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The Practice and Science of Drawing

Harold Speed

CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

Il. DRAWING

Ill. VISION

IV. LINE DRAWING

V. MASS DRAWING

VI. THE ACADEMIC AND CONVENTIONAL

VII. THE STUDY OF DRAWING

VIII. LINE DRAWING: PRACTICAL

IX. MASS DRAWING: PRACTICAL

X. RHYTHM

XI. RHYTHM: VARIETY OF LINE

XII. RHYTHM: UNITY OF LINE

XIII. RHYTHM: VARIETY OF MASS

XlV. RHYTHM: UNITY OF MASS

xv: RHYTHM: BALANCE

XVI. RHYTHM: PROPORTION ,

XVII. PORTRAIT DRAWING

XVIII. THE VISUAL MEMORY

XIX. PROCEDURE

XX. MATERIALS

XXI. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

INDEX

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Absorbent canvas

Academic drawing

Academic and conventional

Academic students

Accuracy, scientific and artistic

Anatomy, study of, its importance

"Ansidei Madonna," Raphael's

Apelles and his colours

Architecture, proportion in

Art, some definitions of

Artist, the

Atmosphere indicated by shading

Atmospheric colours

INDEX

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Audley, Lady, Holbein's portrait of

"Bacchus and Ariadne," Titian's

Backgrounds

Balance

Balance between straight lines and curves

Balance between flat and gradated tones

Balance between light and dark tones

Balance between warm and cold colours

Balance between interest and mass

Balance between variety and unity

"Bank-note" papers

Bastien Lepage

Bath for etching

Beauty, definition of

Beauty and prettiness

Beauty and truth

"Birth of Venus, the," Botticelli's

Black chalk

Black Conte

Black glass, the use of a

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Blake, example of parallelism

Blake's designs

Blake's use of the vertical

Blocking in the drawing

Blocking out with square lines

"Blue Boy," Gainsborough's

Botany, the study of

Botticelli's work

Boucher's heads compared with Watteau's

Boundaries of forms

Boundaries of masses in Nature

Bread, use of, in charcoal drawing

Browning, R., portraits of

Brush, manipulation of the

Brush strokes

Brushes, various kinds of

Burke on "The Sublime and the Beautiful"

Burne-Jones

Camera, use of the

Carbon pencils

Carlyle

Circle, perfect curve of, to be avoided

Chalks, drawing in

Charcoal drawing; fixing solution

Chavannes, Peuvis de

Chiaroscuro

Chinese art

China and Japan, the art of

Colour, contrasts of

Colours for figure work

Colours, a useful chart of

Classic architecture

Claude Monet

Clothes, the treatment of

Composition of a picture, the

Constable

Conte crayon

"Contrasts in Harmony"

Conventional art

Conventional life, deadness of the

Corners of the panel or canvas, the

Co rot, his masses of foliage

Correggio

Crow-quill pen, the

Curves, how to observe the shape of

Curves and straight lines

Darwin, anecdote of

Deadness, to avoid

Decorative work

Degas

"Dither"

Diagonal lines

Discord and harmony

Discordant lines

Draperies of Watt eau, the

Drapery studies in chalks

Drapery in portrait-drawing

Draughtsmanship and impressionism

Drawing, academic

Drawing, definition of

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East, arts of the

Edges, variety of

Edges, the importance of the subject of

Egg and dart moulding

Egyptian sculpture

Egyptian wall paintings

El Greco

Elgin Marbles, the

Ellipse, the

"Embarquement pour l'Ile de Cythere," Watteau's

Emerson on the beautiful

Emotional power of the arts

Emotional significance of objects

Erechtheum, moulding from the

Etching

Exercises in mass drawing

Exhibitions

" , Expression in portrait-drawing

Eye, anatomy of the

Eye, the, in portrait-drawing

Eyebrow, the

Eyelashes, the

Eyelids, the

"Fete Champetre," Giorgioni's

Figure work, colours for

"Finding of the Body of St. Mark"

Fixing positions of salient points

Flaubert

Foliage, treatment of

Foreshortenings

Form and colour

Form, the influence of

Form, the study of

Frans Hals

French Revolution, Carlyle's

French schools

Fripp, Sir Alfred

Fromentin's definition of art

Fulness of form indicated by shading

Gainsborough, the charm of

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Genius and talent

Geology, the study of

Giorgioni

"Giorgioni, The School of," Walter Pater's

Giotto

Glass pens

Goethe

Gold point

Gold and silver paint for shading

Gothic architecture

Gradation, variety of

Greek architecture

Greek art in the Middle Ages

Greek art, variety in

Greek vivacity of moulding

Greek and Gothic sculpture

Greek type of profile

Greuze

Hair, the treatment of

Hair, effect of style upon the face

Halftones

"Hannibal crossing the Alps," Turner's

Hardness indicated by shading

Harsh contrasts, effect of

Hatching

Health, questions of

Henner, the work of

High lights

Hogarth's definition

Holbein's drawings

Holl, Frank

Horizontal, calm and repose of the

Horizontal and vertical, the

Human Anatomy for Art Students

Human figure, the outline of the

Impressionism

Impressionist vision

Ingres, studies of

Ink used in lithography

Intellect and feeling

Intuitions

Italian Renaissance, the

Italian work in the fifteenth century

Japanese art

Japanese method, a

Japanese and Chinese use of contrasts of colour

Keats' definition of beauty

Landscapes of Watt eau, the

Lang, Andrew, his definition of art

Lawrence, Lord, portrait of

Lead pencil

Lecoq de Boisbaudran, M.

