Life is an instructive book that lays down the techniques to draw still life objects. Summary Of The Book Prosenjit Saha and Arundhati Saha present a comprehensive useful book on drawing still life for all those students who are keen on learning the art of drawing. Drawing still life objects is an art and besides constant practice it needs proper guidance to learn the art. This book is an answer for those who have been looking for a proper guidance in the same field. When people start learning drawing still life, nature is considered the best inspiration and source of learning. Beginners and even professionals in this field are amazed with the vast variety of objects provided by nature to draw. Whether one is learning to draw landscapes or still life objects, nature offers unlimited options. In this book, the authors have focused on this very fact that nature is an ultimate source of inspiration for learning still life drawing. Students will find various natural things such trees, mountains, the sea, sunrise, sunset, to be highly inspiring for drawing. Drawing Still Life brings into lights all these aspects to the forefront.  The book explores various difficulties faced while learning the art of still life drawing and the authors explain how to get over these problems. They provide exclusive tips to enhance one’s skills and do further better in still life drawing. With the help of this book, the students will also learn how to use a diverse range of light sources with an aim to add beauty to a drawing. Moreover, it educates about the ways to use different perspectives that enables a student to emphasize the most striking elements of nature. And lastly, students also get to know more about the correct usage of color and pencil strokes. Thus, Drawing Still Life is a complete book for beginners and those well into the process of learning the art of still life drawing. About The Authors Prosenjit Saha is an expert in pencil sketching, matte painting, and clay modeling. Apart from Drawing Still Life, he has also authored instructive books on the art of water coloring and landscape drawing. These are Drawing And Water Colour and Drawing Landscape. Prosenjit Saha belongs to Kolkata. He attended the Government College of Art and Craft in Kolkata to get his Master’s degree in Visual Arts. He has done mural designing with Metro Railway of Kolkata. Moreover, he has work experience of being a visualized and concept designer with NIFT Kolkata, Kolkata Book Fair, and Kolkata Film City. He also organized a solo exhibition with the name of 'Taj through My Window' in 2005 and it was showcased in Delhi. Arundhati Saha is a sculptor and author of various books on drawing. Apart from Drawing Still Life she has published a few other books on the art of drawing. These are Drawing And Water Colour and Drawing Landscape. She holds a Bachelor degree in Visual Arts from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata.