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Beginning to Draw: The Foundation of Art

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 4

About Perception 5

Proportion 9

Shape 19

Modelling Form 31

Constructing your Black Box 36

The Egg 37

The Singular Bottle 40

Perspective – An Introduction 46

The Still Life 51

The Cast: Introduction to Portrait Drawing 60

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The Arabesque

SUPPLY LIST

Paper : Fabriano or Canson Ingres, Ivory or Buff colored (10 sheets)

1 pad of newsprint (50 or 100 sheets) 14x18”

Drawing Board: 14x18” or 16x20”

2 Clips and Masking Tape

Pencils: Mars Lumograph 8B (6 minimum)

3 sticks Vine charcoal medium thickness & grade

4 sticks Black conte and 1 holder

Kneaded Eraser

Knitting needle

Plumb bob (available at any hardware store. A ishing sinker or large washer or bolt will

sufice) and 16” length of string or heavy black thread

8x10” plexiglass or glass

1 watersoluble black marker (China marker)

1 small jar of Gesso (student grade) and a 1” brush

Safety razor blades and medium grade sandpaper with a sanding block (piece of wood or

small, lat object that can be held in your hand)

Mahl Stick (optional)

Easel (Many different types of easels are available. Choose one that is sturdy and easy to

use. I do not recommend using table top easels)

1 small clip on light (10 watts or thereabouts)

Blackbox (you need to build this yourself using inexpensive wood, glue and black construction

paper. You can also use a heavy cardboard box lined with the black construction paper).

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rawing is the most direct conduit of visual

expression and intention. A drawing

can be either a work of art in itself or a prelimi-

nary structure to a more ambitious medium -

such as painting, sculpture, ilm, or any other

endeavor.

As an artist and teacher I irmly believe that a

solid tri-partite foundation of craft is essential

to art-making. Drawing, composition and color

form this foundation. Of course, craft is only

one of the components in the practice of art. The other two are

expression and the construct - which is the syntax, or language,

of visual art making.

The primary agenda of the Beginning to Draw DVD workshop is

to train you in the principles of drawing and to suficiently develop

your eye and hand so that you acquire the skill sets to pursue

your own expression and the development of your unique voice

unencumbered by faulty technique and perception.

My name is Michael Britton and I will be your guide to your initial

development as an artist.

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