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The Elements of Drawing

9. Creativity

Lesson 8. Invention!
The Elements of Drawing

8. Field Notes

Lesson 7. Strategies for collecting information and recording ideas as an aid to memory.
The Elements of Drawing

7. With Colour

Lesson 6. The most complex form of drawing. Starting with a pencil outline, the drawing is developed with a brush in clearly defined layers.
The Elements of Drawing

6. Measured Drawing

Lesson 5. Making a drawing that is dependent for its success on mathematical accuracy.
The Elements of Drawing

5. Making a Livelier Drawing

Lesson 4. Making a livelier drawing, where the line and tone have an energy because they have been applied at speed with a brush.
The Elements of Drawing

4. Toned Paper

Lesson 3. How toned paper can be used to provide the mid-tone in a drawing, which records where light and shade fall as a means of picturing an object.
The Elements of Drawing

3. The Edge of the Pencil

Lesson 2. We use tone, light, dark and the shades in-between to create illusions of volume and depth.
The Elements of Drawing

2. The Tip of the Pencil

Lesson 1. We use line to define spaces and things. It is not a question of magically getting the line right first time, but of first turning a contour into a line, and then systematically correcting that line until it looks right.
The Elements of Drawing

1. Introduction to the Elements of Drawing

Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin's teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing.

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