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 | The Drawing Handbook
by Frank J. Lohan
Clear, concise guide for beginners features more than 500 step-by-step illustrations. Topics include composition, tools, geometric shapes, and simple methods, plus exercises focusing on landscapes, architecture, animals, flowers, faces, more.
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 | Drawing Hands
by Carl Cheek
Pointing to subtle differences between young and old, male and female, and hands engaged in a variety of activities, this concise guide is an indispensable companion for the intermediate student of figure drawing.
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 | Drawing Lessons
by Willy Pogány
A sequential, constructive guide to drawing the human figure from a master illustrator. Begins with the humble dot and progresses to perspective, shading, portraiture, balance, motion, and more. 375 illustrations.
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 | Drawing Trees
by Victor Perard
Concise guide features easy steps for realistic depictions of trees. Discover shading, composition, shadow, and outlining techniques that add vitality and expression. Over 100 illustrations spotlight Oak, Willow, Pine, Palmetto, more.
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 | Drawing and Illustration: A Complete Guide
by John Moranz
Utilizing as few words as possible but presenting a tremendous variety and volume of illustrations, this all-in-one guide details the fundamentals of drawing in its various phases and fields.
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 | Drawing and Painting Trees
by Adrian Hill
This classic guide by noted British painter Adrian Hill starts with a brief history of tree painting and advances to general principles, color choices, and techniques. Its 150 illustrations include 7 in full color.
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 | Drawing and Sketching in Pencil
by Arthur L. Guptill
Introductory guide offers clear, concise instruction on composition, outline, proportion, perspective, light and shade, more. Its 66 illustrations encompass numerous subjects — mainly architectural, but also people, animals, and landscapes — and a variety of techniques.
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 | Drawing the Head: Four Classic Instructional Guides
by Walter T. Foster
This comprehensive guide by a noted illustrator features instructions for charcoal, crayon, and pencil illustrations. Its step-by-step drawings offer helpful comments for creating portraits of a variety of ages and ethnic types.
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 | Drawing: A Studio Guide
by Ms. Lu Bro
An artist/teacher introduces all of the major drawing methods, explaining how to master such important aspects as gesture, value, and linear perspective. 254 black-and-white illustrations, 12 color illustrations.
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 | Dynamic Anatomy: The Original Edition
by Burne Hogarth
"Michelangelo of the comic strip" presents action studies and practical diagrams for portraying figures in motion and at rest. More than 300 images offer pragmatic, generalized shapes that simplify identification and reproduction.
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 | Dynamic Animal Drawing
by Arthur Zaidenberg
This step-by-step guide shows beginning and intermediate artists how to see an animal in its simplest form and draw it accurately. Includes over 500 illustrations, from cats and dogs to hippopotami.
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 | The Elements of Drawing
by John Ruskin
Timeless work by one of the greatest art critics of all time begins with bare fundamentals and offers brilliant philosophical advice. " . . . the truth behind Ruskin's statements is always clear." — American Artist. 48 illustrations.
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 | The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry
by Jay Hambidge
Originally published as a series of lessons in Hambidge's magazine, The Diagonal, this engrossing book explains all the basic principles of dynamic symmetry. Part I covers fundamental rectangles while Part II explains compound rectangles. 118 illustrations.
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 | Essentials of Landscape Composition
by Leonard Richmond
In this step-by-step introduction to composition, the author offers effective exercises to teach budding artists simple drawing techniques, using a brush to create landscape elements from clouds and trees to castles and cottages.
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 | Etching, Engraving and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques
by Ruth Leaf
Comprehensive handbook covers materials and equipment, tools, printing papers, presses, and other essentials. Detailed instructions for etching, engraving, drypoint, collagraphs, tuilegraphs, and the Blake transfer method.
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 | Fashion Illustration 1920-1950: Techniques and Examples
by Walter T. Foster
Comprehensive, user-friendly guide combines four vintage instructional manuals by a famous teacher. Step-by-step drawings with helpful comments explain principles of figure and fashion drawing. Techniques include pencil, pen, wash, and opaque.
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 | Figure Drawing
by Richard G. Hatton
Accessible guide approaches figure drawing from a draftsman's perspective. Covers all aspects of sketching the human form, with 377 figures depicting nudes of both sexes and all ages from many angles.
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 | Figure Drawing and Portraiture: In Pencil, Chalk and Charcoal
by Borough Johnson, Borough Johnson
With easy-to-follow advice and 82 illustrations, an award-winning artist demonstrates how to draw the human figure, offering advice on proportion, anatomy, composition, drawing from memory, and capturing emotion with an economy of line. Includes an 8-page color insert.
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 | Figure Drawing: A Complete Guide
by Richard G. Hatton
This practical guide approaches figure drawing from the draftsman's perspective. Full of tips and tricks that students appreciate, it features 377 illustrations that cover all aspects of the human form.
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 | Figure Sculpture in Wax and Plaster
by Richard Miller
Step-by-step guide to materials and tools, modeling in wax and plaster, hollow wax modeling, plaster molds, and much more. Introduction. "Like having a personal tutor." — Enchantment. 281 photographs.
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