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The natural way to draw : a working plan for art study / by Kimon Nicolaïdes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Souvenir, 2008.Description: xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780285638389 (pbk.)
  • 0285638386 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.672 NIC
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 741.672 NIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100400507

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'Kimon Nicolaides' The Natural Way to Draw is a sure bet . . . will improve your technique no end' Artists & IllustratorsThis essential guide to drawing by renowned art teacher Kimon Nicolaides is valued by both early students of art and accomplished artists alike. Consisting of 64 exercises, The Natural Way to Draw offers in-depth studies to be completed over the course of a year.Extensively illustrated with reproductions of the work of the Old Masters (including Rubens, Titian and Raphael) to the work of Van Gogh and Picasso, as well as the work of his students, these exercises help you begin to look at people and objects in a fresh way that will be the foundation of your drawing.Concentrating on mastering the key concepts of drawing that will make a drawing come alive, Nicolaides teaches how to convey gesture and action, expression and feeling in your work. Regarded as an inspiration to a generation of devoted young artists, The Natural Way to Draw captures Nicolaides' concrete system of art teaching.

Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Born in 1891, Kimon Nicolaïdes was a renowned Greek American art teacher, author and artist, who taught at New York's Art Student's League for fifteen years. He had a natural talent for teaching and became an inspiration to a generation of devoted young artists, as well as leaving behind the concrete system of art teaching presented in this book. He died in 1938.

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