Drawing lessons from the Famous Artists School
Subtitle: classic techniques and expert tips from the golden age of illustration
By: Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Chief Curator, Norman Rockwell Museum ; Magdalen Livesey, President, Cortina Learning International
Contributors: Livesey, Magdalen, author; Famous Artists School (Westport, Conn.)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781631591228
Subjects: Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge; Technique; Drawing
Description: "Learn to draw from the work of amazing artists such as Albert Dorne and Norman Rockwell, the founding artists of the Famous Artists School. The artwork presented in Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School is gleaned from the amazing collection of more than 5,000 artworks and hundreds of thousands of other documents found in the Norman Rockwell Museum. Organized as a series of lessons in classic drawing technique, each chapter offers both process and finished works by the founding artists and other instructors of the Famous Artists School, allowing readers to see a wide variety of approaches to learning how to draw and styles of rendering. Enriched throughout with fascinating sidebars and photographs documenting the working methods of master realists, Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School is an invaluable trove of inspiration and information on how to draw"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.