HOW TO DRAW CARICATURES COSTUMES FIGURES SKETCH HUMANS

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GROTESQUE SKETCHES

PICTURES OF LIFE IN THE COUNTRY

LIFE IN THE PROVINCES

LIFE IN A LITTEL PROVINCIAL TOWN

DAY SCHOOLS AND BOARDERS

NEW YEARS DAY

AT THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS

PEOPLE WHO "GIVE THEMSELVES AIRS IN SOCIETY"

THE RACES

CONSEQUENCES OF THE LONDON EXHIBITION OF 1832

SKETCHES IN PARIS

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE

PARIS OUT OF DOORS

SCENES IN THE CHAMPS ELEYSEES

GROTESQUE SKETCHES

THE TUILERIES GARDENS

THE ENGLISH IN PARIS

EXTRACTS FROM CELEBRATED AUTHORS

A SALE BY AUCTION

SCRAPS

THINGS WE SEE AND HEAR

THINGS THAT ARE AGREEABLE

SAYINGS AND DOINGS

THE COLLEGIANS AGAIN

THE WATERS OF BADEN

• Learn The Basics Of Drawing Clothing Fashions
  
  
• Discover How To Work With Or Without A Model
  
  
• Learn The Function Of Color In Fashion Drawing
  
  
• Learn To Use The Silhouette In Costume Drawing
  
  
• Discover The Art Of Period Costume Illustration

Chapter I - Sketching

Chapter II - Drawing Without Models

Chapter III - Methods

Chapter IV - Color

Chapter V - Design

Chapter VI - The Fashion Silhouette

Chapter VII - Period Fabric Design

Chapter VIII - Outline Of Historic Costume

Chapter X - Artists Whose Work Has Bearing On Period Fabrics Or Costume

• Learn To Draw Accurate Basic Geometric Shapes
  
  
• Refine & Enhance Your Elementary Drawing Skills
  
  
• Practice Drawing Cylinders, Cubes & Prisms
  
  
• Discover Light, Shade & Shadow Techniques
  
  
• Learn To Draw True To Life Object Reflections

Chapter I - The Cube

1. The horizontal line
2. Drawing the cube

Chapter II - The Cylinder

1. The vertical cylinder
2. The horizontal cylinder
3. The receding cylinder
4. Drawing the cylinder
5. The sphere
6. The cube and cylinder

Chapter III - The Triangular Prism

1. The vertical prism
2. Vanishing points
3. The horizontal prism
4. The receding prism
5. Drawing the prism
6. They pyramid
7. The cone
8. The cube and prism
9. Vanishing points

Chapter IV - Unity

Chapter V - Light, Shade & Shadow

Chapter VI - Reflections

• Discover Your Inner Talent For Drawing
  
  
• Develop Elementary Drawing Techniques & Skills
  
  
• Learn The Importance Of Straight Line Drawing
  
  
• Discover The Rules Of Curved Line Drawing
  
  
• Learn About Materials & Tools Required To Draw

Introduction

"Anyone who can learn to write can learn to draw."

Universal Utility of a Capacity For Drawing

Ease with which it may be acquired

Requirement of a more general appreciation of the advantages to be derived from its cultivation

Primary Instructions in Drawing

Facility of hand one of the first requisites in drawing

Means by which it may be acquired

Of straight lines

Importance of early instruction

Drawing copy-books for schools, etc.

Of rectangular forms

Practical hints with regard to producing tints, etc., by lines

Importance of clearness and decision of line

Of curved lines

The black-board

Giotto

Inclination in young persons for design should be encouraged

Of figures formed by curved lines

An equal degree of excellence can not be reasonably expected in all who attempt to learn to draw

Drawing from nature

Affection of manner to be avoided

Drawing materials

The pen

Ink

Sepia

Pencils, etc.

