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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contents
Introduction: Starting Out
How to Use This Book
Supplies
Chapter 1: Seeing to Draw
Recording Edges: Contour Drawing
Exercise: Wire Drawing
Recording Shapes Upside Down
Exercise: Upside-Down Drawing
Seeing As an Artist
Chapter 2: Turning Edges into Objects
Look Before You Leap
Problem Solvers
Re-Viewing Your 3D Drawings
Locating What’s Good
Claiming Your Success
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 8: Drawing the Face, Profile View
Observing the Profile View
Exercise: Blocking In
Exercise: Developing Features
Chapter 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
Chapter 10: Still Life
Added Tools for Still Life
Drawing Table Angles
Step-by-Step Still Life
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
Index
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