The Basics of Drawing (Drawing Academy Series) - Hardcover

This title enlightens beginning students on the variety of available drawing media, as well as specific paper textures used in drawing. It proceeds with instruction on rendering basic shapes-spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes, and the likeand incorporating these shapes into still lifes, landscapes, and other subjects for illustration. Students also learn how to produce the illusion of light and create contrasts, as well as how to produce three-dimensional effects by mastering the art of perspective. Titles in the new Drawing Academy series guide beginning students step-by-step through a highly detailed training course in the art of drawing. The books are profusely illustrated in color and black and white. They open with basic instruction, then proceed to analyze the details that make up a successfully executed drawing. Drawing Academytitles are fine self-instruction manuals and are also ideal as textbooks for use in formal art classes.

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Titles in Barron’s Drawing Academy series guide beginning students through a detailed training course in the art of drawing. The books open with basic instruction, then proceed to analyze the details that make up a successfully executed drawing. Drawing Academy titles make fine self-instruction manuals and can also serve as textbooks in formal art classes.

LEARNING BY DOING
An introduction to drawing tools, papers, and their uses is followed up with exercises to help you analyze the unique challenges of each technique, including blocking in, line control, light and shadow effects, and perspective.

ANALYSIS Discover how to analyze your work, then learn to correct your mistakes as you improve your understanding of how professional artists resolve challenges and create graphic effects in their drawings.

SKETCHBOOK A section at the end of each chapter is the sketchbook section that allows you to master geometric shapes, achieve shading effects, balance colors, and fully develop your draftsman’s skills.