Life Drawing in Charcoal (Dover Publications Inc.)

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPROJECT 1. Materials and Exercises Charcoal Erasers Blenders Paper Fixative ExercisesPROJECT 2. Seeing Tonal Quality Single Light Effect Tones and Their Relationships Learning to See the Tonal WorldPROJECT 3.

The Difference Between Lines and Edges A New Way to Observe Defining Terms Using the Middle TonePROJECT 4. Objects As They Are Lifting Out Lights Thinking About What You See The Mind's Influence on the EyePROJECT 5.

The Traditional Use of Plaster Cast Figures Charcoal as a Study Medium Squinting to Compare TonesPROJECT 6. Keying A Drawing The Value Scale Value Keys Interpreting Tones and Their ValuesPROJECT 7. Translating Color to Black and White Judging Color Intensity and Tone Light and Shadow with ColorPROJECT 8.

Some Basic Figure Proportions Two Goals of Life Study Establishing Proportions Staying Loose and Free"PROJECT 9. Keeping The Figure From Looking "Stiff" Examining Parts of the Body "Movements of the Spine, Shoulders, and Hips" The Expression of ActionPROJECT 10.

Seeing Large Tonal Masses Mass Versus Detail Simple Statements in Tone Staying Within the Large TonePROJECT 11. Allignments: Constructive Aids to Correct Proportions Checking Relationships by Alignment Aligning aby Triangulation Using Lines for Construction Estimating Contour AnglesPROJECT 12.

The Recling Figure Using a Measuring Device Proportioning ProblemsPROJECT 13. Foreshortening Foreshortening as Body Perspective "Drawing What You "See"PROJECT 14. Idealization or Interpretation Copying the Figure Two Creative DirectionsPROJECT 15.

Why Study Anatomy? The Burden of Anatomical Study "Seeing" First - Anatomy Second"PROJECT 16. Male and Female Figure Distinctions Comparison of Anatomical Differences Some kanon Proportions "Fat Deposits, Subcuaneous Prominences, and Hair"PROJECT 17.

Negative Shapes Seeing Negative Shapes Using the Grid Tone MosaicsPROJECT 18. Two Sources of Light Values and Secondary Lights Reflected Light and Double Contrast Geometric PosesPROJECT 19. A Tour of the Life Class Working over the Whole Figure Seeing Larger Tone Masses Preconceptions and Figure Distortions Preoccupation with Detail Self-Concepts and Figure RelationshipsPROJECT 20.

Controlling Edges Textural Qualities of Edges Making Hard and Soft Edges"PROJECT 21. Scupturing, Modeling, and Rhythm" Modeling for Added Dimension Rhythm and Composition Constant and Progressive RhythmsPROJECT 22.

Movement and Muscles Controlled Falling The Moving Figure Arm and Leg Movements"PROJECT 23. Drawing the Face, Head, and Hands" Placement of Facial DetailsPROJECT 24. Different Modes of Charcoal RenderingPROJECT 25.

Composing a Figure On a PagePROJECT 26. Mass Drawing in Fast Action Poses Warming-up with Quick Sketches Contour and Gesture Sketches Making Lines with Tonal MediaPROJECT 27. Line Drawing: A Bonus from the Mass Approach Expressing Light and Shadow in Line Tonal Drawing as a Step to LineA Final WordIndex