A Foundation Course in Drawing,9780823018673

A Foundation Course in Drawing

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ISBN13: 9780823018673
ISBN10: 0823018679
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher(s): Random House Inc
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Summary

The projects in this teaching guide not only offer drawing exercises, but are also designed to instill good working methods in artists of all levels. Readers are shown different ways to look at a subject by studying shape, form, space, light, texture, and movement as applied to figure drawing, still life, landscape, and abstract subjects. 600 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(3)
LIFE DRAWING 9(80)
Introduction
10(2)
Hand, Eye, and Mind
12(16)
Through the Window
28(12)
A Progression of Tone
40(14)
Building Blocks
54(12)
Inside Out, Outside In
66(11)
Marking Time
77(12)
Conclusion
88(1)
STILL-LIFE DRAWING 89(80)
Introduction
90(2)
Space and Light
92(14)
Texture
106(11)
Fundamental Form
117(15)
Drapery
132(12)
Objects in Space
144(13)
The Moving View
157(12)
Conclusion
168(1)
ABSTRACT DRAWING 169(80)
Introduction
170(2)
Flat as a Pancake
172(12)
Making Space
184(12)
Finding Form
196(15)
Beyond the Look
211(13)
Associations
224(12)
On Your Marks
236(13)
Conclusion
248(1)
LANDSCAPE DRAWING 249(80)
Introduction
250(2)
Preconceptions
252(14)
Landscape Textures
266(15)
Classical Space
281(11)
The Cityscape
292(12)
The Natural Landscape
304(13)
Expressionism
317(12)
Conclusion
328(1)
DRAWING SYSTEMS 329(79)
Introduction
330(2)
Projection Systems
332(12)
Linear Perspective
344(14)
Perspective Grids
358(14)
Trimetric Projection
372(10)
Sciagraphy
382(14)
The Picture Plane
396(12)
Conclusion
408

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