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Contemporary drawing : key concepts and techniques / by Margaret Davidson.

by Davidson, Margaret (Margaret A.), 1949-

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Watson-Guptill Publications, c2011.

Drawing -- Technique.

Drawing materials.

9780823033157 (hc.)

0823033155 (hc.)

192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Surface -- Mark -- Space -- Composition -- Scale -- Materials -- Breaking barriers -- Intentionality.

"Drawing is now fully recognized as its own art form--in the biennials, art fairs, museum exhibitions, and beyond. Drawing has come of age. Contemporary artists are increasingly discovering that drawing is something unique and different from painting. It is an intense, sensitive, compelling, personal, and utterly direct art form, one with its own concepts, characteristics, and techniques. In addition, contemporary drawing is not governed by any particular imagery, but rather encompasses a variety of approaches, including realist, abstract, modernist, and post-modernist. Contemporary Drawing delves into the essential and far-reaching concepts of this medium, exploring surface, mark, space, composition, scale, materials, and intentionality in turn. Key techniques, such as using nature to induce marks and working with a checklist to determine a drawing's problems, are introduced throughout. Plus, an in-depth chapter examines a number of artists, such as William Kentridge and Gego, who are breaking traditional boundaries that separate one artistic discipline from another."--Provided by publisher.

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