| Description |
144 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Foundation course |
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Foundation course.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A history of life drawing -- Working at home -- Tools and materials -- Pencils and graphite -- Charcoal -- Chalks and conté -- Coloured crayons -- Pastels -- Pens -- Inks -- Watercolour -- Gouache -- Papers -- Other equipment -- Recipes -- The human form -- The skeleton -- The skull -- Muscles -- Proportion -- Form -- Techniques -- LIne drawing -- Shading and erasing -- Introducing colour -- Making drawings -- Coordinating hand and eye -- Composition -- Context -- Space -- Perspective -- Foreshortening -- Measurement -- Tone -- Drawing the head and face -- Drawing the body -- Drawing the limbs -- Drawing hands and feet -- Using light -- Balance -- Movement -- Storing and protecting your work -- Masterclasses -- Foreshortening : figure on a bed -- Preparing for oils : a head in watercolours -- Using negative shapes : two figures -- Working with watercolour : against the light -- The body as landscape : reclining nude -- Harnessing space : figure and pattern -- Light and colour : Christelle in the spring -- Glossary. |
| Subject |
Figure drawing -- Technique.
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| ISBN |
9781844033911 paperback |
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1844033910 paperback |
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