Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

The Thumbnail Sketch. Because of the simplicity and rapidity of execution, these sketches are very useful for experimenting with ...

The Landscape chapter 13 In this series of thumbnail sketches, you can see that the artist was exploring three different composi ...

The Structure of the Landscape. There are some structural properties of the landscape that are important to think about when you ...

The Landscape chapter 13 The Planes of the Landscape. The amount of complexity that exists in nature can be bewildering; therefo ...

Linear Perspective. In Chapters 6 and 7, the laws of one- and two-point perspective were discussed. These principles pertain to ...

The Landscape chapter 13 In the study after the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens detail, you can see that the artist, who had su ...

Aerial Perspective. The term aerial perspectiverefers to the manner in which tones and colors of objects are affected by the atm ...

The Landscape chapter 13 The effects of aerial perspective are usually more pronounced in cities where there is a higher level o ...

The Form of Trees. Trees have the beauty and power to captivate us with their graceful, elegant forms. They are often a dominant ...

The Landscape chapter 13 Trees are infinitely varied in character, just as every human face is a unique arrangement of form and ...

Gallery: Landscape Drawings. In this intimate landscape drawing, the artist created a flowing sense of movement. This seems to b ...

The Landscape chapter 13 Perspective Study,by Warren Prindle This is an interesting example of a perspective construction that w ...

Gallery: Landscape Drawings (continued) This cityscape has a fluid quality in the way in which the buildings seem to flow togeth ...

The Landscape chapter 13 In this drawing, the artist has interestingly juxtaposed contrasting images of winter and associations ...

Glossary. Aerial perspective The effects of humidity and pollution on color and tone as objects recede spatially. Block in To ro ...

Peephole technique Looking through a tiny hole to isolate a part of the subject in order to judge a tonal value or color relatio ...

Appendix. LIST OF ARTISTS Juliette Aristides http://www.aristidesarts.com Pan,p. 219 Sutherland 3 Resting,p. 255 Aristides Class ...

Copy after a Greek statue, p. 170 and 172 Copy after a Roman statue, p. 171 and 173 Cast Study,p. 183 Study after Diego Velázque ...

Jack Montmeat http://www.jackmontmeat.com Portrait Study, p. 117 Copy after a Luca della Robbia sculpture, p. 168 Cast drawing a ...

LIST OF COPIES OF MASTER DRAWINGS Edgar Degas,Head of a Man. 1858 Private Collection, Photograph Archives Durand—Ruel, Paris. (p ...