Acknowledments
Introduction
PROJECT 1. Materials and Exercises
Charcoal
Erasers
Blenders
Paper
Fixative
Exercises
PROJECT 2. Seeing Tonal Quality
Single Light Effect
Tones and Their Relationships
Learning to See the Tonal World
PROJECT 3. The Difference Between Lines and Edges
A New Way to Observe
Defining Terms
Using the Middle Tone
PROJECT 4. Objects As They Are
Lifting Out Lights
Thinking About What You See
The Mind's Influence on the Eye
PROJECT 5. The Traditional Use of Plaster Cast Figures
Charcoal as a Study Medium
Squinting to Compare Tones
PROJECT 6. Keying A Drawing
The Value Scale
Value Keys
Interpreting Tones and Their Values
PROJECT 7. Translating Color to Black and White
Judging Color Intensity and Tone
Light and Shadow with Color
PROJECT 8. Some Basic Figure Proportions
Two Goals of Life Study
Establishing Proportions
Staying Loose and Free
"PROJECT 9. Keeping The Figure From Looking "Stiff"
Examining Parts of the Body
"Movements of the Spine, Shoulders, and Hips"
The Expression of Action
PROJECT 10. Seeing Large Tonal Masses
Mass Versus Detail
Simple Statements in Tone
Staying Within the Large Tone
PROJECT 11. Allignments: Constructive Aids to Correct Proportions
Checking Relationships by Alignment
Aligning by Triangulation
Using Lines for Construction
Estimating Contour Angles
PROJECT 12. The Recling Figure
Using a Measuring Device
Proportioning Problems
PROJECT 13. Foreshortening
Foreshortening as Body Perspective
"Drawing What You "See"
PROJECT 14. Idealization or Interpretation
Copying the Figure
Two Creative Directions
PROJECT 15. Why Study Anatomy?
The Burden of Anatomical Study
"Seeing" First - Anatomy Second"
PROJECT 16. Male and Female Figure Distinctions
Comparison of Anatomical Differences
Some Standard Proportions
"Fat Deposits, Subcuaneous Prominences, and Hair"
PROJECT 17. Negative Shapes
Seeing Negative Shapes
Using the Grid
Tone Mosaics
PROJECT 18. Two Sources of Light
Values and Secondary Lights
Reflected Light and Double Con
Geometric Poses
PROJECT 19. A Tour of the Life Class
Working over the Whole Figure
Seeing Larger Tone Masses
Preconceptions and Figure Distortions
Preoccupation with Detail
Self-Concepts and Figure Relationships
PROJECT 20. Controlling Edges
Textural Qualities of Edges
Making Hard and Soft Edges
"PROJECT 21. Scupturing, Modeling, and Rhythm"
Modeling for Added Dimension
Rhythm and Composition
Constant and Progressive Rhythms
PROJECT 22. Movement and Muscles
Controlled Falling
The Moving Figure
Arm and Leg Movements
"PROJECT 23. Drawing the Face, Head, and Hands"
Placement of Facial Details
PROJECT 24. Different Modes of Charcoal Rendering
PROJECT 25. Composing a Figure On a Page
PROJECT 26. Mass Drawing in Fast Action Poses
Warming-up with Quick Sketches
Contour and Gesture Sketches
Making Lines with Tonal Media
PROJECT 27. Line Drawing: A Bonus from the Mass Approach
Expressing Light and Shadow in Line
Tonal Drawing as a Step to Line
A Final Word
Index

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