Keys to Drawing

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Penguin Publishing Group, 2003 - Art - 224 pages
Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw.

In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system—fifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner.

These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time.

You'll learn how to:

   • Restore, focus, map, and intensify
   • Free your hand action, then learn to control it
   • Convey the illusions of light, depth, and texture
   • Stimulate your imagination through "creative play"

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Contents

Looking the Part Materials and Supplies
13
Pencils and Erasers
16
Other Tools
17
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About the author (2003)

Bert Dobson, a talented draftsman, painter, and illustrator, graduated from Arizona State University and later studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He then taught drawing and illustration for several years at the New York Fashion Institute of Technology. He has illustrated more than 70 children's books, worked as an animation designer for the PBS series Intimate Strangers, and is the creator of the comic strip "Nuke."

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