Foundations of Drawing is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the history, aesthetics, methods and materials of the drawing medium. Clearly defined demonstrations provide easy access to the practice of drawing as well as the history and development of core drawing techniques.
Foundations of Drawing is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the history, aesthetics, methods and materials of the drawing medium. Clearly defined demonstrations provide easy access to the practice of drawing as well as the history and development of core drawing techniques.
AL GURY chairs the painting department at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he also teaches drawing. Gury exhibits his work at the F.A.N. Gallery and has shown at the National Academy of Design in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and numerous other galleries and museums around the country. He is the author of Alla Prima: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting and Color for Painters: A Guide to Traditions and Practice. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.
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CONTENTS Introduction 4 What Is Drawing? 4 Anyone Can Learn to Draw 8 “Why Can’t I Draw a Straight Line?” 8 1 Essential History of Drawing 11 Beginnings in Prehistory 12 The Ancient World 14 The Medieval World 15 The Renaissance 17 The Baroque 20 The Nineteenth Century 21 Beginnings of the Modern Era 26 The Modern World 29 Contemporary Growth and Challenges 33 Today 35 2 Essential Drawing Materials 37 Drawing Mediums 38 Drawing Tools 68 Paper 74 The Drawing Studio—Furniture and Equipment 81 Storage, Presentation, and Conservation of Drawings 84 3 Essential Drawing Skills 87 Holding Drawing Tools 88 Measuring 90 Blending and Erasing 95 Methods of Drawing 95 Types of Line 101 Hatching and Other Descriptive Marks 106 Shape 108 Depth and Perspective 113 Closed versus Open Form 118 Planes 122 Tonality, Light, and Shade 122 Texture 128 Composition and the Compositional Frame 128 4 Essential Aesthetics in Drawing 149 Classicism 152 Realism 153 Abstraction 154 Expressionism 158 5 Essential Drawing Demonstrations 161 Drawing Still Lifes 163 Drawing Interiors and Architecture 174 Drawing Portraits 182 Drawing the Human Figure 191
CONTENTS Introduction 4 What Is Drawing? 4 Anyone Can Learn to Draw 8 “Why Can’t I Draw a Straight Line?” 8 1 Essential History of Drawing 11 Beginnings in Prehistory 12 The Ancient World 14 The Medieval World 15 The Renaissance 17 The Baroque 20 The Nineteenth Century 21 Beginnings of the Modern Era 26 The Modern World 29 Contemporary Growth and Challenges 33 Today 35 2 Essential Drawing Materials 37 Drawing Mediums 38 Drawing Tools 68 Paper 74 The Drawing Studio—Furniture and Equipment 81 Storage, Presentation, and Conservation of Drawings 84 3 Essential Drawing Skills 87 Holding Drawing Tools 88 Measuring 90 Blending and Erasing 95 Methods of Drawing 95 Types of Line 101 Hatching and Other Descriptive Marks 106 Shape 108 Depth and Perspective 113 Closed versus Open Form 118 Planes 122 Tonality, Light, and Shade 122 Texture 128 Composition and the Compositional Frame 128 4 Essential Aesthetics in Drawing 149 Classicism 152 Realism 153 Abstraction 154 Expressionism 158 5 Essential Drawing Demonstrations 161 Drawing Still Lifes 163 Drawing Interiors and Architecture 174 Drawing Portraits 182 Drawing the Human Figure 191
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