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The Practice and Science of Drawing

by Harold Speed

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1913
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Read by J. M. Smallheer, Availle, Tom Penn and others · 7 h 48 min · 23 parts

  1. Preface

    8:28

  2. Introduction

    26:16

  3. Drawing

    11:04

  4. Vision

    18:14

  5. Line Drawing

    13:29

  6. Mass Drawing

    16:14

  7. The Academic and Conventional

    18:46

  8. The Study of Drawing

    4:43

  9. Line Drawing: Practical

    42:28

  10. Mass Drawing: Practical

    37:17

  11. Rhythm

    17:18

  12. Rhythm: Variety of Line

    7:30

  13. Rhythm: Unity of Line

    58:02

  14. Rhythm: Variety of Mass

    25:03

  15. Rhythm: Unity of Mass

    32:29

  16. Rhythm: Balance

    13:27

  17. Rhythm: Proportion

    19:21

  18. Portrait Drawing

    30:01

  19. The Visual Memory

    14:30

  20. Procedure

    13:13

  21. Materials

    27:16

  22. Conclusion

    7:14

  23. Appendix

    6:23

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A drawing can match its subject closely and still lack a clear artistic purpose. Harold Speed begins with that problem in this 1913 handbook, drawing on his own art-school training and his encounters with older paintings. He asks students to think about what they want their work to convey, alongside learning to observe and handle their materials. Chapters distinguish work built around outlines from work built around areas of tone, with further attention to portraits, visual memory and practical methods.

Speed also examines the feelings that different shapes and arrangements produce. His discussion moves from the varied carving of Gothic buildings to the strict unity of classical architecture, then considers the calm suggested by a horizontal line and the upward force of a vertical one. For readers studying drawing today, the book offers a way to connect technical decisions with the character of a finished picture.

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Book facts

First published
1913
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
369
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
J. M. Smallheer, Availle, Tom Penn and others