Drawing from life /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | McLean, Cheryl, 1957- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, [1997] |
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Table of Contents:
- Section 1. The Fundamentals
- 1. Learning to See
- An Important Tradition
- The Mind's Eye
- The Right Frame of Mind
- 2. A Sketch to Build On
- The Drawing Process
- Learning from the Old Masters
- The Sketch as Part of the Creative Process
- The Figure's Gesture, The Artist's Hand
- Expressing Volume, Weight, and Mass
- The Schematic Sketch
- The Compositional Sketch: Figure-Frame Relationship
- The Expressive Content of a Sketch
- In the Studio
- 3. Proportions, Perception, and Perspective
- The Search for a Standard of Proportions
- The Eight-Heads-High Standard of Proportions
- Sight Measuring Proportions
- Plotting the Body's Proportions
- Learning to See: Beyond Preperception
- Perspective and Its Influence on Proportions
- The Development of Linear Perspective
- Structural and Planar Analysis
- In the Studio
- 4. The Magic of Line
- The Function of Line
- The Phrasing of Line
- In the Studio
- 5. Value as Light and Form
- Rendering Light and Modeling Form
- Continuous Tone
- Hatch and Cross-hatch
- Integrating Value Techniques
- Toned Paper and Color Media
- In the Studio
- Section 2. Anatomy
- 6. Foundations of the Human Structure
- A Brief History of Artistic Anatomy
- Learning from the Masters
- Anatomy as a Whole
- Anatomy of the Torso
- Articulation of the Limbs and Trunk
- Anatomical Differences Between Male and Female Figures
- In the Studio
- 7. Anatomy of the Limbs
- The Leg
- The Arm
- The Hands
- The Feet
- In the Studio
- 8. Heads and Portraits
- The Proportions of the Head
- The Anatomy of the Head
- Variations in Orientation of the Head
- Age and Gender Differences
- Portrait Variations
- Self-Portraits
- In the Studio
- Section 3. Composition and Expression
- 9. Composition and the Figurative Formalist
- A Figurative-Formalist Bias
- Composition
- Breaking Up the Pictorial Space
- The Abstract Concerns of the New Realist
- Light as Structure: The Camera's Influence
- Toward Expression
- In the Studio
- 10. Expression and the Figurative Humanist
- Expressing Empathy
- Expressing Social Concerns
- Self-Expression
- Expressing Sensuality: Nude versus Naked
- Expressing Cultural Identity
- Expressing Subconscious Reality
- Expression and Composition
- In the Studio
- Appendix A. Becoming Your Own Best Critic
- Appendix B. Drawing Tools and Materials
- Endnotes
- Glossary
- Index
- Useful Websites