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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicolaïdes, Kimon, 1892-1938.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing--Study and teaching.

Drawing.

Penn Provenance:

Truman, Charles (autograph) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 221 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, [1969]

Summary:

Great for the beginner and the expert, this book offers readers exercises to improve their work.

Contents:

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 reproduction

The muscles

Exercises in black and white oil color

Analysis through design-continued

The subjective element

An approach to the use of color.

Notes:

"Copyright 1941 ... Copyright renewed 1969 ..."

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has autograph of Charles Truman.

Other Format:

Online version: Nicolaïdes, Kimon, 1892-1938. Natural way to draw.

ISBN:

0395080487 :

9780395080481

0395530075

9780395530078

OCLC:

3974800