probably the best art book. I got this one the other day, it is most excellent peice of writing i have ever come across.
I strongly recommend this to anyone who is starting out in drawing, its helping me out load in improving my sketching techniques.
The book author is Betty Edwards and the book is called "drawing on the right hand side of the brain2
heres an amazon link for more info
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books