Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

Flatness into Form: An Introduction from Dean Fisher The creation of the illusion of reality on a flat, blank surface always has ...

What Is Drawing? chapter 1 The Photographer,by Dean Fisher ...

Drawn to Create: An Introduction from Josephine Robinson The visual language of painting and drawing has a rich and complex voca ...

What Is Drawing? chapter 1 Looking Downtown from Midtown,by J. S. Robinson ...

A Gallery of Drawings to Inspire You This beautiful portrait by Michelangelo shows a simple elegance in its execution and design ...

What Is Drawing? chapter 1 In this phenomenal drawing by contemporary Spanish artist Antonio López Garcia, his acute vision, ski ...

A Gallery of Drawings to Inspire You (continued) The artist has drawn these two objects with a great deal of restraint. She has ...

chapter 1 The Russian Girl,by Silvius Krecu, courtesy of the artist What Is Drawing? In this elegant line drawing, the artist ha ...

A Gallery of Drawings to Inspire You (continued) This formal, yet subtle, composition fixes our gaze on two objects that are bat ...

chapter 1 Cup Still Life,by Roger Van Damme, courtesy of the artist What Is Drawing? In this image, the artist has frozen a mome ...

Drawing Materials In this chapter, you will be introduced to the basic materials needed to carry out the exercises in the book. ...

A Sample of Drawing Tools............................... 16 Different Papers........................................ 18 ...

A Sample of Drawing Tools This is a sampling of the many tools that are available to use in drawing. The items presented here ha ...

Drawing Materials chapter 2 CONTÉ CRAYONS AND PENCILS Conté crayonsand pencils are available in earth colors. Sanguine(red) is p ...

Different Papers In this section, you’ll be introduced to a variety of papers. The surfaces of each paper are demon- strated vis ...

Drawing Materials chapter 2 CHARCOAL PAPER This is paper that is made for charcoal. It comes in a variety of colors and is not e ...

In the Studio In this chapter, you will learn about the objects and pointers that we, as artists, have come to rely on in our st ...

Lighting................................................ 22 Ample Space........................................... 25 Types of E ...

Lighting. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT When you set up a subject to draw, it is helpful in the beginning to control your light source. The p ...

In the Studio chapter 3 NATURAL LIGHT Natural light is another term for daylight. It is a beautiful, soft light that gently glid ...