DRAWING
FOR BEGINNERS
BY
DOROTHY FURNISS
PUBLISHED BY
BRIDGMAN PUBLISHERS
BY SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENT
WITH GEORGE G.
HARRAP & CO. LTD.
LONDON
BRIDGMAN PUBLISHERS
PELHAMNEW YORK
to
MY FATHER
HARRY FURNISS
And every dew-drop paints a bow,
The wizard lightnings deeply glow,
And every thought breaks out a rose.
Tennyson
CHAPTER |
PAGE | |
| Introduction: A Few Technical Hints | 13 | |
| I. | How to Begin. Simple Subjects for Drawing and Painting | 20 |
| II. | Drawing our Toys | 28 |
| III. | Drawing Ourselves and Others | 36 |
| IV. | Drawing Hands | 44 |
| V. | Drawing Feet | 52 |
| VI. | Drawing Head, Face, Features, and Hair | 60 |
| VII. | Drawing People in Right Proportions | 79 |
| VII. | Drawing Inanimate Things | 83 |
| IX. | Drawing our Pets and other Animals | 88 |
| X. | Colour, and how to Find it | 106 |
| XI. | Measuring and Perspective | 114 |
| XII. | Sketching Out of Doors | 141 |
| XIII. | How to Catch a Likeness | 160 |
| XIV. | Action and Composition | 171 |
| XV. | Light and Shade | 182 |
| XVI. | Correcting our Drawings | 193 |
| XVII. | Materials | 199 |
| Index | 205 | |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN HALF-TONE AND COLOUR
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