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Lessons in classical drawing : essential techniques from inside the Atelier / Juliette Aristides.

by Aristides, Juliette.

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New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, c2011.

Drawing -- Technique.

208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Beginning Lines: The World Through An Artists Eye -- Principle Before Practice -- Look Before You Leap -- Forming One Essential Vision -- The Language of Lines -- Locating Important Lines -- Different Kinds of Lines -- Be Flexible and Go Lightly -- Selecting Your Materials -- Lesson One Master Copy Sketch -- ch. 2 Harmonious Relationships: A Study of Proportion -- Learning from Nature -- The Artist's Schema -- Finding Visual Landmarks -- Learning to Measure -- Understanding the Sight-Size Method -- Correcting Your Work -- Refreshing Your Perspective -- Lesson Two Measured Drawing -- ch. 3 The Elegant Contour: A Discussion About Line -- The Power of a Quiet Line -- Forming Shapes -- Using Schemas -- Finding Negative Shapes -- Crafting Contour -- Establishing Rhythm -- Determining Line Weight -- Depicting Aerial Perspective with Line -- Lesson Three Rhythmic Line Drawing -- ch. 4 The Illusion of Depth: The Third Dimension --

Contents note continued: Identifying Geometric Solids -- Using Simple Geometric Forms -- Implying the Third Dimension -- Utilizing Linear Perspective -- The Importance of Ellipses -- How to Draw an Ellipse -- Drawing Three-Dimensional Objects -- Drawing a Three-Dimensional Figure -- Drawing the Three Major Masses -- Drawing the Smaller Forms of the Figure -- Lesson Four Volumetric Drawing -- ch. 5 Tonal Composition: A Palette of Nuanced Gray -- Creating Pattern -- Simplifying with Value -- Making a Value Step Scale -- Using Value Composition -- Understanding Relative Brightness -- Identifying Shadow Shapes -- Choosing a Focal Point -- Finding Tonal Balance -- Composing Your Subject -- Lesson Five Tonal Sketch -- ch. 6 Light and Shadow: The Creation of Form and Character -- Creating Volume with Light and Shade -- The Classical Order of Light -- Lighting Your Subject -- Working from the Shadows -- Two Types of Shadows -- Anatomy of a Shadow -- The Core Shadow -- Halftones --

Contents note continued: Reflected Light -- Highlights -- Practical Tips for Form Drawing -- Putting It All Together -- Lesson Six Form Drawing.

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