Light and shadow in drawing
By: [Gabriel Martin Romig, text ; Eric A. Bye, English translation].
Contributors: Bye, Eric A.
Series: Drawing Academy
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780764159909
Subjects: Drawing -- Technique; Shades and shadows in art -- Technique; Light in art -- Technique
Other titles: Light & shadow in drawing; Barron's light and shadow in drawing
Work titles: Academia de dibujo : la luz y la sombra en el dibujo.
Description: Shows methods for rationalizing the shading in drawings and getting the most out of their representation. Studies shadows' correct relationship to light, how to draw them using the most common resources and methods, and how to represent shapes with the best techniques of chiaroscuro in order to product effects of three-dimensionality and depth.
Notes: Translation of: Academia de dibjo : la luz y la sombra en el dibujo.
Table of contents: title: Shadow as an element of construction; title: Shadow as a pictorial category; title: The effect of light; title: Contrast as a tool of expression; title: Values guidelines; title: The light source; title: Still life with natural light; title: Indoor scene with artificial light; title: Projected shadows; title: Division by tonal areas; title: A system of tonal designations; title: Tonal designations: a crumpled piece of paper; title: Shadow as structure; title: Negative spaces; title: Guidelines for shading; title: Shading with charcoal; title: Combining line and shadow; title: Shading with the hands; title: Diffuse shading; title: Landscape with sfumato; title: Shading techniques; title: Modeling; title: Volume through chiaroscuro; title: Mastering gradation; title: Hatching as shadow; title: Types of shading; title: Modeling with sanguine; title: A drape in chiaroscuro; title: A tenebrist still life; title: The effects of light; title: Sketching with light; title: Tonal drawing on colored paper; title: Backlighting in landscape; title: Highlighting and three-dimensionality; title: Erasure techniques; title: Lightening; title: Interior in white pencil; title: Drawing in white.