Overview
Drawing Projects combines a review of contemporary artists with a 'how to draw' guide, celebrating drawing as the process of seeing made visible. Drawing Projects profiles ten key artists, revealing their working environments and practices, including Gavin Turk, Dryden Goodwin, Keith Tyson, Cornelia Parker, William Kentridge, Claude Heath, Tim Knowles and Zoe Mendelson. The artists discuss the value of drawing in their own work, and invites you to think about how we view life, view art and view the story that they tell together. Drawing Projects includes fifteen projects to inspire you to join in and work through at your own pace. These detailed tutorials provide a how to draw these images guide. The combination of artists work and easy to follow projects make this a practical guide to inspire the artist in you.
Full Product Details
Author: Mick Maslen ,
Jack Southern
Publisher: Black Dog Press
Imprint: Black Dog Publishing London UK
Weight: 1.176kg
ISBN: 9781907317255
ISBN 10: 1907317252
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 28 August 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""Both authors are artists and teachers and their 'contemporary approach to contemporary drawing', both in the informality of the conversations and in the 'projects' themselves (the projects encourage various techniques and approaches), means Drawing Projects forms a particularly rich basis for developing an understanding of the medium..."" ""Scottish Art News"" 'It is in any event a small price to pay for a thoughtful, beautifully illustrated mosaic of a drawing manual that encourages questioning and relativism without giving up on drawing all together' a-n.co.uk
Both authors are artists and teachers and their 'contemporary approach to contemporary drawing', both in the informality of the conversations and in the 'projects' themselves (the projects encourage various techniques and approaches), means Drawing Projects forms a particularly rich basis for developing an understanding of the medium... Scottish Art News <br>
Author Information
Jack Southern has been a practicing artist in London since graduating from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2003. He is currently undertaking a residency with Acme Studios, East London, and he teaches fine art on the foundation course at the University of Gloucestershire. Mick Maslen has taught painting and drawing to foundation students for more than 30 years. He is a former course leader of the foundation course in art and design at the University of Gloucestershire.
