Drawing Projects: An Exploration of the Language of Drawing - Softcover

Mick Maslen; Jack Southern

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907317252 ISBN 13: 9781907317255

Publisher: Black Dog Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

'Drawing Projects: An Exploration of the Language of Drawing' is both a practical guide to drawing and an informative insight into the minds of artists who work with the medium. 'Drawing Projects' profiles ten key artists and illustrators revealing their working environments and practices including Dryden Goodwin, Cornelia Parker, Claude Heath, William Kentridge and Keith Tyson. Each artist comments on the value of drawing in their own work, opening up discussions on how we view life, art and the story that is told when the two are combined. 'Drawing Projects' includes 15 projects for the reader to join in and work through at their own pace, including detailed tutorials and instructions on how to draw these images. They also go beyond that to advise on the mental skills required to become a proficient drawer by seeing beyond subjects as recognisable objects, and instead appreciate the abstract form of the world around us. Full of handy tips and useful details, with colour illustrations and photographs to engage the reader throughout, as well as a glossary of technical terms and precise information on drawing materials and techniques; 'Drawing Projects' is a practical guide to drawing and an informative insight into the minds of artists and contemporary practitioners of drawing. As such, 'Drawing Projects' will inspire enthusiasts and beginners alike by bringing this popular medium to life in a relevant, contemporary way.

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Review

Both authors are artists and teachers and their 'contemporary approach to contemporary drawing', both in the informality of the conversations and in the 'projects' themselves (the projects encourage various techniques and approaches), means Drawing Projects forms a particularly rich basis for developing an understanding of the medium... --Scottish Art News

About the Author

Jack Southern has been a practicing artist in London since graduating from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2003. He is currently undertaking a residency with Acme Studios, East London, and he teaches fine art on the foundation course at the University of Gloucestershire. Mick Maslen has taught painting and drawing to foundation students for more than 30 years. He is a former course leader of the foundation course in art and design at the University of Gloucestershire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Dog Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1907317252
• ISBN 13: 9781907317255
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 239