Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

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  • Lighting.

  • Ample Space.

  • Types of Easels

  • Mirror Use.

  • Where to Buy .2

  • Arrange and Light Your Subject.

  • Tone Your Paper.

  • Make Your Marks.

  • Examples of Graphite Marks.

  • Measure Your Object.

  • Find the Angles.

  • See the Value of Squinting. Lightest Light

  • The Range of Tones.

  • Tone: From Dark to Light.

  • Set Up the Still Life

  • Key Your Drawing.

  • The Peephole .5

  • Develop the Tonal Range.

  • Reflected Light

  • Textures and Nuances.

  • Gallery: Examples of Light and Shadow.

  • What Is One-Point Perspective?. chapter 6 Introduction to One-Point Perspective

  • One-Point Perspective in Everyday Life.

  • Determine the Perspective.

  • Create a Perspective Grid.

  • The Ellipse in Perspective.

  • Draw Tonally in Perspective.

  • Gallery: One-Point Perspectives.

  • Introduction to Two-Point Perspective. chapter 7 Add More Dimension to Your World: Two-Point Perspective

  • Cubes in Space .9

  • Practice Two-Point Perspective.

  • Two-Point Perspective in Everyday Life.

  • Drawing Demonstration: A Barn in Two-Point Perspective.

  • Gallery: Two-Point Perspectives.

  • Introduction to Line Drawing. chapter 8 Discover the Potential of Line

  • Examples of Line Drawing.

  • Irregular Objects as Still Life.

  • Using a Grid for Accuracy.

  • Construct a Grid.

  • How to Use Your Grid.

  • From the Negative to the Positive.

  • Block In the Setup.

  • Map It Out .1

  • Variations on a Palm Frond.

  • Gallery: Line Drawings.

  • Interpret Form Through Planes. chapter 9 Planar Rendering of Complex Forms

  • Cross-Sections of Form.

  • The Planes of the Hand.

  • The Planes of the Head.

  • Choose Your Subject and Prepare Your Materials.

  • Let the Light Reveal the Planes.

  • Drawing Demonstration: A Palm and a Deer Skull.

  • Gallery: Geometric Drawings.

  • The Tradition of Plaster Cast Drawing. chapter^10 Draw a Plaster Cast

  • A Day at the Museum.

  • Plaster Cast Drawing in Charcoal.

  • Gallery: Plaster Cast Drawings.

  • The Allure of the Portrait. chapter 11 The Portrait

  • The Portrait in Three Dimensions.

  • Facial Features .20

  • Drawing a Tonal Portrait.

  • Gallery: Portrait Drawings.

  • Set Up the Model Pose. chapter 12 Drawing the Human Figure

  • Light the Model.

  • Light Reveals the Form.

  • Copy Works of Art in Museums.

  • Find Your Guidelines.

  • Examples of Foreshortening.

  • Find the Gesture of the Pose: Quick Sketches.

  • Add a Color to Your Paper.

  • Gallery: Human Figure Drawings.

  • The “Nuts and Bolts” of Landscape Drawing. chapter 13 The Landscape

  • The Thumbnail Sketch.

  • The Structure of the Landscape.

  • The Planes of the Landscape.

  • Linear Perspective.

  • Aerial Perspective.

  • The Form of Trees.

  • Gallery: Landscape Drawings.

  • Glossary.

  • Appendix.

  • Index.

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  • Flatness into Form: An Introduction from Dean Fisher

  • Drawn to Create: An Introduction from Josephine Robinson

  • A Gallery of Drawings to Inspire You

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