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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Garcia, Claire Watson.     Subjects     Drawing -- Technique.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Garcia, Claire Watson.       by title:      Drawing for the abso...       by call number:      741.2 G216d     Search the Web     Garcia, Claire Watson.     Drawing -- Technique.       MARC Display

Drawing for the absolute and utter beginner / Claire Watson Garcia. by Garcia, Claire Watson. Watson-Guptill, c2003. Call #: 741.2 G216d Subjects Drawing -- Technique. ISBN:  9780823013951 (hc) 0823013952 (hc) Description:  160 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Contents:  Introduction. Starting out -- How to use this book -- Supplies -- 1. Seeing to draw -- Recording edges : contour drawing -- Exercise : wire drawing -- Recording shapes upside down -- Exercise : upside-down drawing -- Seeing as an artist -- 2. Turning edges into objects -- Look before you leap -- Problem solvers -- Re-viewing your 3D drawings -- Locating what's good -- Claiming your success -- 3. Adding accuracy -- A time and place to draw -- Previewing -- Exercise : pretzel preview -- Exercise : gesture writing your name -- Exercise : horizontal and vertical lines -- Exercise : circles and larger circles -- Plumblines and levels -- Exercise : ellipse -- Exercise : cylinder -- Exercise : bowl -- Underdrawing -- Exercise : bottle -- Drawing asymmetrical objects -- Exercise : sketching irregular forms -- Exercise : wrapping your hand -- Additional accuracy tools -- Drawing angles -- Summary -- 4. Pencil values -- Sorting out values -- Exercise : value application pencil sampler -- Step-by-step value drawing -- Problem solvers -- Banish perfectionism -- Exercise : close at hand -- Studies -- 5. Expanding value technique : wash, pen, pencil -- Creating a wash -- Exercise : wash sampler -- Exercise : pencil studies with wash -- Pen techniques -- Exercise : pen sampler -- Exercise : rounded/irregular shapes sampler -- Adding pen to pencil and wash -- Using pencil with pen and wash -- 6. Expanding value technique : charcoal -- Nature's best models -- Exercise : charcoal sampler -- Shadow sketches -- Step-by-step charcoal study -- More complex subjects -- Improving your charcoal drawing -- Additional tools -- 7. Drawing the face, frontal view -- Studying the face : start with your own -- Exercise : blocking in -- Exercise : developing individual features -- Exercise : blocking in the nose -- Exercise : shaping the face -- Exercise : creating dimension by adding values -- Facial expression -- 8. Drawing the face, profile view -- Observing the profile view -- Exercise : blocking in -- Exercise : developing features -- 9. Expanding value technique : Conté -- Exercise : Conté sampler -- Building Conté values gradually -- Exercise : Conté drawing of draped fabric -- Black and white Conté on gray paper -- 10. Still life -- Added tools for still life -- Drawing table angles -- Step-by-step still live -- Further refinement of your still life -- Making connections, creating harmony -- Exercise : thumbnail sketch -- Problems solvers -- Finishing up. Your inner aesthetic -- Exercise : finding yourself in your art. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 741.2 G216d Core Collection - Adult Item being held Add Copy to MyList

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