The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study

by Kimon Nicolaïdes

Overview

The Natural Way to Draw - A Working Plan for Art Study contains a classic guide to drawing people, offering instructions and tips for drawing different poses and body types.

It is split into sixty-four easy exercises covering such subjects as:

- Contour and Gesture

- The Study of Drapery

- Light and Shade

- Studies of Structure

- Analysis through Design

- Exercises in Black and White Oil Colour

With simple, step-by-step instructions and many helpful diagrams, this is a book that will be of considerable utility to anyone wishing to learn how to draw.

Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on illustration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473387393
Publisher:	Morison Press
Publication date:	05/31/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	26 MB
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Table of Contents

How to Use this Book

Section 1. Contour and Gesture

Section 2. The Comprehension of Gesture

Section 3. Weight and the Modelled Drawing

Section 4. Memory and Other Quick Studies

Section 5. The Modelled Drawing in Ink - The Daily Composition

Section 6. The Modelled Drawing in Water Color - Right-Angle Study

Section 7. Emphasis on Contour - The Head

Section 8. Special Form Studies

Section 9. An Approach to the Subject of Technique

Section 10. The Simple Proportions - Effort

Section 11. The Study of Drapery

Section 12. The Figure with Drapery - The Subjective Impulse

Section 13. The Sustained Study

Section 14. Light and Shade

Section 15. An Approach to the Study of Anatomy

Section 16. The Long Composition

Section 17. Exercises in Black and White Crayon

Section 18. Studies of Structure

Section 19. Analysis through Design

Section 20. Study from Reproductions

Section 21. The Muscles

Section 22. Exercises in Black and White Oil Color

Section 23. Analysis Through Design - Continued

Section 24. The Subjective Element

Section 25. An Approach to the Use of Color