Overview

This book stands out in the market of drawing books, with the inclusion of a unique approach combining how to blend mindfulness and foundational drawing skills. This is a comprehensive text designed to be used in a foundational drawing course in the classroom, online or for personal development. This book guides one through a fundamental approach to art by breaking down the elements of art into specific themes while providing a logical structure and visual vocabulary. With these foundations established the reader will be able to develop and nurture a deeper understanding and appreciation for drawing and the arts as a whole.

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Author:   Diane Grimes
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN:  

9781524979102

ISBN 10:   1524979104
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   11 February 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Table of Contents

Dedication About the Author PrefaceChapter 1 Mindfulness Introduction What Is Mindfulness? Stop—Time Out—(No where to go, let it go, just be, take this time for yourself) Brain and Drawing Brain and Nervous System Benefits from Mindfulness and Drawing The Evolution of Drawing Prehistoric Drawings Early Civilizations Classical World Middle Ages The Renaissance The 1800s and 1900s Contemporary Drawing Representational Abstract Mark-Making Essential Materials and Tools Materials Drawing Mediums Types of Paper Drawing Mediums Accessories AssignmentsChapter 2 Line Line Exploration of Lines Gesture Drawing Discover a New Way of Drawing and Seeing Process of Gesture Drawing Mass Gesture Drawing Contour Line Types of Contour Drawing Blind Contour or Pure Contour Drawing Contour Drawing Cross-Contour Drawing AssignmentsChapter 3 Value Value Light and Dark Different Effects Using Value Chiaroscuro Sfumato Value Scale The Elements of Light—Value Relationships Methods for Creating Value Continuous Tone Hatching Crosshatching Toned Surface Materials and Value Brush—Wet and Dry Medium AssignmentsChapter 4 Shape Shape Shape–Volume Geometric Shapes Organic Shapes Negative and Positive Space Using a Viewfinder Composition Materials AssignmentsChapter 5 Texture Texture Seeing Is Feeling: Texture in Art Eating a Raisin, Mindfully Actual Texture Physical Texture Surface Texture Visual Texture Illusionary Texture Trompe l'oeil Trompe l'oeil versus Photorealism Photorealism Pattern AssignmentsChapter 6 Perspective Perspective Change the Way We See the World Linear Perspective One-Point Perspective Two-Point Perspective Three-Point Perspective Imaginary Perspective Atmospheric Perspective Perspective Terminology Ellipse The Perspective of a Circle AssignmentsChapter 7 Color Color Color Physics Physical Properties of Light—Physics of Color—Color and Light Color Theory Color Wheel Three Basic Properties of Color Hue Value Intensity Light and Pigment Additive and Subtractive Color CMYK—Subtractive Mixture—Pigments RYB—Color Subtractive Warm and Cool Colors Color Harmonies and Schemes Monochromatic Color Analogvous Color Complimentary Colors Triadic Color Split Complementary Tetradic Color Scheme Color Interaction—Simultaneous Contrast Optical Effects of Color Expressive—Emotional Effects of Color Color Media Dry Color Drawing Mediums Pastels AssignmentsChapter 8 Human Figure and Portraits Human Figure and Portraits History of Figure in Drawing and Art Proportions and Anatomy Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man from 1492 Human Figure Proportions The Skeletal and Muscular System Muscles Ways to Draw the Human Figure Gesture Dance and Gesture Contour and Figure Drawing Value and Figure Drawing Color—Figure Representational Figures Expressive Figures Drawing the Figure Head Structure: Proportion Frontal Vie Profile View Three Quarter View Skull Examples of Portrait Drawings Self-Portrait Constructing a Portrait Guidelines Basic Shape AssignmentsChapter 9 Skechbooks and Master Artist Sketchbooks and Master Artist How to Start? Ideas for Sketchbook Going to Museums Artist Sketchbooks Sketchbooks of Scientist, Explorers, Archechtect's Copying Master Artist Sketching on other Papers AssignmentsChapter 10 Digital Art and Drawing Digital Art and Drawing Scanned Drawings Scanning 3-D Objects Collage Photography Drawing on the Computer, Tablets, or Smartphones Drawing Hardware Art Applications Computer Art Software Programs Software Programs Augmented Reality Creating a Virtual Sketchbook—Advantages of Digital Art Artist Examples—Digital Drawing Art Therapy Use of Drawing on iPad Storage—Google Forms Assignments

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