Drawing A Contemporary Approach (with InfoTrac)

by Sale, Teel; Betti, Claudia

• ISBN13: 9780534613358
• ISBN10: 0534613357
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-23
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The number one, best-selling drawing text in the market, DRAWING: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH goes beyond conventional approaches, emphasizing the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and social significance of art. The authors trace the development of today's art from that of the past, showing drawing's meaning and continuity. The text succeeds by offering a combination of effective pedagogy, good exercises, and high-quality, contemporary drawings as models, while focusing on contemporary artists who draw in a multicultural world.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
PART I Introduction to Drawing
Drawing: Thoughts and Definitions	3	(30)
Subjective and Objective Drawing	15	(3)
Informational Drawing	18	(1)
Schematic Drawing	19	(1)
Pictorial Recording	20	(2)
Subjective Drawing	22	(1)
The Viewing Audience	23	(3)
Subject and Treatment	26	(6)
Conclusion	32	(1)
Learning to See: Gesture and Other Beginning Approaches	33	(66)
Gesture Drawing	38	(8)
Before Beginning to Draw	46	(2)
Types of Gesture Drawing	48	(10)
Line Gesture Exercises	48	(2)
Mass Gesture Exercises	50	(1)
Mass and Line Gesture Exercises	51	(3)
Scribbled Line Gesture Exercises	54	(2)
Sustained Gesture Exercises	56	(2)
Other Beginning Approaches	58	(9)
Continuous-Line Drawing Exercises	58	(3)
Organizational-Line Drawing Exercises	61	(2)
Blind Contour Exercises	63	(4)
Summary	67	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	68	(6)
Gesture Drawings	68	(1)
Continuous-Line and Organizational-Line Drawings	69	(1)
Blind Contour Drawings	69	(1)
Automatic Drawing	70	(4)
PART II Spatial Relationships of the Art Elements
Development of Spatial Response	74	(6)
Categories of Space	80	(3)
Precursors of Contemporary Spatial Development	83	(9)
Contemporary Spatial Development	92	(4)
The Influence of Electronic Space	96	(1)
Emotive Space	97	(1)
Sketchbook Project	98	(1)
Making a Space Folder	98	(1)
Shape / Plane and Volume	99	(30)
Shape	99	(7)
Positive and Negative Space	106	(9)
Composite Shape Problem	111	(1)
Interchangeable Positive and Negative Shapes	111	(1)
Geometric Positive and Negative Shapes	112	(1)
Invented Negative Shapes	113	(1)
Collaged Negative Shapes	114	(1)
Enclosed Invented Positive and Negative Shapes	114	(1)
The Shape of the Picture Plane	115	(2)
Shape as Plane and Volume	117	(8)
Shape as Plane and Volume	121	(1)
Planar Analysis	122	(1)
Rubbed Planar Drawing	122	(2)
Basic Volume	124	(1)
Modeling and Overlapping	125	(1)
Summary: Different Kinds of Space	125	(1)
Sketchbook Project	126	(1)
Shaping the Composition to the Format	126	(1)
Computer Project	126	(3)
Using a Computer to Determine and Modify Shapes / Experimenting with the Relationship between Positive and Negative Space	127	(2)
Value	129	(30)
Functions of Value	129	(7)
Ways of Creating Value	136	(4)
Arbitrary Use of Value	140	(1)
Using Value Arbitrarily	141	(1)
Descriptive Uses of Value	141	(1)
Value Used to Describe Structure	141	(1)
Using Value to Describe Structure	141	(1)
Using Value to Describe Planes	142	(1)
Value Used to Describe Weight	142	(3)
Using Value to Describe Weight	144	(1)
Value Used to Describe Light	145	(6)
Value Reduction	147	(1)
Four Divisions of Value	148	(1)
Categories of Light	149	(1)
Tonal Drawings	150	(1)
