Draw Like Da Vinci

by Susan Dorothea White

• ISBN13: 9781844034444
• ISBN10: 1844034445
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-28
• Publisher: Cassell Illustrated

Summary

The first book in an exciting new series! Many would-be artists are inspired by the works of the great mastersand Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings are among the most magnificent ever created. But how did he achieve his effects? Choose his materials? Define his approach? Susan Dorothea White, an internationally known artist and teacher, helps students gain an invaluable understanding of Da Vinci's techniques for depicting the human form and dealing with perspective, line weight, light, shade, and character. With hundreds of images to illustrate her points, she discusses the tools he used; examines his creative techniques; analyzes some of his finest drawings in depth; and devises simple projects for practice. It's a fantastic resource for any artist.

Table of Contents

Outline of da Vinci's life	p. 6
Drawn in	p. 7
Inside the mastermind	p. 8
Techniques and Materials: Then and Now	p. 12
Dry drawers	p. 14
Skill with ink and quill	p. 18
Brush	p. 20
Metalpoint - silverpoint	p. 22
Grounds for mixed media	p. 24
Da Vinci's Skills Revealed	p. 28
Da Vinci's approach, advice and devices	p. 30
To see or not to see	p. 34
Deciphering da Vinci's lines	p. 36
Light and shade	p. 39
Exercise	p. 40
Fundamental P's	p. 42
Perspective	p. 43
Proportion	p. 50
Perception	p. 53
Position	p. 54
Placement	p. 55
Planes	p. 56
Priorities	p. 57
Putting the 'Seven P's' into practice (Exercise)	p. 58
Sfumato - chiaroscuro	p. 62
The art of drawing sfumato tomatoes	p. 63
Exercises 1-3	p. 63
Drawing Da Vinci's Universe	p. 68
Animals and animated inventions	p. 70
Draws shoots and leaves	p. 75
Exercise	p. 76
Exposed to the elements	p. 78
Exercise	p. 83
Drapery	p. 86
Exercises 1-4	p. 89
Experiment with tradition	p. 94
Exercises 1-3	p. 95
Human Nature	p. 98
Human proportions	p. 100
Artist - scientist - anatomist	p. 103
Exercises 1-2	p. 106
Handy hints	p. 113
Exercises 1-2	p. 115
Seeing a head	p. 117
Exercises 1-3	p. 121
The quintessential portrait	p. 128
Exercise	p. 129
Composing and Drawing Conclusions	p. 130
The Last Supper	p. 132
Exercise	p. 134
Drawing conclusions	p. 135
Exercises 1-2	p. 135
Virgin uncovered after 400 years in hiding	p. 137
Myth-conceptions and myth-interpretations	p. 138
Glossary	p. 140
Index	p. 142
Acknowledgements / Credits	p. 144
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