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mini-lessons that helpyou master techniques  \n·8 self-evaluationchecklists to help yougauge your  \nprogress  \nrfh  \nKEYS TODRAWING  \nKEYS TODRAWINGBERT DODSON  \nAcknowledgments  \nI wish to express my thanks to all the artists,students,photo-graphers,mostly friends,who have contributed their work tothis book;to Fritz Henning for his kind editorial assistance;BillFletcher for his paticnt encouragement;Elihu Pearlman andLiz O'Ncil for helpful advice,and most of all to my wife Bonniefor her exhaustive editing,typing and counseling.  \nOther fine North Light Books are available from your local book-store,art supply store or direct from the publisher  \nPnblisheed by North Light,al imrint of F&W Pnblicwtions,Inc.,1507 Dana Azenc,Cincinnati,Olnio 45207.(800)289-0963.  \nCopyriglit ◎1985 by Bert Dodson.All rights reserved  \nNo μart of this pnlicntion may be repradnced or nsed in any form or byay mteas—gnaalic,electronic,or mechaical,inchding pltotocopying,recordinrg,taping,or infornation storage aud retrieval systens—zoithont zuritfel pernission of the pnblisher.  \nMnfactel inr U.S.A.First edition.First paperback printing 1990  \n020100  \n7413  12  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nDodson,Bert.Keys to draiug.Incindes Index.  \n1.Drauing—Techmiue.1.TitleNC730.D561985741.285-8939ISBN 0-89134-337-7  \nFor Bonnie,with love and gratitude  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction8  \n1 The Drawing Process  \n10  \nInternalizing gpractical dialogueUsing triggering wordsDrawing \"blind\"RestatingSeeing vs,knowing  \nIndividualizingShape cansciousnessFacsing  \n2 The Artist's Handwriting40  \nSeparating yqur two handwritingsFreeing your handControlling your handCupyingEmnlatingExploring mediumsErasing3 Proportions:Taking the 70Measure of ThingsSightingFinding the midpointUsing plumb and level  \nLooking for camparative measurenentsForeshorteningIntensifying proportions4 The Illusion of LightMappingModelingManaging edgesAnalyzing the lightIntensifying moodMerging shapesDesigning with ligh6  \n# 5 The Illusion of Depth\n\nOverlapping formsDiminishing sizesConverging lines  \nSoftening edges and contrastsDrawing throughSighting angles  \nUsing eye level and vanishing pointsDrawing ellipsesArticulating and suggestingSensing the strokeRepeating and varyingContrasting texturesShifting strokes for distanceDesigning with shapeSensing patternFramingCroppingStraddling oppositesIdentifying tangents  \n6 The Illusion of Texture 148  \n7 Pattern and Design  \n8 Drawing and Imagination 198  \nJoining two bagsCreative playingMaking the familiar strangeWorking in sequenceDrawing on diverse sourcesExploring themes  \nBibliography222  \n223  \nIndex  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThere is a scene in an old Western film in which Danny Kaye,as the hero,is challenged by a dangerous gunslinger to ashootout in the street.As he walks toward the saloon doorand out into that street,well-meaning friends give him adviceon his best chances of surviving.\"The sun's in the west sokecp him to the east,\"says one old timer.\"He stands up tall,so squat down low,\"says another.Someone else advises,\"Heshoots from his right,so lean to the left.\"Kaye desperatelytries to remember these tips,but by the time he reaches theswinging doors,he is hopelessly confused,and we hear himmuttering,\"The sun's up tall,so lean to the west...hesquats to his left so shoot down low...he's east of his rightso shoot at what's left...\"  \nDrawing,if approached as a set of instructions thatmust be remembered,can make us react very much likeDanny Kaye in the scene above.No one I know draws thatway because it is difficult to keep such a jumble of instructionsin mind while drawing.Simply renember there are many keysto drawing which you will find in this book.With use they willbe absorbed into your own system of drawing.We cannotbring to bear all our knowledge at once.What we can do isconcentrate on our subjcct and trust our eyes.Keys 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