Table of Contents
Notes on the 15th Anniversary Edition 9
Introduction
Starting Out 10
How to Use This Book 12
Supply List 13
1 Seeing to Draw 15
Making the Lines 16
Exercise: Wire Drawing 16
Recording Shapes Upside Down 18
Exercise: Upside-Down Drawing 18
Seeing as an Artist 21
2 Turning Lines into Objects 25
Contour Drawing: Look Before You Leap 26
Exercise: Contour Drawing 26
Problem Solvers 28
Locating What Works 33
Your Drawing Experience Now 34
3 Adding Din-tension to Contour Drawings 39
Value Basics 40
Exercise: Making Value Scales 40
Local Values and Shadow Values 43
Exercise: Pencil Sampler 43
Identifying Shadows 45
Exercise: Applying Shadow Values to Your Drawing 46
Exercise: Adding Local Values to Your Contour Drawing 46
4 Adding Accuracy 51
Sketching for Accuracy 52
Exercise: Sketching Warm-Up 52
Exercise: Previewing 52
Exercise: Horizontal and Vertical Lines 53
Sketching Symmetrical Shapes 55
Exercise: Circles 55
Exercise: Level Ellipse 56
Exercise: Oval 56
Exercise: Cylinder 56
Exercise: Bowl 58
Underdrawings for Symmetrical Objects 59
Exercise: Bottle 59
Exercise: Lining Up 60
Exercise: Relative Size 61
Exercise: Assessing 63
Exercise: Drawing Through 63
Rectangular Subjects: Angles 64
Exercise: Angles in One-Point Perspective 64
Exercise: Angles in Two-Point Perspective 65
Sketching Asymmetrical Objects 68
Exercise: Asymmetrical Objects 68
5 Expanding Techniques: Pencil 73
Extended Value Range: 6B and 6H 74
Exercise: Pencil Sampler 74
Lost and Found Edges: Abbreviated Contour Lines 75
Creating a Pencil Study, Step by Step 78
Problem Solvers 80
Using Your Small Sketch Pad 85
6 Expanding Techniques: Wash with Pencil and Pen 89
Accenting Pencil Drawings with Wash 91
Exercise: Creating a Wash 91
Exercise: Wash Sampler 91
Exercise: Pencil Studies with Wash 93
Pen Techniques 97
Exercise: Pen Sampler 97
Accenting Pen Drawings with Wash 101
Exercise: Adding Wash to Pen 101
7 Expanding Techniques: Charcoal 105
Using Charcoal 106
Exercise: Charcoal Sampler 106
Preparing to Make a Charcoal Study 108
Creating a Charcoal Study, Step by Step 110
Protecting Your Charcoal Drawing 116
8 Drawing the Face, Frontal View 119
Studying the Frontal Face 120
Exercise: Start with Your Own Face 120
Drawing the Frontal View, Step by Step 122
Exercise: Stage One: Blocking in Proportions 122
Exercise: Stage Two, Part One: Developing Features-Underdrawing 125
Exercise: Stage Two, Part Two: Developing Features-Adding Detail 126
Exercise: Stage Three: Shaping the Face 128
Exercise: Stage Four: Adding Dimension 131
9 Drawing the Face, Profile View 139
Finding Your Model and Observing the Profile View 140
Drawing the Profile, Step by Step 141
Exercise: Stage One: Blocking in Proportions 141
Exercise: Stage Two: Developing Features 142
Exercise: Stage Three: Finishing Up 144
10 Drawing the Face, Three-Quarter View 147
Studying the Three-Quarter-View Face 148
Exercise: First Look 148
Exercise: Your Face in Three-Quarter View 148
Find Your Model 150
Drawing the Three-Quarter Face, Step by Step 151
Exercise: Stage One: Blocking in Proportions 151
Exercise: Stage Two: Developing the Near Features 153
Exercise: Stage Three: Developing the Far Features 154
Exercise: Stage Four: Adding Dimension 156
11 Expanding Techniques: Conté 161
Using Conté 163
Exercise: Conté Sampler 163
Developing a Conté Drawing 164
Exercise: Conté Drawing of Fabric 164
Exercise: Black-and-White Conté Drawing on Gray Paper 165
12 Stili Life 169
Seeing to Compose 170
Exercise: Observing Your Gaze 170
Thumbnails: Your Best Compositional Tool 172
Exercise: Thumbnails Charcoal Sketching 172
Exercise: Making Connections 178
Still Life Reminders 180
Creating a Still Life, Step by Step 182
Exercise: Still Life Preliminary 182
Additional Strategies for Improvement 184
When Are You Finished? 186
Finishing Up Your Inner Aesthetic 189
Exercise: Find Yourself in Your Art 189
Index 192
