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The Practice and Science of Drawing

Harold Speed

Arts & ArchitectureEnglish
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Harold Speed, an English painter, explains both the practice and the theory of drawing for students and amateurs. He distinguishes two ways of seeing and…

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Author
Harold Speed
Category
Arts & Architecture
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

Harold Speed, an English painter, explains both the practice and the theory of drawing for students and amateurs. He distinguishes two ways of seeing and drawing: line drawing, which describes the edges and contours of forms, and mass drawing, which builds them from areas of light and shade, as a painter does. He discusses proportion, visual memory, rhythm, the academic and the personal approach, and the drawing of the great masters, illustrated with many of his own drawings and those of the old masters.

Context and significance

Speed (1872–1957) published the book in 1913, and its common sense and clear teaching still make it a favourite with art students. For the notes of the greatest artist-scientist on the same subjects, read The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.

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