How to draw what you see
By: by Rudy de Reyna
Edition: 35th anniversary ed
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780823023752
Subjects: Drawing -- Technique
Notes: Includes index

Originally published: 1970

Edition statement from book cover
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Fundamentals of drawing; title: project 1. Basic structure of objects; title: Drawing straight lines; title: Drawing lines freehand; title: Holding the pencil; title: Angle and direction of lines; title: project 2. Eye level : foundation of perspective; title: Changing shapes and eye level; title: Vanishing points; title: Cube in perspective; title: Judging size relationships; title: Objects below eye level; title: Practice exercises; title: project 3. Drawing cubic objects; title: Cubic forms in everyday things; title: Searching with lines; title: Handling detail; title: Refining with tracing paper; title: project 4. Drawing cylindrical objects; title: Drawing curved lines; title: Observing cylindrical forms; title: Rendering cylindrical objects; title: Ellipses and perspective; title: project 5. Drawing spherical objects; title: Departures from the geometric sphere; title: Depth and the sphere; title: project 6. Drawing conical objects; title: Symmetry of the cone; title: Drawing everything; title: project 7. Putting basic forms together; title: Basic forms and their relationships; title: Drawing symmetrical objects; title: Drawing and observation; title: project 8. The horizon plane; title: Relating objects; title: Contours; title: Creating a composition; title: Selecting a viewpoint; title: Perspective in a still life; title: Working with actual objects; title: A brief summary; title: project 9. Light and shade; title: Observing light and shadow; title: Light and dimension; title: Tonal values; title: Using the full tonal scale; title: Cast shadows; title: Shadow edges; title: Angle of light; title: Level of light; title: project 10. Translating local color to black and white; title: Using a middle tone; title: Values and tones; title: Tonal arrangement; title: Rendering texture; title: Tactile and visual textures; title: project 11. Drawing a still life; title: Copying versus drawing from life; title: Composition and construction; title: Laying down correct tones; title: project 12. Drawing with charcoal; title: Vine and compressed charcoal; title: Powdered charcoal; title: Erasers and blenders; title: Papers; title: Toned papers; title: Fixative; title: Charcoal's versatility; title: Ease of manipulation; title: project 13. Still life in charcoal; title: Four drawing principles; title: Hard and soft edges; title: Working from "roughs"; title: Composing a still life; title: Practice versus theory; title: project 14. Drawing outdoors; title: Natural light; title: Light at different times of day; title: Observing the effects of light; title: Reflected light; title: Searching for basic forms; title: Using a viewfinder; title: Drawing on the spot; title: project 15. Drawing outdoors with charcoal; title: Advantages and disadvantages of charcoal; title: Capturing the moods of nature; title: Rendering specific objects; title: Rough charcoal sketches; title: Finished drawings in charcoal; title: project 16. Drawing the figure; title: Basic body proportions; title: Cylindrical human form; title: Some body measurements; title: Foreshortening; title: Drawing from life; title: Working over the whole figure; title: Light and shadow on the figure; title: project 17. Drawing hands and feet; title: Drawing feet; title: Drawing hands; title: Finding your niche; title: project 18. Drawing heads and faces; title: A general procedure; title: Angles and planes of the head; title: Facial guidelines; title: Male and female features; title: Drawing the head and face from life; title: Drawing the nose; title: Drawing ears; title: Drawing eyes and eyebrows; title: Drawing the mouth; title: Life drawing from memory?; title: project 19. Drawing children; title: Drawing the infant's head; title: Drawing the teenager; title: Male and female characteristics in children; title: Capturing a child's character; title: pt. 2. Drawing in various media; title: project 20. Wash techniques; title: Pigment and mixer; title: Surfaces; title: Brushes; title: Additional equipment; title: Properties of wash; title: Flat wash; title: Wet-in-wet technique; title: Graded wash; title: Drybrush; title: Linear effects; title: project 21. Drawing with wash; title: Working drawings; title: Realism first; title: project 22. A still life in wash; title: Arranging and lighting; title: Using a graded wash; title: Eliminating pencil lines; title: Preparing tone; title: project 23. Outdoors with wash; title: Transporting your materials; title: Suiting your medium to your subject; title: project 24. Opaque techniques; title: Characteristics of opaque; title: Pigments; title: Brushes and drawing surfaces; title: Accessories; title: Drybrush blending; title: Wet blending; title: Working toward craftsmanship; title: project 25. Still lifes in opaque; title: Establishing the large shapes; title: Balancing textures; title: Using transfer paper; title: Paint consistency; title: Support for the hand; title: Controlling opaque; title: Suitability of opaque; title: project 26. Outdoors with opaque; title: Opaque watercolor and nature; title: Materials to take along; title: Choosing a subject; title: project 27. Acrylic techniques; title: Brushes, pigment, and surfaces; title: Characteristics of acrylic; title: Versatility of acrylic; title: project 28. Still life in acrylic; title: Composition and movement; title: Considering picture space; title: project 29. Outdoors with ink and mixed media; title: Ink and additional equipment; title: Two ink techniques; title: Outdoors with mixed media; title: project 30. Drawing children in various media; title: Nudes versus children; title: Children in opaque; title: A parting word