Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, Revised: 15th Anniversary Edition

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contents
Notes on the 15th Anniversary Edition
Introduction: Starting Out
	How to Use This Book
	Supply List
1. Seeing to Draw
	Making the Lines
	Exercise: Wire Drawing
	Recording Shapes Upside Down
	Exercise: Upside-Down Drawing
	Seeing as an Artist
2. Turning Lines Into Objects
	Contour Drawing: Look Before You Leap
	Exercise: Contour Drawing
	Problem Solvers
	Locating What Works
	Your Drawing Experience Now
3. Adding Dimension to Contour Drawings
	Value Basics
	Exercise: Making Value Scales
	Local Values and Shadow Values
	Exercise: Pencil Sampler
	Identifying Shadows
	Exercise: Applying Shadow Values to Your Drawing
	Exercise: Adding Local Values to Your Contour Drawing
4. Adding Accuracy
	Sketching for Accuracy
	Exercise: Sketching Warm-Up
	Exercise: Previewing
	Exercise: Horizontal and Vertical Lines
	Sketching Symmetrical Shapes
	Exercise: Circles
	Exercise: Level Ellipse
	Exercise: Oval
	Exercise: Cylinder
	Exercise: Bowl
	Underdrawings for Symmetrical Objects
	Exercise: Bottle
	Exercise: Lining Up
	Exercise: Relative Size
	Exercise: Assessing
	Exercise: Drawing Through
	Rectangular Subjects: Angles
	Exercise: Angles in One-Point Perspective
	Exercise: Angles in Two-Point Perspective
	Sketching Asymmetrical Objects
	Exercise: Asymmetrical Objects
5. Expanding Techniques: Pencil
	Extended Value Range: 6B and 6H
	Exercise: Pencil Sampler
	Lost and Found Edges: Abbreviated Contour Lines
	Creating a Pencil Study, Step-By-Step
	Problem Solvers
	Using Your Small Sketch Pad
6. Expanding Techniques: Wash with Pencil and Pen
	Accenting Pencil Drawings with Wash
	Exercise: Creating a Wash
	Exercise: Wash Sampler
	Exercise: Pencil Studies with Wash
	Pen Techniques
	Exercise: Pen Sampler
	Accenting Pen Drawings with Wash
	Exercise: Adding Wash to Pen
7. Expanding Techniques: Charcoal
	Using Charcoal
	Exercise: Charcoal Sampler
	Preparing to Make a Charcoal Study
	Creating a Charcoal Study, Step by Step
	Protecting Your Charcoal Drawing
8. Drawing the Face, Frontal View
	Studying the Frontal Face
	Exercise: Start with Your Own Face
	Drawing the Frontal View, Step by Step
	Exercise: Stage One: Blocking in Proportions
	Exercise: Stage Two, Part One: Developing Features—Underdrawing
	Exercise: Stage Two, Part Two: Developing Features—Adding Detail
	Exercise: Stage Three: Shaping the Face
	Exercise: Stage Four: Adding Dimension
9. Drawing the Face, Profile View
	Finding Your Model and Observing the Profile View
	Drawing the Profile, Step by Step
	Exercise: Stage One: Blocking in Proportions
	Exercise: Stage Two: Developing Features
	Exercise: Stage Three: Finishing Up
10. Drawing the Face, Three-Quarter View
	Studying the Three-Quarter-View Face
	Exercise: First Look
	Exercise: Your Face in Three-Quarter View
	Find Your Model
	Drawing the Three-Quarter Face, Step by Step
	Exercise: Stage One: Blocking in Proportions
	Exercise: Stage Two: Developing the Near Features
	Exercise: Stage Three: Developing the Far Features
	Exercise: Stage Four: Adding Dimension
11. Expanding Techniques: Conté
	Using Conté
	Exercise: Conté Sampler
	Developing a Conté Drawing
	Exercise: Conté Drawing of Fabric
	Exercise: Black-And-White Conté Drawing on Gray Paper
12. Still Life
	Seeing to Compose
	Exercise: Observing Your Gaze
	Thumbnails: Your Best Compositional Tool
	Exercise: Thumbnails: Charcoal Sketching
	Exercise: Making Connections
	Still Life Reminders
	Creating a Still Life, Step by Step
	Exercise: Still Life Preliminary
	Additional Strategies for Improvement
	When Are You Finished?
Finishing Up: Your Inner Aesthetic
	Exercise: Find Yourself in Your Art
Index