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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Essential Skills and Information: What Every Student Should Know About Drawing | |
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| Sighting and the Use of a Sighting Stick | |
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| The Principles of Composition: Theory versus Application | |
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| The Golden Section | |
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| Line Variation and Sensitivity | |
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| Working with Value Structure | |
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| The Illusion of Space and Depth on a Two-Dimensional Surface | |
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| The Technique of Scaling to Determine Accurate Size Relationships | |
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| Creating an Effective Still Life | |
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| Spatial Thinking and Visualization: The Essential Principles of Perspective Drawing | |
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| An Introduction to Perspective | |
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| The Terminology of Perspective | |
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| Perspective and Cubes | |
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| Using Perspective Grids | |
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| Increasing Complexity in the Perspective Environment | |
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| Constructing Ellipses in One-Point and Two-Point Perspective | |
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| Advanced Perspective Techniques | |
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| Taking Perspective to the Next Level | |
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| Mathematically Precise Cubes in Two-Point Perspective | |
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| Using Measuring Lines for Equal and Unequal Divisions of an Area | |
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| Inclined Planes in Perspective | |
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| Geometric Solids and Transparent Construction | |
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| Three-Point Perspective | |
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| Suggested Perspective Exercises | |
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| Essential Drawing Principles in Relation to the Human Figure | |
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| The Human Figure | |
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| Gesture Drawing or Rapid Contour Drawing | |
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| Enhancing the Illusion of Volume and Space in the Human Form | |
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| An Introduction to Portraiture | |
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| Mapping the Figure in Space | |
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| The Figure and Anatomy | |
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| Color Theory and Application | |
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| Understanding Color | |
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| The Spatial and Volumetric Effects of Color | |
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| Hints for Observing and Recording Color | |
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| Drawing with Color Media | |
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| Colored Pencils | |
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| Pastels | |
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| Oil Pastels | |
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| Some Final Thoughts about Working with Color | |
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| Developing Ideas, Resolving Problems, and Evaluating Results | |
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| Ideation: Generating Ideas | |
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| Diagnosing Problems in Your Work | |
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| Intentions versus Results | |
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| The Importance of Critiques | |
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| Key Questions for Critiquing Work | |
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| Drawing Materials and Processes | |
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| Media and Materials for Drawing | |
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| Transfer Techniques Combined with Drawing | |
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| Appendix: Contemporary Art: A Gallery of Drawings | |
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| Glossary of Art Terms | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |