Drawing for the Absolute Beginner by Willenbrink, Mark -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Special Offers Dedication Contents Introduction Pencils

Keeping Your Pencil Sharp

Paper and Drawing Board Erasers Additional Drawing Tools 1. Sketching & Drawing

Holding the Pencil Structural Sketches

Value Sketches

Value Sketch of a Coffee Cup (Mini Demonstration)

Black-and-White Sketches

Chiaroscuro Coffee Cup (Mini Demonstration)

Contour Sketches

Combining Approaches

2. Principles of Good Drawing

Using Basic Shapes (Mini Demonstration) Gauging Proportions Measuring Angles Working From Reference Materials Understanding Linear Perspective One-Point Perspective Two-Point Perspective Three-Point Perspective Hidden Horizons and Vanishing Points Locating Vanishing Points Atmospheric Perspective Ellipses (Mini Demonstration)

Ellipses in Use

Arches and Roofs (Mini Demonstration) Reflections

3. Values

Contrast

Making a Value Scale (Mini Demonstration)

Creating Values Light Effects Plotting Shadows

4. Practice the Techniques

Clouds and Grass Leafy Trees (Mini Demonstration) Evergreen Trees (Mini Demonstration) Brick, Stone and Wood Rocks (Mini Demonstration)

Other Types of Rocks

Plane (Mini Demonstration) Train (Mini Demonstration) Automobile (Mini Demonstration) Boat (Mini Demonstration) Cat Face (Mini Demonstration) Side View of a Cat (Mini Demonstration) Side View of a Dog (Mini Demonstration) Cow (Mini Demonstration) Swan (Mini Demonstration) Human Figures

Man Standing (Demonstration)

Faces

Face: Front View (Mini Demonstration) Face: Three-Quarters View (Mini Demonstration) Face: Side View (Mini Demonstration) Drawing Individual Faces

5. Composition

Arranging the Elements Number of Elements Cropping and Formatting Lines, Tangents and Shapes

6. Let's Draw

Still Life (Demonstration) Textured Metal (Demonstration) Scene in Perspective (Demonstration) Natural Textures (Demonstration) Using Contrast (Demonstration) Expressive Portrait (Demonstration) Telling a Story Through a Drawing (Demonstration) Landscape Composition (Demonstration) Seascape Composition (Demonstration)

Glossary Metric Conversion Chart About the Authors Acknowledgments Copyright Learn from the pros with these other North Light Books