Understanding Values Discover Your "Inner Artist" As You Explore the Basic Theories and Techniques of Pencil Drawing

ISBN-10: 1560109963

ISBN-13: 9781560109969

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ken Goldman

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Description:

This essential book explores the importance of understanding the range of values of a subject, from light to dark and all the variations in between, and demonstrates the drawing techniques that can be used to render realistic forms. The step-by-step projects help artists develop their skills through shading, contrasting elements, studying composition, drawing white objects, using lighting effects, and more.

Book details

List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Ken Goldman teaches portrait, figure, and landscape painting at the Athenaeum School of Fine Art in La Jolla, California. He studied figure drawing and painting at the New York Studio School, National Academy of Design, and Art Students League in New York; portraiture and figure drawing with Vern Wilson of the Los Angeles Art Center; and watercolor painting with Liane Collot D'Herbois in Europe. Ken's art has been exhibited extensively and appeared in numerous magazines.



Introduction


Getting Started


Understanding Value and Shape


Seeing Values


Placing Shapes Accurately


Drawing Values as Shapes


Depicting Form


Arranging Values


Establishing a Light Source


Working with Natural Light


Working with Artificial Light


Exploring Perspective in Shadows


Expressing Illumination


Creating Luminosity


Reinterpreting Values


Distributing Light Intensity


Using Contrast to Attract the Eye


Moving the Eye through the Art


Creating Depth


Capturing Light on Black-and-White


Learning by Copying the Masters


Combining the Elements of Design


Pulling It All Together


Closing Thoughts