Learn to draw from the work of amazing artists such as Albert Dorne and Norman Rockwell, the founding artists of the Famous Artists School.
The artwork presented in Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School is gleaned from the amazing collection of more than 5,000 artworks and hundreds of thousands of other documents found in the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Organized as a series of lessons in classic drawing technique, each chapter offers both process and finished works by the founding artists and other instructors of the Famous Artists School, allowing readers to see a wide variety of approaches to learning how to draw and styles of rendering.
Enriched throughout with fascinating sidebars and photographs documenting the working methods of master realists, Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School is an invaluable trove of inspiration and information on how to draw.
Author(s): Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Magdalen Livesey
Series: Art Studio Classics
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 163
Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Welcome......Page 10
The Founding Illustrators of the Famous Artists School......Page 12
1
THE ART OF THE STORY......Page 15
The Big Idea: Developing Pictorial Concepts......Page 16
Character, Plot, and Setting......Page 19
Mood, Movement, and Emotion......Page 21
Compositional Strategies......Page 23
2
MAKING IT PERSONAL......Page 29
Infusing Yourself into Your Drawings......Page 30
Drawing Upon the World around You......Page 33
Gathering Inspiration......Page 36
The Importance of Empathy......Page 38
3
DRAWING AS A TOOL FOR SEEING......Page 43
The Importance of Doodling......Page 44
Sketching for Greater Clarity......Page 52
The Construction of Form......Page 55
Considering the Common Object......Page 57
4
COMPOSING FORBEST EFFECT......Page 61
Making Compositional Choices......Page 62
Establishing a Center of Interest......Page 69
Light, Shadow, Tone and Value......Page 73
The Role of Rhythm and Movement......Page 77
5
THE WELLDESIGNEDIMAGE......Page 83
Form Follows Function......Page 84
The Eloquence of Simplicity......Page 87
The Use of Visual Symbols......Page 89
Repetition, Variety, and Novelty......Page 92
6
DRAWING THE FIGURE......Page 97
Casting and Posing Your Characters and Models......Page 98
The Expressive Face......Page 104
Hands, Gestures, and Body Language......Page 114
The Figure in Motion......Page 124
7
AN EYE FOR COLOR......Page 129
The Basics of Color......Page 130
Making Color Choices......Page 134
Using Color to Evoke Mood, Character, and Atmosphere......Page 142
Famous Artists Behind the Scenes: Materials and Methods......Page 146
About the Authors......Page 158
Image Credits......Page 159
F......Page 160
R......Page 161
W......Page 162
