How to Draw What You See

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by  Rudy De Reyna

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HOW TO DRAW
WHAT YOU SEE

BY RUDY DE REYNA
Contents

PART ONF:

FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING, 9 Project 7. Putting Hasle Forms
‘Together, 37

Project 1. Basic Stcture of Objects, 11 cc Forms anc their Relationships, 37

Drawing Staph Line. 1 Drawing Symmetical Objects.

Drawing Lines Freehand, 11 Dating and Otservaion, 37

Holding the Penell 11

Ale sl Diretin of Lins 1 Project 8. The Horizon Plane, 39

Relating Objects 9
Creating & Composition. 39

Project 2. Eve Level:
Foundation of Perspective, 15

‘Changes Shapes and Lye Level, 15 Selecting + Viewpoint, 39
Vanishing Poms 18 Prsepootive ina Stil Life, 5
Cae in Perspective. 1S Working with Actual Objects AS
Sudging Site Relationships 16 1S Bie Somary, #8

‘jer Rew Fye Levels 16

Praaee Enercon 19 Project 9. Light and Shade, 47

ina Cubi Observing Light and Shadow, 47
Project 3. Drawing Cubic Objects, 21 Light and Dimension, 47

Cube Foros in Fveryay Things, 21 Tonal Vales

Searching with Lines. 2 Using che Full Tonal Seale, 4?
Handling Detail 21 Cast Shadows, 51

[etining with Tracing Paper, 24 Shadow Edges, SL

‘Angle of Light, $1
Project 4. Drawing Cplindeieal Objects, 27 eve of Light 91

Denwing Curves Untss 7 Project 10. Tramlating Local Color

Rendering Culindrical Objects, 27 to Biacicand Bair. ot
ines aint Perspective, Using & Midale Tone, 53

Project 5. Drawing Spherical Objects,31. [tel Auvangement, 57

Departures from the Gcometre Sphere. 31 Taste ané Visual Tenures £7
Depth and che Sphere, 31

Project 1. Drawing a Still Lite, 58
Project 6. Drawing Comfeal Objects, 35 Cyoying werens Drawing Fam fife, 38

Symmetry ofthe Cons, 38 Composition and Construction, $8
Dining Eventing Laying Down Correct Tomes. 38
Project 12. Drawing with Charcoal, 61 Project 18. Drawing

Vine and Consprossed Charcoal, 61 amar

Powered Charcoal $1 | General Proce, 102

Eraser and Blerdrs, 6 Angles and Planes of the Head 108
Papers Facil Guidelines, 103

‘Toned Pagers. 6 Male and Female Peacures, 104

Fisative. 65 Dawing the Head and Faze from Life, 104
(Chatcoa’s Verity, 65 Deewing the Nose, 108

Fs of Manipulation, 63 Drawing Eas, 104

Drawing Eyes and Eyebrows, L10
Deawing the Mouth, 110,
Lie Drawing fom Memory? 119

Project 13, Stil Life in Charcoal, 69
Four Drawing Principles, 68

ard and Sof; Fag. 69

Working from “Rovghs,” 69
CComsesng Sol Life,

Project 19, Drawing Chiles
rowing the Iota’ Heac, 11S

Practice vers Theor, 72 Drawing the Teenager. 113
ise and Perle Characters ft
Project 14. Drawing Outdoors, 7 Crea, 198

Iigira Diteae Time Day.
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Seecchiee PART TWO:
Re eT os, DRAWING IN VARIOUS MEDIA, 119,
Using Viewindes SL Project 20, Wash Tectnlques, 121

Drasing om the Spot. St
Pigment and Miser, 12.
Surfaces. 21

Project 18. Drawing Outdoors wi

Brahe 121
Gemceel 9 Additional Equipment, 121

Advantages and Dindaniages of Proper of Wash 12

havc 1 Fa Wash, 122

Ganarng the Moods of Naas, 83 Were Technique, 122

Rendering Specie Objects Grad Wash 13,

Rough Charcoal Sketches © Brybeasts 123

Finsned Deswings a Charl 83 ea test, 129

Project 16, Drawing the Figure, 1 Project 21. Denning With Wa
Basi Body Proportions, 91 ‘Working Diewings, 127

Chindreal Hunan Pern, 92 eats st 1

Some Body Memarement 9

aon Project 22. Still Lite in Wash, 131
‘Working Over he Whole Pgwe, 95 Artnging an Lighlng, 131

liminacing Pene Lines, 31

Project 17. Drawing Hands and Feet, 99 Peeve Tons at
Lith oar Project 23. Outdoors with Wash, 135
Finsing Yur Nine 69 Tramsping Von Mein 136
Project 24. Opaque Techniques, 139

Chareetevisies of Ope, 18
Pigtens, 10

Brushes and Drawing Surfaces, 40
coors, 14
DryarishBlencing 161

Wer Blending, LAL

Working Towrd Craftsmanship. 41

Project 25. Sill Lifes in Opaque, 143

Estelishing the Large Shapes, 183
Balancing Textures, 149

Using Tresor Pag, 14

Paine Corsiteney, 163

Support forthe Hund, 14
Siabay of Opaque, 4

Project 26. Outdoors widh Opague, 151

Opeque Watercolor and Nature, 151
Materias to Take long, 151
Choosing a Subject, 151

Project 27.

Brushes, Pgment, and Surfaces, °S5
(Chanacteratis of Aer, 158
Veraatlty of Acrylic. 153

Project 28 Sill Life in Acrylic, 159

CConpiniton and Movement, 159
(Comsiering Pituce Space. 159

Project 20. Outdoors with Ink and Mixed
Media, 16

Ink smi Additional Eouipaent, 161
Teo Ink Tecaniques. 16)
Ondoors with Mined Meds, 161

Project 30, Drawing Children in Various
Media, 167

‘Nudes versus Children, 1
‘Charen Opaque, 167

‘A Parting Word, 172
Index, 173
Part On
Fundamentals
of Drawing

T believe that you must learn to deaw things as you see them rea
istically. That i, you must repndluce the dimensions and proportions
of a given subject. To rerder 3 faithful, realistic drawing, you must
beable to observe the basic structure of an ebject, regardless of how
‘complex and obscured by detail it may be. You must train not only
your hands but your eyes as well:

However, the ability to depict an object literally doesn't make
you an artist, No one ever claimed that the faithfal duplication of
nature (an impossible task anyway! produces art. But the ability to
draw things as you see them is the “rst step toward becoming an
ants

In other words, throughout this book youll learn to draw real:
istically. The objects before you will cictate what you should do,
land the rosult will be the literal representation o? the object, When
you've fished the projec:s in this book, you'll be equipped wit the
necessary skills to enabve you to express yourself as an artist. Having
Jearned the fundamentals, the craft of drawing, you'll have a solid
point of ceparture from which ta cvee/e ‘Then, if you wish, you ean
Feave the literal imitation of a subject te the studen's behind you.
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