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Make Your Drawings Come to Life Using Kautzky's TechniqueTed Kautzky, a prominent American artist throughout the twentieth century, dedicated much of his life to conveying his artistic techniques to students. This book-combining his acclaimed works Pencil Pictures and Pencil Broadsides, plus additional material-contains the essence of his teachings on the art of pencil drawing. Through the use of numerous sequential sketches, diagrams, and finished drawings, accompanied by full explanatory text, it covers the methods and approaches that made Kautzky a unique artist and teacher. Part I focuses on creating pictures of subject matter found in nature, from seascapes to landscapes, with specific lessons on drawing various kinds of trees, brickwork, shrubbery, flowers, and roofs, along with pointers on composition. Part II offers instruction on planning a drawing, using contrast, and arranging elements in a variety of visual environments, such as villages, forests, mountains, winter landscapes, and fishing ports. Part III presents over thirty of Kautzky's beautifully executed broad-stroke drawings of a wide range of subjects, some of which were commissioned works, ranging from New York City parks and avenues to seashore scenery to New England and European village scenes. The Ted Kautzky Pencil Book serves as a comprehensive resource for creating dynamic, captivating pencil drawings. Though originally published several decades ago, the techniques and illustrations included in this work continue to provide an invaluable reference for artists of any skill level. Artists referring to it over the years will be inspired again and again to pick up a pencil and breathe life into their artistic vision. This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a hardcover (ISBN 1648373364).

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Few professional people have enjoyed the reputation of this Hungarian-born artist whose enthusiasm and artistic versatility brought him from initial obscurity to a position of national prominence in his field.Ted was at home with pencil, pen, brush, pastel and charcoal, and during the thirty years following his immigration to the United States his great natural talents were augmented by the habits he had formed of increasingly attentive study of the world about him, plus hard work.To be the best in his field was his desire. Having attained a pinnacle, he was not satisfied. He wanted to show others the fine points of technique that he had learned by experiment and disciplined effort. His strong impulse to teach led him to undertake both individual and class instruction in drawing and painting.The success of his four books published by Reinhold attest to the thoroughness of his helpful guidance.The fact that these books are constantly being reprinted and revised is the best memorial to this exceptional man whose untimely death at the age of 56 in May 1953 came as a shock to his many friends and admirers in the field of architectural and representational paintings.

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