Exploring Life Drawing (Design Concepts) - Softcover

Stone, Harold B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401896979 ISBN 13: 9781401896973

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2007

Synopsis

Exploring Life Drawing introduces the art of drawing the human figure from observation, a skill as relevant for today's new media-driven visual artists as for traditional fine artists. Written by an experienced drawing instructor and accomplished artist, this extensively illustrated book helps the reader build skills and construct an individual drawing style. Each chapter introduces a specific technique, explains its history, and provides clear instruction on how to implement the approach. Exploring Life Drawing also offers detailed, step-by-step demonstrations and specific guidelines for objectively assessing the results. The text is further strengthened by a beautiful art program, containing classic and contemporary images from some of the largest collections in the world- giving readers an opportunity to learn from the masters and to connect with the history and grandeur of the art form.

About this title

About the Author

Harold B. Stone, whose drawings have been exhibited across the U.S., has taught drawing, painting, and art history for 25 years. In 1995 he founded the Minneapolis Drawing Workshop, an organization dedicated to exhibiting figurative drawings and paintings and presenting drawing workshops, marathons, and cooperative drawing sessions.

Review

What is Drawing? Contour Lines. Value. Gesture. The Quick Study. Modeling. Proportion. Composing the Picture. Developing your Skills. What Comes Next?

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1401896979
• ISBN 13: 9781401896973
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256