Crayons

Advice to learners

• Discover Nature Sketching - Flowers & Foliage
  
  
• Practice Drawing Basic Straight & Curved Lines
  
  
• Practice Combining Lines To Form Letters & Words
  
  
• Why You Should Learn To Write & Draw Together
  
  
• Discover Some Of The Secrets Of Master Artists

Rudiments of Drawing (writing in drawing)

Contents

Rudaments of Drawing - of Method or Manner

Sketches

Imitating the work of others

Sketching nature - trees and foliage

Not suitable subjects of imitation for beginners

Practicing straight lines using lined paper

Practicing curved lines using lined paper

Practicing line combinations (forming letters)

Practicing small hand - without lines on the paper

Drawing letters in a single faint line

Any writing master may be an efficient teacher of drawing

Of penmanship

Drawing and writing should be taught together

A progressive course of study most advantageous

Personal exertion on the part of the learner requisite for success

Inexpediency of coertion

Privileges and enjoyments of the art student

Conclusion

Composition

Its general application

General principles

Exemplification both applicable and requisite in all subjects

Of portraiture

Landscape

Compositions should be consistent with nature

Classification of styles

Their application

Of the shapes of pictures

Difficulty of classifying many compositions

Study of approved works recommended

Of books and theories - self reliance

Practial methods and expedients usually employed in the execution of original compostions

0f the sketch

Changes and experiments

Of method, etc.

The model and appropriation of study of nature expedients

Practial difficulties in working from a model

Means of obviating them

Misleading tendencies experienced by beginners particularly in regard to color

Of cartoons for oil pictures

Of artificial models

No one method available in all cases

Of style and manner

The practices of the masters in art

Their appropriations of the excellence of others

Importance of a good beginning

Their biographies afford useful suggestions to the student

Advice to the american art student

To teachers

Conclusion

• Develop Your Understanding Of Line & Form
  
  
• Learn The Origin & Function Of The Outline
  
  
• Discover Several Methods Of Line Drawing
  
  
• Discover Basic Forms & How To Create Them
  
  
• Learn Fundamental Essentials Of Design
  
  
• Create Better Work & The Opportunity To Sell

Chapter I

Origin and function of outline
Silhouette
Definition of boundaries by power of characterization
Definition of boundaries by formation of letters
Methods of drawing in line
The progressive method
The calligraphic method
The tenative method
The Japanese direct brush method
The oval method
The rectangular method
Quality of line
Linear expression of movement
Textures
Emotion
Scale of linear expression

Chapter II

The language of line
Dialects
Comparison of the style of various artists in line
Scale of degrees in line
Picture writing
RElation of line to form
Two paths
The graphic purpose
Aspect
The ornamental purpose
Typical treatment or convention
Rhythm
LInear plans in pattern designing
Wallpaper design
Controlling forms
Memory
Evolution in design
Variety in unity
Counter-balance
Linear logic
Recurring line and form
Principle of radiation
Range and use of line

Chapter III

Of the choice and use of line
Degree and emphasis
Influence of the photograph
The value of emphasis
The technical influenc
The artistic purpose
Influence of material and tools
Brush-work
Charcoal
Pencil
Pen

Chapter IV

Of the choice of form
Elementrary forms
Space filling
Grouping
Analogies of form
Typical forms of ornament
Ornamental units
Equivalents in form
Quantities in design
Contrast
Value of variations of similar or allied forms
Use of the human figure and animal forms in ornamental design

Chapter V

Of the influence of controlling lines, boundaries, spaces, and plans in designing
Origin of geometric decorative spaces and panels in architecture
Value of recurring line
Tradition
Extension
Adaptablitiy
Geometric structural plans
Frieze and field
Ceiling decoration
Co-operative relation

Chapter VI

Of the fundamental essentials of design: line, form, space
Principles of structural and ornamental line in organic forms
Form and mass in foliage
Roofs
The mediaeval city
Organic and accidental beauty
Composition: formal and informal
Power of linear expression
Relation of masses and lines
Principles of harmonious composition

