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Making a Livelier Drawing: Lesson 4

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Lesson 4. Making a livelier drawing, where the line and tone have an energy because they have been applied at speed with a brush.

Creativity: Lesson 8

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Lesson 8. Invention!

The Elements of Drawing

With Colour: Lesson 6

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Lesson 6. The most complex form of drawing. Starting with a pencil outline, the drawing is developed with a brush in clearly defined layers. 

Toned Paper: Lesson 3

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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.

The Edge of the Pencil: Lesson 2

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Lesson 2. We use tone, light, dark and the shades in-between to create illusions of volume and depth.

The Tip of the Pencil: Lesson 1

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Lesson 1. We use line to define spaces and things.

Introduction to the Elements of Drawing

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Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin's teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing.

Learn to draw

Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin’s teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing.

Kirklees College Ceramics Video Sketchbook Sally Hargreaves

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In this video Sally Hargreaves begins by describing the role of sketchbooks in her

Marking Presence

Abstract