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Drawing
by Lauren Jarrett and Lisa Lenard
201 West 103rd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46290
A Pearson Education Company
Text Copyright © 2000 by Amaranth
Illustrations Copyright © 2000 by Lauren Jarrett
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any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein. For in-
formation, address Alpha Books, 201 West 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290.
THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO and Design are registered trademarks of Pearson Education, Inc.
International Standard Book Number: 0-02-863936-7
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: Available upon request.
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Publisher
Marie Butler-Knight
Product Manager
Phil Kitchel
Managing Editor
Cari Luna
Acquisitions Editors
Mike Sanders
Susan Zingraf
Book Producer
Lee Ann Chearney/Amaranth
Development Editor
Amy Gordon
Production Editor
Billy Fields
Copy Editor
Amy Borrelli
Illustrator
Lauren Jarrett
Cartoonist
Jody P. Schaeffer
Cover Designers
Mike Freeland
Kevin Spear
Book Designers
Scott Cook and Amy Adams of DesignLab
Indexer
Greg Pearson
Eric Schroeder
Layout/Proofreading
Angela Calvert
Mary Hunt
Contents at a Glance
Part 1.
Drawing and Seeing, Seeing and Drawing
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1 The Pleasures of Seeing and Drawing
Drawing is all about learning to see.
2 Toward Seeing for Drawing
Rediscovering seeing as a child.
3 Loosen Up
Right brain practice.
Part 2. Now You Are Ready to Draw
4 The Picture Plane
Drawing on plastic—and on your patio door.
5 Finding the View
Using the viewfinder frame.
6 Negative Space as a Positive Tool
Seeing what’s not there.
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Part 3. Starting Out: Learning You Can See and Draw
7 A Room of Your Own
Creating a place to draw.
8 How To Get Started
Tips to start you on your way.
9 Step Up to a Still Life: Composition, Composition,
Composition
Learning to draw the still life.
10 Toward the Finish Line
Finishing touches.
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Part 4. Developing Drawing Skills
11 At the Finish Line: Are You Ready for More?
Balancing all the elements of a drawing.
12 The Journal As a Path
Your drawing journal.
13 This Is a Review—There Will Be a Test
Putting it all together in one handy chapter.
14 All Around the House: A Few New Drawings to Try
Household objects as drawing subjects.
15 Into the Garden with Pencils, not Shovels
Botanical drawing and more.
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