Drawing in Black & White: Creative Exercises, Art Techniques, and Explorations in Positive and Negative Design

Cover......Page 1
HalfTitle
......Page 2
Title
......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication
......Page 6
Contents
......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
Why Work in Blackand White?......Page 11
How to Use This Book......Page 12
Materials......Page 13
EXERCISE 1 
Warm-Up......Page 21
EXERCISE 2 
Gesture Drawing......Page 23
EXERCISE 3 
Two-Handed ReflectionDrawing......Page 25
EXERCISE 4 
Follow the Line......Page 27
EXERCISE 5 
Contour Drawing with aContinuous Line......Page 29
EXERCISE 6 
Blind Contour Drawing......Page 31
EXERCISE 7
Continuous LineKitchen Drawings......Page 33
EXERCISE 8 
Line Work BotanicalDrawings......Page 35
EXERCISE 9 
Playing with NegativeSpace......Page 37
EXERCISE 10
Mark Making for Texture,
Value, and Form
......Page 39
EXERCISE 11
Create Texture with
Wrinkled and Folded Paper......Page 41
EXERCISE 12
Connect the Dots......Page 43
EXERCISE 13
Scribble and Fill......Page 45
EXERCISE 14
Brush Discovery......Page 47
EXERCISE 15
Painting with Gouache......Page 49
EXERCISE 16
White on White......Page 51
EXERCISE 17
Flock of Birds......Page 53
EXERCISE 18
Washes, Shadow, and
Tone with Pen and Paint......Page 55
EXERCISE 19
Black Gouache Washes
and Tones with Detail Work
in Pencil and Pen......Page 59
EXERCISE 20
The Secret of Acrylic Ink......Page 63
EXERCISE 21
Sumi Brush Writing......Page 65
EXERCISE 22
Torn Paper Strips......Page 69
EXERCISE 23
Circles in Torn Paper......Page 71
EXERCISE 24
Cut, Fold, and Glue......Page 73
EXERCISE 25
Painting with Scissors......Page 77
EXERCISE 26
Cut Paper Fun......Page 79
EXERCISE 27
Hole Punch Garden......Page 81
EXERCISE 28
Hole Punch Village......Page 83
EXERCISE 29
Sketching with a Craft Knife......Page 85
EXERCISE 30
Stencil Art......Page 87
EXERCISE 31
Found Object Printing......Page 89
EXERCISE 32
Stamp Carving Tutorial......Page 91
EXERCISE 33
Block Print Patterns......Page 95
EXERCISE 34
Block-Printed Scenes
and Cityscapes......Page 99
EXERCISE 35
Embellished Block-Printed
Shapes with Line Work
and Paint......Page 103
EXERCISE 36
Stitched Block Prints......Page 105
Gallery......Page 107
Acknowledgments......Page 113