Value Used to Describe Space	151	(1)
Using Value to Describe Space	151	(1)
Expressive Uses of Value	152	(4)
Value Reversal	154	(1)
Value Used Subjectively	154	(1)
Value Used to Create a Nonobjective Drawing	154	(2)
Summary: Spatial Characteristics of Value	156	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	156	(1)
Using Thumbnail Sketches	156	(1)
Applying Thumbnail Sketches to Actual Subject Matter	157	(1)
Computer Project	157	(2)
Converting Color to Value	157	(2)
Line	159	(34)
Determinants of Line Quality	162	(4)
Line in Other Art Disciplines	166	(1)
Line in Recent Decades	167	(3)
Types of Line	170	(1)
Contour Line	170	(8)
Slow Contour Line	172	(1)
Exaggerated Contour Line	173	(2)
Quick Contour Line	175	(1)
Cross-Contour Line	176	(1)
Contour with Tone	177	(1)
Mechanical Line	178	(1)
Using Mechanical Line	178	(1)
Structural Line	179	(1)
Using Structural Line	179	(1)
Lyrical Line	180	(1)
Using Lyrical Line	181	(1)
Constricted, Aggressive Line	181	(1)
Using Constricted, Aggressive Line	181	(1)
Handwriting: Cursive and Calligraphic Line	182	(1)
Using Handwriting or Calligraphic Line	183	(1)
Implied Line	183	(1)
Using Implied Line	184	(1)
Blurred Line	184	(2)
Using Blurred Line	186	(1)
Whimsical Line	186	(2)
Using Whimsical Line	187	(1)
Summary: Spatial Characteristics of Line	188	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	189	(2)
Conceptual Drawing	190	(1)
The Cadavre Exquis (The Exquisite Corpse)	190	(1)
Computer Project	191	(2)
Computer Drawing and Line Quality	191	(2)
Texture	193	(30)
The Role of Texture in Contemporary Art	193	(11)
Traditional Categories of Texture	204	(1)
Actual Texture	204	(1)
Simulated Texture	205	(1)
Invented, Conventional, or Symbolic Texture	206	(4)
Using Actual Texture	207	(1)
Using Simulated Texture	207	(1)
Using Invented Texture	208	(1)
Using Conventional or Symbolic Texture	209	(1)
Twentieth-Century Textures	210	(1)
Additive Materials to Create Texture	210	(6)
Using Papier Colle	214	(1)
Using Collage	215	(1)
Using Assemblage	216	(1)
Transferred Texture	216	(3)
Using Rubbing	218	(1)
Transfer from a Printed Surface	218	(1)
Summary: Spatial Characteristics of Texture	219	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	220	(1)
Identifying Textural Techniques Used in Depicting Water	220	(1)
Transcribing Textural Techniques	220	(1)
Computer Project	221	(2)
Creating Texture on the Computer	221	(2)
Color	223	(18)
Functions of Color	223	(2)
Color Media	225	(2)
Using Color Media	227	(1)
Color Terminology	227	(1)
Using Local and Optical Color	228	(1)
Color Schemes	228	(4)
Using a Monochromatic Color Scheme	230	(1)
Using a Complementary Color Scheme	231	(1)
Warm and Cool Colors	232	(1)
Using Warm and Cool Colors	232	(1)
How Color Functions Spatially	232	(1)
Some Early Influences on Contemporary Attitudes Toward Color	233	(4)
Studying Influences on Contemporary Color Attitudes	236	(1)
Using Symbolic Color	237	(1)
Using Color-Field Composition	237	(1)
Summary: Spatial Characteristics of Color	237	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	238	(1)
Using Color for Quick Landscape Sketches	238	(1)
Using Color to Convey Emotive Content	239	(1)
Computer Project	239	(2)
Using the Computer to Create Matisse Cutouts	239	(2)
Antiperspective: The Triumph of the Picture Plane	241	(32)
Eye Level and Baseline	246	(3)
Using Eye Level and Baselines	248	(1)
Aerial Perspective	249	(2)
Using Aerial Perspective	250	(1)
Linear Perspective	251	(2)
Locating Vanishing Points	253	(1)
One-Point Perspective	253	(3)
Using One-Point Perspective	254	(2)
