Drawing & rendering for theatre : a practical course for scenic, costume, and lighting designers / Clare P. Rowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowe, Clare P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.

Theaters.

Costume design.

Stage lighting.

Drawing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Drawing and rendering for theatre

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Drawing and Rendering for Theatre, A Practical Course for Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Designers is designed for those of you who are theatrical designers and want to improve your drawing and rendering skills.This gorgeous full-color book includes many examples of student drawings, analyzed and critiqued for areas that need improvement. It also includes numerous examples of design renderings by professional theatrical designers. In addition to the general sections on drawing and painting, it includes separate chapters on costume, scenic, and lighting rendering

Contents:

Cover; Drawing & Rendering for Theatre: A PRACTICAL COURSE FOR SCENIC, COSTUME, AND LIGHTING DESIGNERS; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Benchmark Drawing; SETTING UP THE STILL LIFE; DRAWING THE STILL LIFE; Analysis; BEGINNING LEVEL; General Description of the Beginning Student; Assessing Your Experience with the Benchmark Exercise: Beginning Student Behavior; Examining the Benchmark Drawing: The Beginning Level; Drawing What You See; Perspective; Three-Dimensional Modeling; Composition; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; General Description of the Intermediate Student

Assessing Your Experience with the Benchmark Exercise: Intermediate Student BehaviorExamining the Benchmark Drawing: The Intermediate Level; ADVANCED LEVEL; General Description of the Advanced Student; Assessing Your Experience with the Benchmark Exercise: Advanced Student Behavior; Examining the Benchmark Drawing: The Advanced Level; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2 The Sketchbook; THE SKETCHBOOK DRAWING SESSION; Selecting Subject Matter; Targeting Areas for Improvement; Experimentation: Venture Outside of Your Comfort Zone; DEVELOPING GOOD DRAWING HABITS; Getting Started; Warming Up

Stored Visual MemoriesChapter 3 Composition and Elements of Design; COMPOSITION; Page Format and Drawing Placement; Defining a Focal Point; ELEMENTS OF DESIGN; Line; Texture; Value Contrast; Chapter 4 Perspective; THE HORIZON LINE; SINKING AND RISING TOWARD THE HORIZON LINE, DIMINISHING SIZE, OVERLAPPING FORMS, ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE; VANISHING POINTS; One-Point Perspective; Two-Point Perspective; Round Objects in Perspective; WORKING WITH TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE; Three-Point Perspective; Foreshortening; Chapter 5 Three-Dimensional Modeling; THE FUNDAMENTALS OF TROMPE L'OEIL; The Cartoon

Base Value and Surface TextureThe Light Source; Shade and Lowlight; Cut Line; Highlight, Zinger, and Reflected Light; Cast Shadow; Chapter 6 Figure Drawing; MOVEMENT AND BALANCE; PROPORTION; The Head as a Unit of Measurement; Standard Proportions of the Body; Heads and Faces; The Torso and Arms; Hands; The Pelvis, Leg, and Foot; Chapter 7 Drawing Exercises; TOOLS AND MATERIALS; EXERCISE 1: FIGURE DRAWING FROM LIFE-SHORT POSES; Measuring the Model; Twenty-Second Poses; One-Minute Poses; Refining Your Drawing; Adding Detail; Assessing Rather Than Refining; Five-Minute Poses

Checking for AccuracyNegative Space; Alignment; Adding Detail: Shading; The Twenty-Minute Pose; EXERCISE 2: THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING-DRAPERY; Setting Up the Drapery Model; The Two-Minute Drawing; The Ten-Minute Drawing; The Twenty-Five-Minute Drawing; EXERCISE 3: FIGURE DRAWING-THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING AND THE CLOTHED FIGURE; EXERCISE 4: DRAWING LIGHT BY ERASURE; Setting Up; The Two-Minute Warm-Up Drawings; The Five and Twenty-Five Minute Drawings; EXERCISE 5: EXPERIMENTING WITH LINE QUALITY; Experimenting with Pen and Ink Tools and Materials; EXERCISE 6: HAIR TEXTURES; Contour Drawings

Shade and Lowlight

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612540189

9781136085413

1136085416

9781136085420

1136085424

9781282540187

1282540181

9780080522999

0080522998

OCLC:

662452532