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Life Drawing: A Complete Course
by E. L. Koller

ISBN: 0486468828
Dover Publications Price: $12.95
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The human figure, with its myriad curves and contours, can be challenging for anyone to draw. With this invaluable reference, both beginning and experienced artists can learn new methods in rendering the figure. Illustrations and techniques cover everything from the head and facial expressions to hands in assorted positions to various action poses.
Reprint of Still Life and Figure Drawing, International Textbook Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1915.

Table of Contents for Life Drawing: A Complete Course
Line Drawing
Purpose
Materials and Methods of Work
Materials Required
Methods of Work
Line-Drawing Exercises
Preliminary Practice Work
General Information
Model Drawing
Purpose
Materials and Methods of Work
Materials Required
Blocking in and Proportioning
Foreshortening
Foreshortening of a Cube
Foreshortening of a Pyramid
Foreshortening of a Hexagonal Prism
Foreshortening of a Cylinder
Foreshortening of a Cone
Foreshortening of a Sphere
Foreshortening of a Hemisphere
Foreshortening of a Vase
Model Drawing Exercises
General Information
Light and Shade
Three Stages in Learning to Draw
Light, Shade, and Shadow
Sources and Kinds of Illumination
Light and Shade
Demonstrations with the Wooden Models
The Cube
The Pyramid
The Hexagonal Prism
The Cylinder
The Cone
The Sphere
The Hemisphere
The Vase
Materials and Methods of Work
Preliminary Practice
Rendering from the Model
Drawing Exercises
General Information
The Human Figure
Place of Human Figures in Illustrating
Framework of Figure
Methods of Proportioning Entire Figure
Importance of Individual Parts of Figure
The Head
Neck and Shoulders
Breast and Abdomen
Shoulder, Arm, and Hand
The Thigh, Leg, and Foot
The Face and Its Features
The Eye
The Nose
The Mouth
The Ear
The Chin
Figure Drawing Exercises
General Information
The Figure in Repose
Repose
Drawing from Casts
Cast of Head
Cast of Hand
Cast of Foot
Cast of Full-Length Figure
Drawing From Charcoal Studies
Examples of Charcoal Studies
Drawing from Living Methods
Living Models and Their Arrangement
Studies Made Direct From Living Models
Figure Drawing Exercises
General Information
The Figure in Action
Action
Drawing from Photographs
Use of Camera
Specimen Photographs of Action
Making Sketches from Photographs
Drawing from Living M
Making Time Sketches
Sketches from the Undraped Figure
Making Rapid-Action Sketches
Making Sketches from Memory
Drawing Expressions and Drapery
Facial Expressions
Portraiture
Gesture
Drapery
Figure Drawing Exercises
General Information
Animal Drawing
Place of Animals in Illustrating
Proportions of Animal Figures
Comparative Sizes of Animals and Human Beings
Comparative Anatomy of Animals and Human Beings
Characteristic Appearance of the Most Common Animals
Chief Characteristics to be Observed
The Principal Animals
Method of Drawing Animals
Typical Forms of Action in Animals
Drawing from Pictures of Animals
Drawing Direct from Animals
Suggestions for Sketching Animals
Animal Drawing Exercises
General Information

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