The Draw Anything Book

Autorentext

Little is known about French author and illustrator Robert Lambry, who specialized in practical drawing books, writing in the 1920s and 30s.

Klappentext

In The Draw Anything Book, follow French artist Robert Lambry's step-by-step drawing lessons from the 1920s and 30s to recreate animals, people, plants, food, everyday objects, buildings, vehicles, clothing, and more in just a few simple steps.

Zusammenfassung
In The Draw Anything Book, follow French artist Robert Lambry's step-by-step drawing lessons from the 1920s and 30s to recreate animals, people, plants, food, everyday objects, buildings, vehicles, clothing, and more in just a few simple steps.

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Drawing lines
Simple objects using lines
Dividing into equal parts
Exercises with repeating lines
More exercises with repeating lines
Creating differences/variation
More complex objects formed with lines
Broken and jagged lines
Using angles
Using triangles
More objects using triangles
Variations of the same shape
The influence of flare
Exercises with angles
Horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines
Using horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines
Measuring angles
Angular masses
Angles and movement
Curves and lines
Simple objects using circles
Transforming a round shape
Cats and circles
Ornate curves
Pear shapes
The influence of curves on shapes
Key parts of an object
The notion of inverted shape
The influence of material type on shape
Real lines, fictional lines, and axes
Symmetry and dissymmetry
Symmetry with multiple axes
Axes and planes of symmetry
How to estimate proportions
Comparing the proportions of objects
The influence of general proportions
The influence of parts over the whole composition
Laying down the grid
The notion of scale
Applying the notion of scale
Masses
Length and mass ratios
Equal masses and similar masses
Vertical masses and horizontal masses
Oppositions of vertical and horizontal masses in nature
Symmetry and mass contrasts
Oppositions of horizontal and vertical masses
Oppositions of square and round masses
Oppositions or mass contrasts
Principles of volume
Object and image: 3D to 2D
Dimensional drawings: 3D to 2D
Gravity
The effects of gravity
The influence of gravity on drawing lines
The application of gravity: The building of levels
Oppositions of square masses and round masses
Oppositions of big and small masses
Nature does the rounds, humans the squares
The influence of perspective
Drawing circles in perspective
The line of horizon
The influence of distance on the size of images
The vanishing point (VP)
The vanishing point and speed
An explanation of perspective
Drawing squares and rectangles in perspective
Perspective of cubes
Perspective of vertical lines
Architectural perspective
The symbolism of lines
The symbolism of horizontal and vertical lines
More symbolism of horizontal and vertical lines
Further symbolism of horizontal and vertical lines
The symbolism of horizontal and tilted lines
The symbolism of angles
The symbolism of horizontal and oblique lines
The historical application of the symbolism of horizontal and vertical lines
The architectural symbolism of horizontal and vertical lines
The application of symbolism to landscapes
More application of symbolism to landscapes
Contrasts in architecture
Value contrasts
The color wheel
Using complementary colors