Lehmann, R, portraits by

Leonardo da Vinci

Light

Light and shade, principles of

Lighting and light effects

Likeness, catching the

Line and the circle, the

Line drawing and mass drawing

Lines expressing repose or energy

Line, the power of the

Lines, value of, in portrait-painting

Lines of shading, different

Lithographic chalk

Lithography

"Love and Death," Watts'

Manet

Mass drawing

Masters, past and modern

Materials

Mathematical proportions

Measuring comparative distances

Measurements, vertical and horizontal

Medium, the use of

Michael Angelo, the figures of

Michael Angelo and Degas

Millais

Mist, effect of a, on the tone of a picture

Model, the

Monet, Claude

Morris's definition of art

Nature, variety of forms in

Nature's tendency to pictorial unity of arrangement

Newspaper as a background

Norman architecture

Oil, surplus in paint

Originality

"Our Lady of the Rocks," L. da Vinci's

Outline drawing

Outline studies and models

Paint, the vitality of

Paint, the consistency of

Paint, effect of oil in thick

"Painted Poetry"

Painter's training, the object of the

Painting and drawing

Panel or canvas, the

Paolo Uccello

Paolo Veronese

Paper for drawing

Parallel shading

Parallelism of lines

Parthenon, the

Pater, Walter

Pen-and-ink drawing

Pens for pen-and-ink drawing

Perspective, the study of

Philip IV; Velazquez' portrait of

Photograph, failure of the

Picture galleries, the influence of

Pictures, small and large, treatment of

Planes of tone, painting in the

Pre-Raphaelite paintings

Pre-Raphaelite movement, the

Preparatory drawings, disadvantage of

Primitive art

Primitive emotions

Procedure, in commencing a drawing

Profiles, beauty of

Proportions

Poppy oil and turpentine, the use of

Portrait-drawing

"Portrait of the Artist's Daughter," Sir E. Burne-Jones's

Pose, the

Peuvis de Chavannes

Quality and texture, variety in

Radiating lines

"Rape· of Europa, The," Paul Veronese's

Raphael

Red rays

Reed pens

Rembrandt and his colours

Reproduction, advantages of up-to-date

Retina, effect of light on the

Reynolds' contrasts of colour

Rhythm, definition of

Right angle, power of the

Roman sculpture, lack of vitality in

Rossetti

Royal Academy Schools

Rubens

Ruskin

Schools of Art

Scientific and artistic accuracy

Scientific study, necessity for

Scumbling

Shading

Shape, variety of

Silhouette, the

Silver-point

Silver-point work, shading in

Sitter, the

Softness indicated by shading

Solar spectrum, the

Solids as flat copy

Spanish school, the

Straight lines indicative of strength

Straight lines and flat tones, analogy between

Strong light in contrast with dark shadow

Study of drawing, the

Stump, the

Style

"Sublime and the Beautiful, The," Burke's

"Surrender of Breda, The," Velazquez'

Sympathetic lines

Talent and genius

Teachers in Art Schools

Technical side of an art, the

Thickness and accent, variety of

Tintoretto

Titian

Tolstoy's definition of art

Tone, meaning of the word

Tone values, variety of

Toned paper, drawing on

Tones, large flat, the effect of

Touch, the sense of

Trafalgar Square lions, the

Trees, the masses of

Turner

Types, lifelessness of

"Ulysses deriding Polyphemus," Turner's

Unity and variety

Unity of line

"Vale of Best," Millais'

Value, meaning of the word as applied to a picture

Values of tone drawing, the

Van Dyck, his use of the straight line

Variety in symmetry

"Variety in Unity"

"Varying well"

Velazquez

Venetian painters, and the music of edges

Venetians, the, their use of straight lines

Venetians, system and principles of design of the

"Venus, Mercury, and Cupid," Correggio's

Vertical, the, associated with the sublime

Vertical lines, feeling associated with

Vision

Visual blindness

Visual memory, the

Ward, the animal painter

Warm colours

Watteau, the charm of

Watts, G.F., portraits by

Watts' use of the right angle

Windsor, Holbein's portraits at

Whistler, a master of tone

White casts, drawing from

White chalk

White paint

White pastel