Product Description

Creative exercises illustrated by old and modern masters including da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dürer, Degas, Picasso, de Kooning, Dine, and Rauschenberg.



Table of Contents:





• Chapter One: A Few Words

• Chapter Two: Some Basics—Contour, Gesture, and Modeled Drawing

• Chapter Three: Organization/Structure—Making Things "Work Together"

• Chapter Four: Using Light and Dark

• Chapter Five: Photographs, Grids, and Projected Images

• Chapter Six: Probing a Single Form-Idea

• Chapter Seven: Old and Modern Masters—Appreciated and Exploited

• Chapter Eight: Drawing Extended

• Chapter Nine: Now to Begin...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #122899 in Books
• Published on: 1992-08-01
• Released on: 1992-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780823016228
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Robert Kaupelis was a Professor of Art and Art Education at NYU for nearly three decades. His paintings have won acclaim in over 50 one-man exhibitions, and he is represented in numerous permanent and private collections throughout the US. The New York Times has praised his "careful draftsmanship [and] ... balance of quiet but efficacious drawing and color." Kaupelis was cited by Herbert Livesey in The Professors as one of the outstanding teachers of art in the nation and an entire chapter in the book was devoted to his career. Kaupelis has conducted workshops from Alaska to Florida. He is also the author of Learning to Draw, published by Watson-Guptill.

Customer Reviews

terrific book!
As a perennial art student and a teacher, I found this book to contain a wealth of information, ideas, thought provoking and cliche-busting exercises, and stimulating text. There are also COPIOUS illustrations of drawings in various styles and media. Recommended to anyone who is interested in drawing, and especially to those who want to try some new approaches.

Inspiring
This is a great book for aspiring art students. If you just want to get inspired, loosen up, try some new idea, this book can help you through the process.

The exercises are interesting and stimulating. The examples/illustrations/drawings are really helpful and get the message through. It covers blind contour, line, value, space, composition, drawing from memory etc.

Keep in mind that it is not 'how to' book, rather it helps you in the thought process and to overcome the stumbling block when you really want to put something on the paper but don't know where to begin.

The text itself is insightful.

I have one really old book on drawing by the same author which is worth buying. Too bad I can't recall its title right now.

Drawing helps
This was one of several drawing books I considered as support material for a beginning drawing class I was recently called on to teach at a local state university. So much of drawing becomes intuitive after several years, that a good text by another instructor can bring those second-nature drawing decisions to the surface for both self-examination, and instructive help for the student. Though there is another book being used for the class, I found the excellent mix of contemporary and old master drawings throughout this volume to be especially nice for examples to students, and the exercises clear and useful.
I had not realized how long ago this was published, but recognized some of the exercises from my own studies from a few years ago, not knowing they were from this particular book. How many ways can you teach drawing? There are many variations, but most revolve around leading the student to trust their eyes and draw what they really see, and there are many such encouraging exercises in "Experimental Drawing", as well as a variety of techniques for manipulating the drawing media and constructing interesting compositions. I would not consider this a complete drawing course by any means, but it offers a variety of possible explorations that greatly benefit the study of the foundation of art -- drawing.