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Bert Dodson - Keys To Drawing

This document provides an overview and summary of the book "Keys to Drawing" which aims to improve readers' drawing skills through 55 techniques and 48 mini lessons. It is divided into 8 chapters that cover topics such as the drawing process, handwriting techniques, using proportions, illusion of light, depth, texture, pattern and design, and cultivating imagination. Each chapter introduces relevant techniques and provides examples and self-evaluation checklists. The book explores fundamental drawing concepts and methods to help readers develop their artistic skills and abilities.

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Bert Dodson - Keys To Drawing

This document provides an overview and summary of the book "Keys to Drawing" which aims to improve readers' drawing skills through 55 techniques and 48 mini lessons. It is divided into 8 chapters that cover topics such as the drawing process, handwriting techniques, using proportions, illusion of light, depth, texture, pattern and design, and cultivating imagination. Each chapter introduces relevant techniques and provides examples and self-evaluation checklists. The book explores fundamental drawing concepts and methods to help readers develop their artistic skills and abilities.

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Rediscover the art of seeing with:

• 55 specific keys to improving your


drawings
• 48 mini-lessons that help
you master techniques /
• 8 self-evaluation /
checklists to help you <
gauge your
progress
KEYS TO
DRAWING
KEYS TO
DRAWING
BERT DODSON

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CONTENTS

Introduction 8
1 The Drawing Process 10

2 The Artist's Handwriting 40

3 Proportions: Taking the 70


Measure of Things
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4 The Illusion of Light 102


Index 223
INTRODUCTION
1
THE DRAWING
PROCESS
INTERNALIZING PRACTICAL DIALOGUE
• TRIGGERING WORDS • DRAWING BLIND
• RESTATING • SEEING vs. KNOWING •
INDIVIDUALIZING • SQUINTING •
SHAPE CONSCIOUSNESS • FOCUSING
An internal dialogue
Your drawing skills will improve
on your subject, only glancing at
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The Drawing Process
2
THE ARTIST'S
HANDWRITING
SEPARATING YOUR TWO
HANDWRITINGS • FREEING YOUR
HAND • CONTROLLING YOUR HAND •
COPYING • EMULATING • EXPLORING

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KEYS TO CHAPTER 2
The Artist's Handwriting
SELF-CRITIQUE OF YOUR PROJECTS
PROPORTIONS
TAKING THE
MEASURE
OF THINGS
SIGHTING • FINDING THE MIDPOINT
USING PLUMB AND LEVEL •
LOOKING FOR COMPARATIVE
MEASUREMENTS • FORESHORTENING
INTENSIFYING PROPORTIONS
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Proportions: taking the
measure of things

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SELF-CRITIQUE OF YOUR PROJECTS
Light, shadow, and design
KEYS TO CHAPTER 4
The illusion of light

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SELF-CRITIQUE OF YOUR PROJECTS
5
THE ILLUSION
OF DEPTH
OVERLAPPING FORMS • DIMINISHING
SIZES • CONVERGING LINES •
SOFTENING EDGES AND CONTRASTS •
DRAWING THROUGH • SIGHTING
ANGLES • USING EYE LEVEL
AND VANISHING POINTS •
DRAWING ELLIPSES
Thinking of structure
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Perspective with two vanishing points Project 5 - D - A Two-
Point Perspective Drawing
SELF-CRITIQUE OF YOUR PROJECTS
Project 5 - A — Intensifying With Depth Principles YES NO

Project 5 - B — Drawing Through

Project 5 - C — A One-Point Perspective Drawing

• Do all lines parallel to the

Project 5 - D — A Two-Point Perspective Drawing

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THE ILLUSION
OF TEXTURE
ARTICULATING AND SUGGESTING •
SENSING THE STROKE • REPEATING
AND VARYING • CONTRASTING
TEXTURES • UNIFYING TEXTURES •
SHIFTING STROKES FOR DISTANCE
Drapery — hard and soft edges
SELF-CRITIQUE OF YOUR PROJECTS
7
PATTERN
AND DESIGN
The Picture Puzzle
Sensing patterns
Simplicity and complexity
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DRAWING AND
IMAGINATION
JOINING TWO BAGS • CREATIVE
PLAYING • MAKING THE FAMILIAR
STRANGE • WORKING IN SEQUENCE .
DRAWING ON DIVERSE SOURCES •
EXPLORING THEMES
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KEYS TO CHAPTER 8
Drawing and Imagination
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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