The Elements of Drawing
Kanaal Besonderhede
The Elements of Drawing
Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin’s teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing. This series accompanies 'The Elements of Drawing', a searchable and browsable online version of the teaching collection and catalogues assembled by John...
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9 episodes
8. Field Notes
Lesson 7. Strategies for collecting information and recording ideas as an aid to memory.
7. With Colour
Lesson 6. The most complex form of drawing. Starting with a pencil outline, the drawing is developed with a brush in clearly defined layers.
6. Measured Drawing
Lesson 5. Making a drawing that is dependent for its success on mathematical accuracy.
5. Making a Livelier Drawing
Lesson 4. Making a livelier drawing, where the line and tone have an energy because they have been applied at speed with a brush.
4. Toned Paper
Lesson 3. How toned paper can be used to provide the mid-tone in a drawing, which records where light and shade fall as a means of picturing an object...
3. The Edge of the Pencil
Lesson 2. We use tone, light, dark and the shades in-between to create illusions of volume and depth.
2. The Tip of the Pencil
Lesson 1. We use line to define spaces and things. It is not a question of magically getting the line right first time, but of first turning a contour...
1. Introduction to the Elements of Drawing
Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin's teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing.