Drawing from Observation
Subtitle: An Introduction to Perceptual Drawing
By: Brian Curtis
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780073379180
Subjects: Drawing -- Technique; Space perception; Realism in art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Getting started; title: Ch. 2. Materials; title: Ch. 3. Drawing mechanics; title: Ch. 4. Intuitive gesture; title: Ch. 5. Intuitive perspective; title: Ch. 6. Positive/negative space; title: Ch. 7. The perceptual grid; title: Ch. 8. Proportion; title: Ch. 9. The "golden mean"; title: Ch. 10. Cross-contour; title: Ch. 11. Foreshortened circles; title: Ch. 12. Biomorphic form; title: Ch. 13. Chiaroscuro; title: Ch. 14. Historical perspective; title: Ch. 15. Linear perspective. Pt. 1; title: Chapter 16. Linear perspective. Pt. 2; title: Ch. 17. Composition; title: Appendix. Drawing assignments; title: Master drawing list; title: Selected bibliography.