Drawing : mastering the language of visual expression

Drawing Mastering the language of visual expression

Keith Micklewright, 1933-

Book - 2005

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Subjects
Drawing > Technique.
Communication in art.
Published
New York : Harry N. Abrams 2005.
Language
English
Main Author
Keith Micklewright, 1933- (-)
Physical Description
168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p 164) and index.
ISBN
9780810992382
  • Preface
  • 1. The Origins of Drawing
  • Drawing in the Past
  • The Academies and After
  • Ideas to Explore: Analyzing masters' drawings
  • 2. Reasons for Drawing
  • Drawing and Self-expression
  • Ideas to Explore: Establishing the creative impulse
  • 3. Visual Thinking and Visual Language
  • Thinking Verbally
  • Thinking Visually
  • Ideas to Explore: Keeping a visual notebook
  • 4. Learning to See and Draw
  • Looking ...
  • ... and Comparing
  • Asking basic questions
  • Starting a Drawing
  • Ideas to Explore: Simple drawings
  • 5. Proportion and Composition
  • Theories of proportion
  • Ideas to Explore: Applying the Golden Section
  • 6. Light and Tonal Value
  • Tonal Value/Color
  • Tonal Value/Form
  • Tonal Value/Light
  • Ideas to Explore: Using Tonal Values
  • 7. Three Dimensions into Two Dimensions
  • Form
  • Space
  • Ideas to Explore: Describing three dimensions
  • 8. Mark-Making
  • Ideas to Explore: Marks and creating texture surfaces
  • 9. Transitions and Visual Relationships
  • Ideas to Explore: Working with transitions and contrasts
  • 10. Materials and Techniques
  • Ideas to Explore: Paper and other drawing materials
  • 11. Translation and Interpretation
  • Perspective Theory
  • Other Geometric Systems
  • Ideas to Explore: Experimenting with drawing space and form
  • 12. Time, Change, and Movement
  • Ideas to Explore: Drawing an image over time
  • 13. Selection and Emphasis
  • Ideas to Explore: Selecting and emphasizing
  • 14. When to Stop
  • Ideas to Explore: Identifying faults
  • 15. Visual Fluency
  • 16. More Ideas to Explore
  • Glossary
  • Further reading
  • Index
  • Picture credits
Review by Library Journal Review

Practicing artist Micklewright (former head, foundation studies, Arts Inst., Bournemouth, U.K.) has created a guide on the importance of drawing illustrated with the work of everyone from Vincent Van Gogh to Pablo Picasso to Frank Auerbach (and Micklewright himself). After an overview of the history of drawing and the obligatory contemplations on what constitutes "fine" drawing, he proceeds to lay the groundwork for exploring the craft. Chapters on proportion, light, dimension, visual relationships, materials, movement, and more are concluded with an "Ideas To Explore" page for further pursuit by the reader. Micklewright wisely emphasizes that drawing is a bit like research for the artist; or, as Saul Steinberg said so eloquently, "a way of reasoning on paper." Another analogy he offers is the idea of drawing as a "language." Through language, he muses, humans bring life to their thoughts, and so it is with drawing. The numerous drawings that accompany the text help support his arguments. Recommended as a starter text for high school libraries and libraries specializing in plastic arts.-Nadine Dalton Speidel, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Parma, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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