If you thought drawing meant only black-and-white sketches, think again! Colored oil pencils, crayons, even paints--they all work, as long as you see the world pictorially and understand the proper techniques. Master the marvelous art of drawing, applying a variety of mediums and styles. Try your hand at landscapes, still lifes, townscapes and buildings, nature, portraits and figures, animals, and the decorative arts--and tackle the individual challenges each one entails. See how to create perspective, picture plane, and tonal space, and examine how even a subtle change of composition can affect a drawing's appearance. Simple exercises will train your eye to notice detail and appraise the objects before you. Along the way, different drawing techniques are introduced, including continuous line drawing, cross-hatching, tonal effects, and pointillism. Hundreds of examples, both from famous painters such as Leonardo, Durer, and Seurat and from beginners like yourself, clearly illustrate exactly how the draw ings work. Often, highlighted sections of a drawing point to areas of particular interest. Bonus: A thorough review of materials and equipment, presentation, and framing round out this invaluable, richly illustrated guidebook. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.
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From the rather bland titles one might think that these were two indistinguishable basic drawing books. Fortunately, they are two very different animals. Bays, a cheerful artist from the south of England, assumes that the student may know nothing more about drawing than printing the alphabet. Jackson writes for the artist, or would-be-artist, who already has a developed sense of line and form. The differences are apparent from the start: Bays's first chapter is called "Making Marks" and covers, obviously, making marks on paper. Jackson's first chapter, "Perception," offers sophisticated exercises in perceptual processes and methods of translating observation into drawings. Jackson stretches the boundaries of drawing into full color and multimedia. Both books are worthwhile purchases, but for different audiences: Bays for beginners, and Jackson for advanced students.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Not a "HOW-TO-DRAW" book; rather, a theory of drawing,
By Bruce Bain "Romans 9:33/Remember Jackie Robinson" (Englewood, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Introduction to Drawing (Introduction to Art) (Paperback)
"Introduction to Drawing" by John Jackson
Looking at the cover, you might think this was a begnner's book on "How-to-Draw"; but that is not the kind of book it is. I can be honest about the fact that I am confident about examining the "how-to" books. Art theory books, I am forced to say, are probably more beyond my familiar judgments. I did not find any outrageous claims in this book though, and it does seem well-organized in it's chapters. This is a book on the theory of drawing, and it provides you with many illustrations of great art, in black and white, and in color also. The purpose of the art is to "stimulate your imagination". So it isn't suggesting that you view the drawings as lesson material to copy. It is a fact that some "beginner" books of the HOW-TO type, put perfect line drawings in the lesson chapters, and there is no way that any beginner can copy those. For inspiration though, as this book has it, master level art is quite inspirational. I've just not seen books like this on the shelves in the past couple of years. This is the sort of REFERENCE book that I suggest you look over carefully, to make sure it is what you like, want, and expect. I did not see any wild, exorbitant claims on the back cover or inside cover. I rated it 5 stars, largely giving the book the benefit of any doubt. It certainly looks thorough; but again, it is not a "HOW-TO" Book, so please do not buy it unseen.
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