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The natural way to draw : a working plan for art study / by Kimon Nicolaides.

Nicolaïdes, Kimon, 1892-1938 (Author).

Summary:

An approach to drawing technique based on observation covering contour and gesture, model drawing, memory in ink and watercolor; anatomy study, drapery, shade, structure, and other topics in drawing.

Record details

ISBN: 0395530075
ISBN: 9780395530078
Physical Description: xiv pages, 1 leaf, 221 pages including frontispiece (portrait) : illustrations, plates, tables ; 26 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1969]
Copyright: ©1969

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Contour and gesture -- The comprehension of gesture -- Weight and the modelled drawing -- Memory drawing and other quick studies -- The modelled drawing in ink-the daily composition -- The modelled drawing in water color-right-angle study -- Emphasis on contour-the head -- Special form studies -- An approach to the subject of technique -- The simple proportions-effort -- The study of drapery -- The figure with drapery-the subjective impulse -- The sustained study -- Light and shade -- An approach to the study of anatomy -- The long composition -- Exercises in black and white crayon -- Studies of structure -- Analysis through design -- Study from reproducation -- The muscles -- Exercises in black and white oil color -- Analysis through design-continued -- The subjective element -- An approach to the use of color.