Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner PDF
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Senior Acquisitions Editor, Joy Aquilino Edited by Robbie Capp Designed by Areta Buk Cover designed by Sivan Earnest Graphic Production by Hector Campbell ART CREDITS Unless otherwise identified, all artwork by the author. this page: Drawing by Claire Watson Garcia this page: Drawings, top row from left, by student Bob Pingarron, Claire Watson Garcia; center row from left, student Nancy Opgaard, student Linda Fitzgerald; bottom row from left, student Anne Ballantyne, student Kim Nightingale this page: Drawings, top row from left, student Jane Wolansky, Claire Watson Garcia; bottom row from left, Claire Watson Garcia, student Anne Ballantyne this page: Drawing by student Sherry Artemenko this page: Drawings by student Ann Porfilio, Anita St. Marie, student Barbara Kops, student Michelle G. Cappellieri Copyright © 2003 by Claire Watson Garcia First published in 2003 in the United States by WatsonGuptill Publications, a division of VNU Business Media, Inc. 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 www.watsonguptill.com LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER 2003105861 eBook ISBN: 978-0-82308562-0 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8230-1395-1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems—without written permission of the publisher. v3.1 This book is dedicated to the memory of my father, Winsor Hays Watson Jr., with deep love, admiration, and gratitude. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS T he support and love of my family, especially my husband, Baxter, daughter, Liz, mother, Jan, brother, Win, and my late father, have been invaluable. At Watson-Guptill, I am grateful to Joy Aquilino, senior acquisitions editor, for her vision; to editor Robbie Capp, book designer Areta Buk, and cover designer Sivan Earnest, for availing me of their many talents; and to Hector Campbell, the project’s production manager. My thanks go to the staff of Silvermine School of Art, in New Canaan, Connecticut, especially to Anne Connell and Lynne Arovas. Debbie Beaudry, Janie Bronson, Kari Lønning, Annie Wood, and Al Roberts— friends with generous hearts and great “eyes”—gave me wonderful assistance. My gratitude goes to Putnam Imaging Lab in Danbury, Connecticut, in particular, to Josh Burkholder and Ed Simonovich. And a special, heartfelt thanks to the students at Silvermine who contributed directly to the creation of this book, as well as to the many others who allowed me to teach them and learn from them over the years. ABOUT THE AUTHOR C W G is an artist and LAIRE ATSON ARCIA instructor at the renowned Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, Connecticut, where her “Absolute and Utter Beginner” courses and workshops have been popular for more than twenty years. She was educated at Smith College, University of California-Berkeley, and California College of Arts and Crafts. She lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments About the Author INTRODUCTION Starting Out How to Use This Book Supplies CHAPTER 1 Seeing to Draw Recording Edges: Contour Drawing EXERCISE Wire Drawing Recording Shapes Upside Down
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