Introduction to Drawing 1
Weeks 1-6: Elements of Drawing
In September 2002 a young (22 year old) man from Texas named Jonathan Hardesty did an incredibly brave thing. He decided to learn to draw and paint, from scratch, and resolved to post everything he did on the internet site conceptart.org. He has been posting there ever since, and you can see his thread at:
Journey of an Absolute Rookie: Paintings and Sketches
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=870
Here are some of his first drawings and studies:
And here are some of his student works from just TWO YEARS later:
Today, five years from his first beginnings, Jonathan is a respected artist and teacher. Here is some of his recent work from his website: http://www.jonathanhardesty.com/
The most relevant extracts of the Loomis books for our classes can be viewed online at:
Loomis, Andrew, from Figure drawing for all its worth.
Good section of the figure in perspective.
http://fineart.sk/show.php?w=900 (to 919)
http://fineart.sk/index.php?s=8&cat=12 (index page)
Loomis, Andrew, Perspective from Successful Drawing.
http://fineart.sk/show.php?w=161 (to 210)
http://fineart.sk/index.php?s=16&cat=15 (index page)
Loomis, Andrew, Light on the Basic Forms, from Successful Drawing.
http://fineart.sk/show.php?w=211 (to 230)
http://fineart.sk/index.php?s=64&cat=15 (index page)
Loomis, Andrew, 1956. Drawing the Head and Hands.
http://fineart.sk/index.php?cat=14 (see sepecially the first section for head construction)
http://fineart.sk/index.php?s=112&cat=14 (section on hands starts here)
You need to wait eight seconds after the page loads, then look for the "Click here to download file" link (in red). Open the rar files with WinRar or 7-Zip (free):
DRAWING LESSONS 1.rar
http://www.zippyshare.com/v/26011864/file.html
DRAWING LESSONS 2.rar
http://www1.zippyshare.com/v/99763443/file.html
DRAWING LESSONS 3.rar
http://www2.zippyshare.com/v/24142622/file.html