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| Art Books on Drawing Painting and Theory |
| section A: relates directly to my in class 'drawing with keith' course | |
| David Rankin Fast Sketching Techniques Excellent learning book recommended in my drawing with keith class north light books 2000 |
This book illustrates the use of strong line in the drawing of figures and landscapes. He uses a very loose expressive technique that retains the appearance of the source image but gives it a poetic twist. This is well illustrated by the comparison between his quick sketch images and his finished drawing images. Definitly illustrates the feeling difference between the loose approach and the frozen measured academic approach. |
| section B: is a more broadly based selection | |
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BRIDGMAN: GEORGE B BRIDGMAN'S LIFE DRAWING first published 1924 |
He reduces the figure to blocks and introduces the concept of treating the figure as moulding shapes (like that going around rooms at wall ceiling join). This concept is very useful for training yourself to see the figure as an integrated system of masses rather than seeing it as a series of sections added together. Remember that clasical drawing analyses the figures main and subordinate parts into a series of planes and it is these planes that build three dimensional form. He also focuses upon constructing figures from within the mind rather than depending upon a model. If I may quote an old saying " you learn to draw from the study of other artists work not from life...you use life only for variety." |
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IEAN SIMPSON DRAWING SEEING & OBSERVATION my copy
1973 Van Nostrand Reinhold |
Good book: focuses on form drawing ; provides a lot of ideas and direction on how to approach drawing. He does not say drawing is simple - he says it is hard work and sets about helping you with ideas on how to go about constructing space and form. He has student drawing examples and advanced drawing examples - I like this approach of including both types of drawings because after a while you begin to recognize qualities that belong to student drawing as opposed to qualities that belong to advanced drawings - I think that is important in your development. |
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VERNON BLAKE THE WAY TO SKETH (With Special Reference
to Water Colour) first printing
1929 |
Very informative little book, covers a wide range from drawing to colour to composition. |
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VERNON BLAKE THE ART AND CRAFT OF DRAWING (EXCELLENT ++++) first published 1927
Oxford University Press |
Expensive, but a very important book on drawing, it touches on all aspects of drawing, contains analysis of master drawings, is a must for the serious student. He goes into the difference between renaissance principles of drawing ( in terms of energy being directed down the centers of form volumes ) and modern ideas on drawing, ( which tend to focus on the location of one contour in relation to other contours) a very readable book. |
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NATHAN GOLDSTEIN THE ART OF RESPONSIVE DRAWING (EXCELLENT++) my copy
1984 Prentice-Hall third edition |
This is an excellent self learning book, covering the practice of drawing colour and mood within the dark on light mediums. Each chapter presents exercises to provide some practice applying the principles discussed in that chapter. It is one of my keynote books, I never take it out of the house for fear of loss. His approach to art is more traditional and deals with developing the energies from within the forms. |
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Christopher Hepper (McGill University) Reading Blakes Designs (Excellent ++) my copy 1995
Cambridge University Press |
I found this to be an excellent book on Blake. It caused me to review my conventional ideas on the role of perspective and its constraining impact on creativity. It further supported my ideas that so called civilized western representational art was intended to serve the interests of religious promotion, early topographers and scientific illustrators. If you are interested in composition it is well worth reading. |
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Andre LHOTE (EXCELLENT+++++) |
This book is a must for the serious student of art. Written by a rare extreemly knowledgable and articulate artist who introduces the reader to neglected concepts of drawing, colour and composition. He describes the forgotten methods used to subordinate, through the use of passages, the individual form elements such that they become contributers to a unified whole. He lays out the secret behind the classical grand style for anyone willing to read carefully. |
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| Art Lessons:
for drawing and painting: not my approach but some may find it interesting. https://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/index2.html |
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Words of Art:
an online glossary of theory and criticism for
the visual arts |
| Great Books on Line: quotations; verse. history of literature etc. |
| Used Books Portal www.abebooks.com |
| New York Arts Magazine: www.nyartsmagazine.com/ |
| This may be an interesting site on the psychology
of art. I put it here until I get a chance to review it. https://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc382/index.htm |
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