Drawing, Space, Form, and Expression: Books a La Carte Edition

Enstice, Wayne; Peters, Melody

 
9780205203963: Drawing, Space, Form, and Expression: Books a La Carte Edition

Synopsis

For undergraduate courses in Drawing and Figure Drawing.

An easy to read, comprehensive text for drawing students of all levels.

This highly readable text is designed to address the needs of undergraduate drawing students from beginning through advanced levels. Arranged in three sections that reflect the essential aspects of the process of drawing, it addresses spatial and compositional organization, strategies for depicting three-dimensional form and light, and it features an extended look at the way subject matter and form interact to produce content. This text combines comprehensive coverage of traditional approaches to observational drawing with advanced theory based on the premise that drawing is an art form in its own right.

This Books á la Carte Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched, loose-leaf version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class – all at a fraction of the bound book price.





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Providing students with a comprehensive textbook in drawing.

 

A comprehensive text for drawing students of all levels.

 

The fourth edition of Drawing: Space, Form and Expression is designed to address the needs of undergraduate drawing students from beginning through advanced levels. This highly readable text is arranged in three sections, which each reflect the essential aspects of the process of drawing. The text addresses spatial and compositional organization, strategies for depicting three-dimensional form and light, and features an extended look at the way subject matter and form interact to produce content. Based on the premise that drawing is an art form in its own right, this text combines comprehensive coverage of traditional approaches to observational drawing with advanced theory.

 

Teaching and Learning Experience

  • Personalize Learning-MySearchLab offers assets for further study, including research databases, information on how to write a research paper, and subject libraries.
  • Improve Critical Thinking- A complete chapter on composition, including critical questions to trouble-shoot the form of a drawing
  • Engage Students- An entire chapter devoted to student drawings from two dozen art schools around the country, including in-depth form and content discussions of each image

About the Author

Professor Enstice served as Director of the School of Art at the University of Cincinnati from 1995-2000, and is currently Professor of Art, teaching courses in drawing, including Senior Thesis Colloquy up to the graduate level.

Melody Peters is a sculptor and freelance designer who has completed numerous public and private commissions.  She has taught drawing in both art and architecture foundation programs as well as art history survey and modern art history courses.

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