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More than 900 diagrams, pictorial explanations, and pictures
Introduction to the Basics of Scenery Drawing | |
Choosing a "Bounded Space" for a Scene | p. 1 |
The Horizontal Rectangle | p. 1 |
"Commanding" the Observer's Attention | p. 2 |
The Focal Point | p. 2 |
The Focal Area | p. 2 |
The Relation of Boundaries to the Interior | p. 3 |
The Ways of Dividing Space | p. 4 |
The Principles of Good Space Division | p. 5 |
Creating a Travel Experience for the Eye | p. 6 |
Charting the Eye's Course | p. 7 |
Principles that Help in Scenery Drawing and Painting | p. 8 |
Relating Three Shapes-One to the Other | p. 9 |
The Principle of "The Threes" | p. 10 |
Telling the Picture Story | p. 11 |
The Entering Point in a Picture | p. 11 |
"Follow-through" in a Picture | p. 12 |
Basic Follow-throughs | p. 12 |
Follow-through and Depth Perception | p. 13 |
Interior Parenthesis | p. 13 |
Overcoming the Blank Page (More on Good Space Division) | p. 14 |
Comprehension Factors in a Picture | p. 16 |
Co-active Follow-through | p. 17 |
Experiment in Comprehension | p. 18 |
Emotional Response | p. 18 |
Pencils and Papers | p. 20 |
The Importance of Form | p. 22 |
Base Lines of a Picture | p. 24 |
Ground Value Variances | p. 25 |
Uneven Earthen Contours | p. 26 |
Principle of the "Take-up" Line | p. 27 |
Cross-sectioning | p. 28 |
"Creating" Distance | p. 30 |
Depth and Distance | p. 32 |
Contrasting Values | p. 34 |
Expectations from Different Values | p. 36 |
Putting Subject Matter out of Mind | p. 38 |
Leaning Toward the Abstract | p. 40 |
The Willingness to Explore | p. 41 |
Drawing Trees and Foliage | |
Tree Trunks | p. 42 |
Tree-a Bold Beginning | p. 43 |
Tree Pointers | p. 43 |
"Painting" with a Pencil | p. 44 |
Tree Talk with Illustrations | p. 46 |
Base Lines | p. 48 |
Struggling Trees | p. 50 |
Twenty Drawings of the Same Tree | p. 52 |
Trees and Their Appearance | p. 54 |
Drawing Rocks and Mountains | |
Edges and Surfaces in Rock Drawing | p. 56 |
Drawing Larger Sections of Rock | p. 57 |
Field Trips for Rock Sketching | p. 58 |
Drawing Rocks Within a Given Space | p. 59 |
Variations Inside the Same Outline | p. 60 |
Rock Drawing in Other Media | p. 61 |
Simple "Flat Lead" Sketches | p. 62 |
Creating Rocky Landscapes in Miniature | p. 63 |
Elementary Rock Compositions | p. 64 |
Interesting Patterns in Rock | p. 65 |
Rock-the Unchangeable Model in Art | p. 66 |
The Stone Colossus | p. 67 |
Drawing Mountain Ranges-an A-B-C Method | p. 68 |
Construction Experiment with Mountain Peaks | p. 70 |
A Mountain Abstraction | p. 71 |
Drawing Clouds and Skies | |
Simplifying Cloud Drawing | p. 72 |
Cloud Treatments | p. 74 |
Cloud Formations | p. 76 |
Sunsets and Sunrises | p. 78 |
Morning and Evening Skies | p. 80 |
Diagram of Cloud Types | p. 81 |
Dramatic Cloud Backgrounds | p. 82 |
Semi-abstract Skies | p. 83 |
More Cloud Effects | p. 84 |
Giving Clouds Dimension | p. 85 |
Moonlight Scenes | p. 86 |
Strong Winds | p. 88 |
Wind and Snow | p. 88 |
The Upsweep Wind | p. 89 |
Wind and Sand | p. 89 |
Drawing Water: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers and Falls | |
Reflections in Water | p. 90 |
Reflections Under Various Conditions | p. 91 |
Drawing Water Surfaces | p. 92 |
Puddles and Reflections | p. 93 |
Nighttime Reflections | p. 93 |
Lighthouses and Water | p. 94 |
Lake and Ocean Reflections | p. 95 |
Water Talk | p. 96 |
Charting the Course of a Wave | p. 98 |
Analyzing Waves | p. 99 |
Great Waves of the Sea | p. 100 |
Where There's Water | p. 102 |
Angry and Peaceful Waters | p. 104 |
Drawing Waterfalls | p. 105 |
More on Waterfalls | p. 106 |
Niagara Falls and Stairstep Falls | p. 107 |
Drawing Snow and Ice | p. 108 |
Drawing Buildings, Large and Small | |
Houses in Scenery Drawing | p. 110 |
A House Is Built in a Minute | p. 111 |
Planes, Values and Forms | p. 112 |
A Few Suggested Techniques | p. 113 |
Putting Buildings Together | p. 114 |
Drawing Towns and Villages | p. 115 |
Loose Sketching and Tonal Drawing | p. 116 |
Crowded Shacks in a Slum | p. 117 |
Different Approaches to Structural Drawing | p. 118 |
Recording Planes and Values | p. 119 |
Index | p. 120 |
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