Drawing, From Drawing as an Educational Force to Drawing as an Expression of the Emotions (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Archibald Standish Hartrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133018243X ISBN 13 : 9781330182437

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Unlock the essentials of drawing with a clear, practical approach that blends traditional technique with fresh, everyday insight. This guide distills years of teaching into actionable steps for seeing, planning, and rendering with confidence.

From how to position your easel and frame a subject to the subtle art of line, shape, and mass, the book emphasizes training the eye and hand to work in harmony. You’ll learn a constructive method for building a solid foundation, then progress to freer, more expressive drawing that keeps mass and light in balance. The guidance draws on time-tested practices while encouraging students to develop their own personal handwriting in their art.

• How to observe a subject and translate it into precise, expressive lines


• Steps for planning a drawing's composition and maintaining consistent proportions


• Techniques for shading that preserve clarity and form without dulling the energy of the line


• Strategies to train the eye to recognize pattern, silhouette, and mass

Ideal for readers who want a grounded, studio‑tested path to better drawing, from beginners to artists seeking a clearer, more personal way to see and render the world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133018243X
• ISBN 13: 9781330182437
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 189
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