Drawing as Expression
Techniques and Concepts
Description:... Benefiting all visual artists regardless of their level of expertise, this instructional guide to drawing covers all aspects of the craft-from basic skills and formal elements to introductory figure drawing and the advanced concepts of contemporary drawing-showing users how to combine their critical thinking skills with intuition and technical knowledge to create a visual language through drawing. Covers key drawing techniques, the function of drawing, and the concepts associated with good drawing. Offers a brief history of drawing, and follows with complete chapters on drawing media, the formal elements, line, value, perspective, color, texture, composition (space, plane & shape), cross-hatching and drapery, portrait, figure drawing, landscape. For all visual artists.
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