Force: The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing PDF
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OVERLAP FORCEFUL SHAPE DIRECTIONAL FORCE yeh BETWEEN FORCEFUL RIGHT LES SHAPE AVD SPINE \ BY MICHAEL D, MATTEST é y SURFACE LIVES wy 70 EVOKE PERSPECTIVE Force Force The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing Michael D. Mattesi Visit my online drawing school at www.drawingforce.com iUniverse Star New York Lincoln Shanghai Force The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing All Rights Reserved © 2003, 2004 by Michael D. Mattesi No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher. iUniverse Star ‘an iUniverse, Ine. imprint For information address: iUniverse, Inc. 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100 Lincoln, NE 68512 www.iuniverse.com, ISBN: 0-595-76929-2 Printed in the United States of America T dedicate this book to my two wonderful children, Makenna and Marin. “Nothing makes me happier than sharing this life with you." April 2003 Contents Preface Key Concepts. Chapter One: Seeing Life The book will begin with learning force and how it creates rhythm and balance in the body. The roller coaster of force will be our bridge into mass. A. The awareness of force 1 1, The main idea in the figure 2. Directional Force: a beginning, middle, and end 2 3. Applied force 10 8, The road of rhythm 19 C. The roller coaster of rhythm 36 Chapter Two: Forceful Fortn .. The second chapter will talk about form and how to explain it through force. This chapter will touch upon perspective one, two, three, and four point and different spatial concepts. A. Perspective: The strength of angles 45 1. One, two, and three point 46 2. Four point perspective 49 8. Structure 54 1. Surface lines 54 C. Spatial concepts 61 1. Overlap and Tangents 61 2. Size 67 Chapter Three: Forceful Shape Shape is what will evolve from the combination of force and form and will be the topic of chapter three. Here we will see how entire shapes move with force and rhythm, A. Silhouette 73 8. Forceful shape 78 1, The Do's and Don'ts of Forceful Shape 80 C. Anatomy as Shape. 89 D. Reaction, the leap of faith 97 vii viii / Force Chapter Four: Clothing . 107 Chapter four will start with the texture of line. Then T will talk about the clothed figure.We will see force's affect on clothing Also we will learn about how to use clothing to assist us in understanding the pose. A. The texture of line revealed 107 B. The function and form of fabric 12 C. Fun with Shapes 125 129 Chapter five is drawing on location. We go out into the world and ‘people watch.’ Let 's enjoy the wide variety of characters and real situations that occur every day around us. Chapter Five: On location, Reportage A. Tell stories with life 129 1, Inner thoughts, outer reaction 130 2. Staging, single person 131 3. Multiple Moments 133 4, Relationships 136 5. Crowds 143 Chapter Six: Animals . 147 Chapter six is drawing animals. We start with comparing their anatomies to ours in order to liberate ourselves from anatomical problems. This will aid us in understanding their stories We talk about the different types of animal anatomy that exist and finding character within our observations, ‘A, Comparative anatomy 147 B. Going to the Zoo 155 1. Simplistic Seals 155 2. Plantigrade 158 3, Digigrade 160 4, Unguligrade 161 5. Primates 165 6. Binds 170 Closing 173 Recommended Reading 175 Glossary 177 Preface This book will enlighten you on how to see and explore the power of force through drawing. You will draw with thought and opinions that will strengthen your originality and decisiveness. This will also develop your aware- ness of the stories our bodies communicate, through the actions we perform. The theory of force allows you to see in more abstract terms, Because of this, you can apply it to an unlimited ‘amount of applications. It can be used for drawing, painting, sculpting, animation, architecture, graphic design, and all other disciplines of art. It can create a new awareness in your day to day life, How are forces oper- ating when you stand, walk, or drive? This book is here for you to understand how to communicate force through drawing, and that is very exciting! “Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.” Paul Klee Students who open themselves up to learning are the ones that move ahead quickly. Don't go to a class or buy this book if all you want to do is argue your own principles. Take what you understand and agree with and use. it to further yourself. Some of my students will actually argue their habits or limitations. “Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're your's.” Richard Bach These students move nowhere in their minds for sometimes a month, a semester, or even a whole year. Don't waste your time with bad habits! Seek to understand! Tf you keep doing what you know now, you will keep get- ting the same results
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