Dimensions
203 x 233 x 17mm
The drawing projects presented in this book will satisfy any artist's need for fresh and stimulating approaches to all the familiar drawing problems, whether the aim is to acquire hands-on skill in familiar problems of space, design, and composition; to expand one's vocabulary of images; or to explore one's personal vision.
These 100 ideas for drawing projects were contributed by instructors from all over the United States (and a few from Canada, Great Britain, and Australia) who have invented creative alternatives to the tired and hackneyed assignments known to everyone who has studied art seriously.
The accompanying images illustrate ways in which their students have addressed the assignments and are included to help the reader visualise what might result from the written description. The book will be a welcome resource for art teachers, artists, and students in high school, college, graduate programs, and art schools.
The 100 drawing ideas include:
- Deriving imagery from films, photography, music, literary texts, and individual words.
- Working with self-imposed limitations, such as drawing with a piece of charcoal held between the toes.
- Creating an emotional interpretation of a subject that would normally be considered devoid of emotion.
- Exercises that employ technology such as photocopiers, scanners, fax machines, slide projectors, and computer programs.
- Drawing from unusual viewpoints, such as that of a mouse.
- Discovering what is special about ordinary, everyday objects.