Chapter VII

Of the relief of form
Three methods
Contrast
Light and shade and modelling
The use of contrast and planes in pattern designing
Decorative relief
Simple linear contrast
Relief by linear shading
Different emphasis in relieving form by shading lines
Relief by means of light and shade alone without outline
Photographic projection
Relief by different planes and contrasts of concave and convex surfaces in architectural mouldings
Modelled relief
Decorative use of light and shade and different planes in modelling and carving
Egyptian system of relief sculpture
Greek and gothic architectural sculpture, influenced by structural and ornamental feeling
Sculptural tombs, medals, coins, gems
Florentine fifteenth-century reliefs
Desiderio di Settignana

Chapter VIII

Of the expression of relief in line-drawing
Graphic aim and ornamental aim
Superficial appearance and constructive reality
Accidents and essentials
Representation and suggestion of natural form in design
The outward vision and the inner vision

Chapter IX

Of the adaptation of line and form in design, in various materials and methods
Mural decoration
Fresco-work of the italian painters
Modern mural work
Mural spacing and patterns plans
Scale
The skirting
The dado
Field of the wall
The Frieze
Paneling
Tapestry
Textile design
Persian carpets
Effect of texture on colour
Prints
Wallpaper
Stained glass

Chapter X

Of the expression and relief of line and form by
Colour
Effect of same colour upon different grounds
Radiation of colour
White outline to clear colours
Quality of tints relieved upon other tints
Complementaries
Harmony
The colour sense
Colour proportions
Importance of pure tints
Tones and planes
The tone of time
Pattern and picture
A pattern not necessarily a picture, but a picture in principle a pattern
Chiaroscuro
Examples of pattern work and picture work
Picture patterns and pattern pictures
Index

 

• Master The Art Of Drawing The Human Head
  
  
• Create Accurate Human Head & Body Drawings
  
  
• Learn The Importance Of Balance In Drawing
  
  
• Discover How To Draw Humans In Different Poses
  
  
• Uncover A New Career In Illustration & Drawing

Introductory observations on drawing the human head

Of the features their proportions, etc.
Of the head in profile
Of the applicability of the oval, etc., as a basis for drawing the head
Importance of anatomical knowledge

Theory and practice should go together

Of the full face
Application of the laws of perspective in drawing the head
Of a three-quarter view of the face
Of the central line
Of general impressions

Study of nature

Introductory observations on drawing the human figure
Of the foot
Study and accuracy more important than expedition or quantity
Practice essential to success
Applicability of general principles to subordinate parts and details

The best models

Of the antique standard of beauty
Of outline, shadows, etc.
The hand
Of the whole figure
Its proportions

The proportions of some of the antique statues

Of the figure from infancy to manhood

• Study The Work Of A Master Caricaturist
  
  
• Practice Drawing These Works & Develop Skill
  
  
• Print The Images & Display Them As Inspiration
  
  
• Discover A New Way To Draw Human Figures
  
  
• Discover Caricatures Of Famous Historical People

William Dean Howells
Napoleon
Dante
Theodore Roosevelt
Rudyard Kipling
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Daniel Frohman
Charles W. Eliot
J. Pierpont Morgan
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Guglielmo Marconi
George Bernard Shaw
Brander Matthews
John S. Sargent
F. W. Hohenzollern
Hafiz

• Practice Your Drawing Skills With Exercises
  
  
• Develop Your Current Line Drawing Abilities
  
  
• Learn How To Accurately Draw Human Heads
  
  
• Refine Your Eye, Ear, Nose & Lip Drawing
  
  
• Discover The Effects Of Light, Shade On Objects
  
  
• Perfect Your Perspective Drawing Techniques

Practice

Line Drawing

The Human Head

Lips

Eyes

Nose

Ears

Profile & Outline

Light & Shade

Perspective

Sketching

Composition

Trees & Flora