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A Guide to Drawing

by: Mendelowitz, Daniel M.; Wakeham, Duane A.

A Guide to Drawing

by: Mendelowitz, Daniel M.; Wakeham, Duane A.

ISBN 13:
9780030554872
ISBN 10:
003055487X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/02/1993
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

One of the most respected and widely used books in its field, A GUIDE TO DRAWING is a classic, comprehensive, and systematic introduction to the art of drawing, focusing on the mastery of traditional skills as the basis for expressive drawing.

PART 1 Introduction

(14)

The Nature of Drawing 1

(12)

What is Drawing?

(2)

Types of Drawings

(3)

Expressive Drawing

(2)

The Role of Drawing Today

(4)

PART 2 Initial Experiences

(48)

Making Drawings

(1)

Looking at Drawings

(1)

Presentation of Drawings

(2)

Beginner's Media 2

(29)

Charcoal

(4)

Pencil

(3)

Ballpoint and Felt-Tip Pens

(1)

Brush and Ink

(10)

Learning to See 3

Perspective, Foreshortening

(1)

Mechanical Aids to Perception

(5)

Defining Forms with Negative Space

(3)

Right Brain, Left Brain

(1)

Copying and Sketching 4

(15)

The Tradition of copying

(7)

The Tradition of Sketching

(8)

PART 3 The Art Elements

(102)

Line 5

(16)

The Contour Line

(3)

The Contour of Varied Width

(2)

Lost and Found Edges

(1)

The Searching Line

(1)

The Modeled Line

(2)

Hatching, Cross-Hatching, and Scribbled Tones

(2)

The Calligraphic Line

(4)

Experiencing Different Line Qualities

(1)

Value 6

(24)

The Value Scale

(2)

Form Defined by Light

(1)

Chiaroscuro

(4)

Qualities of Light

(1)

Form and Space

(1)

Pattern

(2)

Texture

(1)

Range of Values and Expressive Use of Value

(4)

Value Contrasts for Emphasis

(1)

Color and Value

(4)

Drawing in Color

102

(2)

Texture 7

104

(12)

Familiar Surfaces

104

(3)

Rendering Textures

107

(2)

Textures of the Artist's Media

109

(1)

Uniform Texture

110

(1)

Invented Texture

111

(2)

Expressive Use of Texture

113

(3)

Composition 8

116

(23)

Compositional Studies

117

(1)

Selecting Format

118

(1)

Open and Closed Composition

118

(1)

Balance

119

(1)

Directional Lines

120

(2)

Shape

122

(3)

Repetition-Pattern

125

(1)

Variation-Contrast

125

(1)

Dominance-Subordination

126

(1)

Movement

127

(2)

Rhythm

129

(1)

Depth

130

(1)

Value

131

(3)

Color

134

(1)

Point of View

135

(4)

Perspective 9

139

(26)

Why Study Perspective?

141

(1)

Fixed Viewpoint and Cone of Vision

142

(1)

Picture Plane

143

(1)

Horizon Line, Ground Plane

144

(1)

Line of Vision, Central Vanishing Point

145

(1)

One-Point Perspective

145

(6)

Two-Point Perspective

151

(3)

Three-Point Perspective

154

(1)

Circles in Perspective

155

(3)

Shadows

158

(4)

Reflections

162

(1)

Drawing Designs in Perspective

163

(1)

Seeing and Using Perspective

163

(2)

PART 4 Drawing Media

165

(40)

Papers

166

(1)

Dry Media 10

167

(20)

Charcoal

169

(4)

Chalk

173

(1)

Pastels

174

(1)

Conte Crayon

175

(2)

Wax Crayons

177

(1)

Pencil

178

(4)

Colored Pencils

182

(1)

Stick and Powdered Graphite

183

(2)

Silverpoint

185

(2)

Wet Media 11

187

(18)

Pen and Ink

187

(8)

Pen, Brush, and Ink

195

(1)

Brush and Ink

196

(3)

Wash Drawing

199

(4)

Mixed Media

203

(2)

PART 5 Traditional Areas of Subject Matter

205

(82)

Still Life 12

207

(15)

Advantages of Still Life

209

(1)

Still-Life Forms

210

(3)

Composition and Treatment

213

(5)

Transparency and Reflective Surfaces

218

(2)

Expanded Subject Matter

220

(2)

Landscape 13

222

(18)

Needs of the Landscapist

224

(1)

Landscape Imagery

225

(2)

Texture and Pattern

227

(3)

Spatial Relationships in Nature

230

(4)

Cityscape

234

(4)

Abstraction

238

(2)

Figure Drawing 14

240

(25)

Anatomical Drawings

241

(4)

Life Drawing-The Nude Model

245

(10)

Gesture Drawing

255

(2)

The Figure in Action

257

(3)

Drawing the Clothed Figure

260

(3)

Temperament and the Human Figure

263

(1)

Imagination and the Figure

264

(1)

The Portrait 15

265

(22)

Form and Proportion

267

(3)

The Features

270

(2)

The Self-Portrait

272

(3)

The Objective Approach

275

(2)

The Idealized Portrait

277

(2)

The Psychological Portrait

279

(5)

Caricature

284

(3)

PART 6 Synthesis in Drawing

287

(2)

Illustration 16

289

(1)

Illustration Versus Fine Art

289

(3)

Types of Illustration

292

(12)

Art Directors

304

(1)

Research Resources

305

(1)

Preparing a Portfolio

306

(1)

Expressive Drawing 17

307

(1)

Empathy

308

(4)

Representation and Abstraction

312

(2)

Artist or Dilettante?

314

(1)

Responding Subjectively

315

(1)

Making Choices

316

(2)

More Than Technique

318

(2)

Imagination and Expression

320

(2)

Mastery of Craft

322

(3)

Expanding Awareness

325

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