Gateways To Drawing: A Complete Guide

Cover (Gateways to Drawing 1E)
Front Matter
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Organization
Resources for Students
Resources for Instructors
Features
How to Use Gateways to Drawing: A Complete Guide
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part 1: Why Draw?
Chapter 1 Drawing as a Way of Life
Everyone Can Draw
Drawing throughout History
Why Draw?
Drawing in the Creative Arts
The Creative Process: Ideation and Practical Development
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Writing Project; Research Project
The Work of Art: Dawn Clements
Drawing at Work: Yves Saint Laurent
Gateway to Drawing: Burne-Jones, The Tomb of Tristram and Isoude: The Creative Process
Chapter 2 Modes, Sources, and Expressions
Considering the Modes of Drawing
Sources for Drawings
Style and Expression
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: Beatrix Potter
Drawing at Work: Edward Hopper
Chapter 3 Mark-Making and Media
Mark-Making
Media: Past and Present
Drawing Surfaces
Drawing Media
Tools
Safety Issues
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Gateway to Drawing: Orozco, Man Struggling with Centaur: Mark-Making and Media
The Work of Art: Xia Gui
Drawing at Work: Kiki Smith
Part 2: How to Draw
Chapter 4 Composing a Compelling Drawing
Format
The Picture Plane and the Ground Plane
Geometric Divisions of the Picture Plane
Composing a Drawing with the Organizing Principles of Design
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Gateway to Drawing: Heysen, Gum Trees, Hahndorf: Composing a Compelling Drawing
The Work of Art: Michelangelo
Drawing at Work: Jacob El Hanani
Chapter 5 The Sketchbook
Inside Sketchbooks
Types of Sketchbooks
Challenges of Keeping a Sketchbook
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Drawing at Work: Frida Kahlo
The Work of Art: Théodore Géricault
Chapter 6 How to Draw What You See
Setting Up to Draw
A Process for Observational Drawing
Step #1: Decide What to Draw
Step #2: Compositional Gesture
Step #3: Introduce Values
Each Step as an End Result
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Research Project
Drawing at Work: Charles Bargue
The Work of Art: Leonardo da Vinci
Part 3: Drawing Elements
Chapter 7 Line
Descriptive Line
Emotional Line
Outline
Contour Line
Line Weight
Soft, Lost, and Implied Lines
Linear Modeling: Hatching and Cross-Hatching
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Drawing at Work: Jenny Saville
The Work of Art: Louise Bourgeois
Gateway to Drawing: Orozco, Man Struggling with Centaur: Line
Chapter 8 Shape
Shape as Abstraction
Shape as Compositional Arrangement
Geometric and Organic Shapes
Positive and Negative Shapes, Figure/Ground Relationships
The Meanings of Shapes
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: Kara Walker
Drawing at Work: Sidney Goodman
Gateway to Drawing: Burne-Jones, The Tomb of Tristram and Isoude: Shape
Chapter 9 Value
Conditions that Influence Value
Techniques to Establish Value
Value Scale, Value Contrast, and Value Schemes
Value Shapes
Depicting Light with Value
Emotional Quality of Value
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: Martha Alf
Gateway to Drawing: Heysen, Gum Trees, Hahndorf: Value
Drawing at Work: Caspar David Friedrich
Chapter 10 Form
Defining Form
Line to Describe Form
Planes to Describe Form
Value to Describe Form
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Drawing at Work: Margaret Bowland
The Work of Art: Bailey Doogan
Chapter 11 Space
Using Position on the Picture Plane to Suggest Space
Using Overlap to Create Space
Using Diminishing Size to Create Space
Using Diagonals to Create Space
Atmospheric Perspective
Linear Perspective
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: Henry Moore
Drawing at Work: Ronald Searle
Chapter 12 Texture
Visual Texture
Replicated Texture
Surface Texture
Invented Texture
Rubbings and Photo Transfers
Collage
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Gateway to Drawing: Orozco, Man Struggling with Centaur: Implied Sense of Texture
Drawing at Work: Alice Leora Briggs
The Work of Art: Jean Dubuffet
Chapter 13 Drawing with Color
The Color Wheel
Color-Wheel Relationships
Color Fundamentals
Color Unity and Color Schemes
Color as an Expressive Force in Drawing
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: Claude Monet
Drawing at Work: Wassily Kandinsky
Part 4: What to Draw
Chapter 14 Still-Life Drawing
Still Life in Western Culture
Types of Objects
Artistic Practices
Symbolic Still Life: Metaphor
Vanitas Still Life
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Drawing at Work: Le Corbusier
The Work of Art: Audrey Flack
Chapter 15 Drawing the Human Figure
Communicating Human Experiences
Life Drawing
Working with a Model
Construction of the Figure
The Proportions of the Figure
Artistic Anatomy
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: Artemisia Gentileschi
Drawing at Work: Ginny Grayson
Gateway to Drawing: Burne-Jones, The Tomb of Tristram and Isoude: Figure Drawing for a Stained-Glass Window
Chapter 16 Portraiture
Approaches to Portraiture
The Structure of the Head
Self-Portraits
Narrative Portraits
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: Alice Neel
Drawing at Work: Matthias Grünewald
Chapter 17 Landscape Drawing
Landscape as a Source of Inspiration
Drawing Outdoors and Studio Landscapes
Types of Landscape Drawings
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
The Work of Art: John Constable
Gateways to Drawing: Heysen, Gum Trees, Hahndorf: Landscape Drawing
Drawing at Work: Claude
Part 5
Chapter 18 Looking at Drawing: Critical Thinking and Critique
Critical Thinking
Examples of Critical Reviews
Critique
In the Studio Projects: Fundamental Project; Observational Drawing; Non-Observational Drawing
Critical Review Worksheet: Student Drawing
Critical Review Worksheet: Master Drawing
Glossary
Glossary of Artistic Movements, Styles, and Periods
Sources of Quotations
Illustration Credits
Index