Two-Point Perspective	256	(2)
Using Two-Point Perspective	257	(1)
Three-Point Perspective	258	(1)
Using Three-Point Perspective	258	(1)
Multiple Perspective	259	(3)
Using Multiple Perspective	261	(1)
Stacked Perspective	262	(2)
Using Stacked Perspective	263	(1)
Antiperspective / The Flatbed Picture Plane and Superflat	264	(1)
Foreshortening	265	(2)
Using Foreshortening	266	(1)
Summary: Spatial Illusion	267	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	268	(5)
Invented Spatially Illusionistic Forms	268	(1)
Employing Different Horizon Lines	268	(5)
PART III A Contemporary View
Organizing the Picture Plane	273	(26)
Challenges to Traditional Compositional Approaches	273	(2)
Contemporary Approaches to the Picture Plane	275	(1)
Dominance of the Edge	276	(3)
Shaped Pictures Planes	278	(1)
Confirming the Flatness of the Picture Plane	278	(1)
Continuous-Field Compositions	279	(2)
Continuous-Field Compositions	280	(1)
Arrangement of Images on the Picture Plane	281	(7)
Placing Images on the Picture Plane	287	(1)
Filling the Picture Plane	287	(1)
Division of the Picture Plane	288	(7)
Composing with a Grid	293	(1)
Dividing the Picture Plane	294	(1)
Using Inset Images	294	(1)
Using Linear Sequence	295	(1)
Summary: Personal Solutions / Different Kinds of Order	295	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	295	(1)
Crowding the Picture Plane	295	(1)
Attention to the Edge	296	(1)
Divided Picture Plane	296	(1)
Computer Project	296	(3)
Using Superimposed, Layered Images	296	(3)
Thematic Development	299	(28)
Developing a Body of Related Work	299	(1)
Shared Themes	300	(1)
Words as Image	300	(7)
Appropriated Images	307	(1)
The Figure / Body Art / Portraiture	308	(7)
Word and Image	311	(1)
Frames of Reference	312	(1)
Appropriation / An Art History Homage	313	(1)
Alternate Self-Portrait	313	(1)
Self-Portrait in Different Styles	314	(1)
A Psychological Portrait	314	(1)
Individual Motifs and Themes	315	(5)
Individual Theme: A Series of Opposites / Transformation	317	(1)
Developing a Motif	318	(2)
Group Themes	320	(1)
Style / Visual Research Project	320	(1)
Summary: Development of a Theme	321	(1)
Sketchbook Projects	322	(1)
Visual and Verbal Descriptions	322	(1)
Juxtaposition of Word and Image	323	(1)
Computer Project	323	(4)
Transformation Using Computer-Generated Images	323	(4)
A Look at Art Today	327	(54)
Why Look at Contemporary Art?	327	(1)
Modernism and Post-Modernism / Options	328	(5)
New Subject Matter, New Strategies	333	(1)
Appropriation and Recontextualization	333	(2)
Installations	335	(2)
Film	337	(2)
Body Art / Exploring Identity	339	(2)
Maps / Charts / Plans	341	(2)
Systems / Structures / Information Art	343	(2)
Outsider Art	345	(1)
Conclusion	346	(3)
PART IV Practical Guides
Guide A Materials	349	(1)
Paper	350	(2)
Charcoal, Crayons, and Chalks	352	(1)
Pencils and Graphite Sticks	353	(1)
Erasers	353	(1)
Inks and Pens	354	(1)
Paint and Brushes	354	(1)
Other Materials	354	(1)
Nonart Implements	355	(2)
Guide B Keeping a Sketchbook	357	(1)
Why Keep a Sketchbook?	358	(3)
Appropriate Subjects for a Sketchbook	361	(5)
Conclusion	366	(1)
Guide C Breaking Artistic Blocks and Making Critical Assessments	367	(1)
Correcting the Problem Drawing	367	(1)
Questions Dealing with Form	368	(1)
Critical Assessment	369	(2)
Getting Started	371	(2)
Guide D Presentation	373	(2)
Acetate	375	(1)
Plastic Envelopes	376	(1)
Lamination	376	(1)
Dry Mounting	376	(1)
Matting	377	(3)
Summary: Selecting a Method of Presentation	380	(1)
Glossary	381	(6)
Suggested Readings	387	(6)
Index	393