THE PRACTICE & SCIENCE OF DRAWING

A method of studying mass drawing with the brush

CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES

  • I. SET OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAME STUDY FROM THE LIFE IN DIFFERENT STAGES
  • II. DRAWING BY LEONARDO DA VINCI
  • III. STUDY FOR "APRIL"
  • IV. STUDY FOR THE FIGURE OF "BOREAS"
  • V. FROM A STUDY BY BOTTICELLI
  • VI. STUDY BY ALFRED STEPHENS
  • VII. STUDY FOR THE FIGURE OF APOLLO
  • VIII. STUDY FOR A PICTURE
  • IX. STUDY BY WATTEAU
  • X. EXAMPLE OF XVTH CENTURY CHINESE WORK
  • XI. LOS MENENAS. BY VELAZQUEZ
  • XII. STUDY ATTRIBUTED TO MICHAEL ANGELO
  • XIII. STUDY BY DEGAS
  • XIV. DRAWING BY ERNEST COLE
  • XV. FROM A PENCIL DRAWING BY INGRES
  • XVI. STUDY BY RUBENS
  • XVII. A DEMONSTRATION DRAWING AT THE GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE
  • XVIII. STUDY ILLUSTRATING METHOD OF DRAWING
  • XIX. ILLUSTRATING CURVED LINES
  • XX. STUDY FOR THE FIGURE OF "Love"
  • XXI. STUDY ILLUSTRATING TREATMENT OF HAIR
  • XXII. STUDY FOR DECORATION AT AMIENS
  • XXIII. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PAINTING FROM A CAST (1)
  • XXIII. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PAINTING FROM A CAST (2)
  • XXIV. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PAINTING FROM A CAST (3)
  • XXIV. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PAINTING FROM A CAST (4)
  • XXV. ILLUSTRATING SOME TYPICAL BRUSH STROKES
  • XXVI. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE SAME STUDY (1)
  • XXVII. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE SAME STUDY (2)
  • XXVIII. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE SAME STUDY (3)
  • XXIX. DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE SAME STUDY (4)
  • XXX. A STUDY FOR A PICTURE OF "ROSALIND AND ORLANDO"
  • XXXI. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM BLAKE'S "JOB" (PLATES I., V., X., XXI.)
  • XXXII. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM BLAKE'S "JOB" (PLATES II., XI., XVIII., XIV.)
  • XXXIII. FETE CHAMPÈTRE
  • XXXIV. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
  • XXXV. LOVE AND DEATH
  • XXXVI. SURRENDER OF BREDA
  • XXXVII. THE BIRTH OF VENUS
  • XXXVIII. THE RAPE OF EUROPA
  • XXXIX. BATTLE OF S. EGIDIO
  • XL. THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST
  • XLI. THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
  • XLII. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER
  • XLIII. MONTE SOLARO, CAPRI
  • XLIV. PART OF THE "SURRENDER OF BREDA"
  • XLV. VENUS, MERCURY, AND CUPID
  • XLVI. OLYMPIA
  • XLVII. L'EMBARQUEMENT POUR CYTHÈRE
  • XLVIII. THE ANSIDEI MADONNA
  • XLIX. FINDING OF THE BODY OF ST. MARK
  • L. FROM A DRAWING BY HOLBEIN
  • LI. SIR CHARLES DILKE
  • LII. JOHN REDMOND, M.P.
  • LIII. THE LADY AUDLEY
  • LIV. STUDY ON BROWN PAPER
  • LV. FROM A SILVER POINT DRAWING
  • LVI. STUDY FOR TREE IN "THE BOAR HUNT"

LIST OF DIAGRAMS

  • I. TYPES OF FIRST DRAWINGS BY CHILDREN
  • II. SHOWING WHERE SQUARENESS MAY BE LOOKED FOR
  • III. A DEVICE FOR ENABLING STUDENTS TO OBSERVE APPEARANCES AS A FLAT SUBJECT
  • IV. SHOWING THREE PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION USED IN OBSERVINGMASSES, CURVES, AND POSITION OF POINTS
  • V. PLAN OF CONE ILLUSTRATING PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT AND SHADE
  • VI. ILLUSTRATING SOME POINTS CONNECTED WITH THE EYES
  • VII. EGG AND DART MOLDING
  • VIII. ILLUSTRATING VARIETY IN SYMMETRY
  • IX. ILLUSTRATING VARIETY IN SYMMETRY
  • X. ILLUSTRATING INFLUENCE OF HORIZONTAL LINES
  • XI. ILLUSTRATING INFLUENCE OF VERTICAL LINES
  • XII. ILLUSTRATING INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHT ANGLE
  • XIII. LOVE AND DEATH
  • XIV. ILLUSTRATING POWER OF CURVED LINES
  • XV. THE BIRTH OF VENUS
  • XVI. THE RAPE OF EUROPA
  • XVII. BATTLE OF S. EGIDIO
  • XVIII. SHOWING HOW LINES UNRELATED CAN BE BROUGHT INTO HARMONY
  • XIX. SHOWING HOW LINES UNRELATED CAN BE BROUGHT INTO HARMONY
  • XX. THE ARTIST'S DAUGHTER
  • XXI. THE INFLUENCE ON THE FACE OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THE HAIR
  • XXII. THE INFLUENCE ON THE FACE OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THE HAIR
  • XXIII. EXAMPLES OF EARLY ITALIAN TREATMENT OF TREES
  • XXIV. THE PRINCIPLE OF MASS OR TONE RHYTHM
  • XXV. MASS OR TONE RHYTHM IN "ULYSSES DERIDING POLYPHEMUS"
  • XXVI. EXAMPLE OF COROT'S SYSTEM OF MASS RHYTHM
  • XXVII. ILLUSTRATING HOW INTEREST MAY BALANCE MASS
  • XXVIII. PROPORTION