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Progressive lessons guide readers through recording edges, building dimension, and improving accuracy while developing values using pencil, pen, charcoal, Conté, and wash. The book supports beginners with achievable chapter goals, classroom-style context using student artwork and tips for success, and exercises that develop the ability to draw a reasonable likeness and add spatial depth, including frontal and profile views of the human face.","# DRAWING FOR THE\n\nAbsoluteUtterBEGINNER  \nCLAIRE WATSON GARCIA  \nCLAIRE WATSOn GARCIA  \nBASED ON THE AUTHOR’S own successful coursesand workshops,Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginnergives novice artists the tools to make competent,ofteneloquent drawings.  \nUsing a positive,accepting tone that teaches \"how tofind what works”as a practical skill,Garcia presents aseries of progressive lessons that gradually introducesreaders to essential drawing skills:recording edges,creating dimension,adding accuracy,developing andexpanding values with pencil,pen,charcoal,Conté,and wash,balancing compositional elements,anddrawing the human face,both frontal and profile views.  \nThe goals set by each chapter are within the reach ofevery beginner,and satisfy and encourage readers byenabling them to create a reasonable likeness of anobject and to give it the appearance of spatial depth.The book recreates a classroom setting by includingartwork by and tips for success from beginning studentswho have worked on the same material,which givesreaders a realistic context in which to constructivelyassess their work and confirm their successes.  \nCLAIRE WATSON GARCIA is an instructor at theprestigious Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan,Connecticut,where her \"Absolute and Utter Beginner\"courses and workshops have been popular for overtwenty years.She lives in Ridgefield,Connecticut.  \nFront cover art(clockaoise from topleft):Pamela M.Herberton,  \nClaire Watson Garcia,Jim Hohorst,Claire Watson Garcia.  \nWatson-Guptill Publications770 BroadwayNew York,NY IoO03www.watsonguptill.com  \nBack cover and spine art:Claire Watson Garcia.  \nIndex.  \n# DRAWING FOR THE\n\nAbsolute AnDUtterBEGINNER  \nCLAIRE WATSON GARCIAWATSON-GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS/NEW YORK  \nSenior Acquisitions Editor,Joy AquilinoEdited by Robbie CappDesigned by Areta BukCover designed by Sivan EarnestGraphic Production by Hector CampbellText set in 11-pt.Berthold Garamond  \n# ART CREDITS\n\nUnless otherwise identified,allartwork by the author.PAGE 1:Drawing by Claire Watson Garcia  \nPAGE 2:Drawings,top row from left,by student Bob Pingarron,ClaireWatson Garcia;center row from left,student Nancy Opgaard,studentLinda Fitzgerald;bottom row from left,student Anne Ballantyne,student Kim Nightingale  \nPAGE 3:Drawings,top row from left,student Jane Wolansky,ClaireWatson Garcia;bottom row from left,Claire Watson Garcia,studentAnne Ballantyne  \nPACE 4:Drawing by student Sherry Artemenko  \nPAGES 8-9:Drawings,from left,by student Ann Porfilio,Anita St.Marie,student Barbara Kops,student Michelle G.Cappellieri  \nCopyright ◎2003 by Claire Watson Garcia  \nFirst published in 2003 in the United Statesby Watson-Guptill Publications,  \nNielsen Business Media,a division of The Nielsen Company770 Broadway,New York,NY 10003www.watsonguptill.com  \nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER 2003105861ISBN-13:978-0-8230-1395-1ISBN 0-8230-1395-2  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproducedor used in any form or by any means—graphic,electronic,or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,taping,or information storage andretrieval systems—without written permission of the publisher  \nPrinted in Singapore  \nFirst printing 2003  \n789/11100908  \nThis book is dedicated to the memory of my father,Winsor Hays Watson Jr.,with deep love,admiration,and gratitude.  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nhe support and love of my family,especially my husband,D         1…~L    I:   _L-L L   1…IVr:            __Baxter,daughter,Liz,mother,Jan,brother,Win,and mylate father,have been invaluable.At Watson-Guptill,I amgrateful to Joy Aquilino,senior acquisitions editor,for her vision;to editor Robbie Capp,book designer Areta Buk,and coverdesigner Sivan Earnest,for availing me of their many talents;and to Hector Campbell,the project's production manager.My thanks go to the staff of Silvermine School of Art,in NewCanaan,Connecticut,especially to Anne Connell and LynneArovas.Debbie Beaudry,Janie Bronson,Kari Lonning,AnnieWood,and Al Roberts-frien","cbCaipkLKh2cRNe4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipkLKh2cRNe4","pdf",40743502,8,1,161,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Starting Out\n## How to Use This Book\n## Supplies\n# Chapter I: Seeing to Draw\n## Recording Edges: Contour Drawing\n## Exercise: Wire Drawing\n## Exercise: Upside-Down Drawing\n# Chapter 2: Turning Edges into Look Before You Leap\n## Problem Solvers\n## Locating What's Good\n## Claiming Your Success\n# Chapter3: Adding Accuracy\n## A Time and Place to Draw\n## Previewing\n## Exercise: Pretzel Preview\n## Exercise: Gesture Writing Your Name\n## Exercise: Circles and Larger Circles\n## Pencil Values\n## Banish Perfectionism\n## Exercise: 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