LEARN TO SEE.
That is the secret of nearly all success in art work. To see. To see accurately, the outline, the phase of light and shade, the quan-tities, qualities and gradations of color. That is all. It must be learned by degrees.
The frequently heard question, "Can I learn to draw pictures?" should unhesitatingly be answered in the affirmative. "Can you tell me how long it will take?" should be answered in the negative.
To learn to draw well means application, patience, courage and confidence. And it means having those qualities more than the possession of so-called talent or even genius.
Certain rules may be laid down but there is that which the pupil must do himself he must see. The art of seeing, that's it.
Begin at the bottom. A very large proportion of the failures among drawing students is due to a tendency to slight the early exercises. They want to start right out with finished drawings of an ambitious character.
Keep to simple subjects drawn with simple lines.
Avoid elaboration and complication.
Practice line economy.
Sections
- Action Drawing
- Advice To Teachers
- Beginners Instructions
- Blocking In
- Clay Modeling
- Copying By Triangulation
- Decorative Ornamental Art
- Drawing From Nature
- Early Exercises
- Elementary Lines
- Elementary Perspective
- Expression Emotion
- Foreshortening
- Geometrical Form
- How To Draw Animals
- How To Draw Cartoons
- How To Draw Charcoal Crayon
- How To Draw Flowers
- How To Draw Women Men Children
- Lettering
- Light And Shade
- Materials For Drawing
- Models Measurements Proportions
- Outlines For Beginners
- Paper Folding Cutting
- Pen And Ink Drawing
- Principles Of Composition
- Simple Story Pictures
- Solid Black Effects
- Stimulating Imagination
- Tracing Transferring
- Two Handed Exercises