| Description |
175 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"Revised and enlarged republication of the work originally published by Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, in 1971"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Materials and exercises -- Seeing tonal quality -- The difference between lines and edges -- Objects as they are -- The traditional use of plaster cast figures -- Keying a drawing -- Translating color to black and white -- Some basic figure proportions -- Keeping the figure from looking "stiff" -- Seeing large tonal masses -- Alignments: constructive aids to correct proportions -- The reclining figure -- Foreshortening -- Idealization or interpretation -- Why study anatomy? -- Male and female figure distinctions -- Negative shapes -- Two sources of light -- A tour of the life class -- Controlling edges -- Sculpturing, modeling, and rhythm -- Movement and muscles -- Drawing the face, head, and hands -- Different modes of charcoal rendering -- Composing a figure on a page -- Mass drawing in fast action poses -- Line drawing: a bonus from the mass approach. |
| Subject |
Charcoal drawing.
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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| Indexed Term |
Drawings Special subjects Nudes Techniques |
| ISBN |
0486282686 paperback |
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9780486282688 paperback |
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