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The Elements of Drawing

By Oxford University

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Description

Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin’s teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing. This series accompanies 'The Elements of Drawing', a searchable and browsable online version of the teaching collection and catalogues assembled by John Ruskin for his Oxford drawing schools. For further information please visit http://ruskin.ashmolean.org/

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1 CleanVideo9. Creativity Lesson 8. Invention! 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

2 CleanVideo8. Field Notes Lesson 7. Strategies for collecting information and recording ideas as an aid to memory. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

3 CleanVideo7. With Colour Lesson 6. The most complex form of drawing. Starting with a pencil outline, the drawing is developed with a brush in clearly defined layers. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

4 CleanVideo6. Measured Drawing Lesson 5. Making a drawing that is dependent for its success on mathematical accuracy. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

5 CleanVideo5. Making a Livelier Drawing Lesson 4. Making a livelier drawing, where the line and tone have an energy because they have been applied at speed with a brush. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

6 CleanVideo4. Toned Paper Lesson 3. How toned paper can be used to provide the mid-tone in a drawing, which records where light and shade fall as a means of picturing an object. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

7 CleanVideo3. The Edge of the Pencil Lesson 2. We use tone, light, dark and the shades in-between to create illusions of volume and depth. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

8 CleanVideo2. The Tip of the Pencil Lesson 1. We use line to define spaces and things. It is not a question of magically getting the line right first time, but of first turning a contour into a line, and then systematically correcting that line until it looks right. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

9 CleanVideo1. Introduction to the Elements of Drawing Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin's teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing. 3/24/2011 Free View in iTunes

Customer Reviews

The exist of art

by Norman Bargo

I really enjoy these short episodes. There a quick fun bite of artwork. It doesn’t really pop out at me as anything amazing, but in a age of controversy and ugliness, how could we request less beauty?

Worth It

by Demeteranne

Never seen anything like this-
brief
on point
excellent
pick up a pencil and give it a go

An art instructor thinks this is quality

by R Z O

This is a great approach to Elements and Principles: scientific. After watching this you can move on to abstraction with ease! Or take one of my classes

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Category: Education
Language: English

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