Drawing from Life - Couverture souple

Brown, Clint; McLean, Cheryl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0534613535 ISBN 13 : 9780534613532

Editeur : Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2003

Synopsis

The leading textbook for college figure-drawing classes, DRAWING FROM LIFE provides a clear, comprehensive, and thought-provoking guide to drawing the human form for anyone interested in exploring this time-honored artistic tradition. For centuries, drawing the human figure has given artists the tools and vocabulary for creating paintings, sculpture, drawings, or prints-from Renaissance classical to contemporary expression. In addition to working from the model, the figure-drawing student needs instruction in anatomy, history, and conceptual approaches to drawing the human form; such instruction is often missing from life drawing classes due to time constraints. DRAWING FROM LIFE offers these elements, along with a tremendous selection of drawings that represent the broad range of approaches, techniques, and media for drawing from life. The chapters follow the natural development of a student's growth, from fundamental sketching and gesture drawing to creative expression and exploration. An entire chapter on drawing the figure in perspective offers information that is not available in comparable textbooks. Students begin with quick sketches and gesture drawings, giving them a non-threatening introduction on a level they can readily understand and master. The cohesive presentation of anatomy, including a chapter on the human head, helps students understand the human structure and its impact on visible form. The final section brings the concepts, vocabulary, and history presented in the earlier chapters to bear on contemporary use of the figure in art.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Clint Brown is Professor of Art at Oregon State University. He has taught life drawing classes to college students at several institutions for more than thirty years. He also spent a year teaching at Nottingham Trent University in England on a Fulbright exchange. He has exhibited his drawings, paintings, and sculpture in a variety of media, but drawing remains his first and abiding love. Cheryl McLean is a writer and editor with more than twenty years' experience in art and literary publishing. She has served on the art and editorial boards of CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, since 1979, and she has taught at Western Oregon University. Currently, Cheryl runs ImPrint Services, an editing and design firm in Corvallis, Oregon, and is the publisher of Jackson Creek Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0534613535
• ISBN 13: 9780534613532
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible