© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies General Introduction, Materials, and Drawing Mechanics By Brian Curtis © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies

A PowerPoint lecture series to accompany DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Chinese Proverb

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Tactile Sensitivity Visual Sensitivity

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies carpe diem (seize the day)

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies intuition The direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies. Vital signs

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies “Crystalized” energy

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Physical Sensations

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Drawing Media

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Charcoal, wood that has been turned into coal, gets its name from the medieval word charren, to burn.

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Graphite Conte´ Crayons Compressed charcoal

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Papyrus Animal skins (vellum, parchment) Paper Brief History of Paper

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies What is modern paper made from? Cellulose fibers from either cotton or wood.

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies What is newsprint made from? Newsprint is made from untreated wood pulp and is highly impermanent.

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Surface Characteristics Hot pressed Cold pressed Rough paper

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies The weight of a paper is determined by the weight of a ream of that paper (500 17" x 22" sheets)

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Other Paper Terminology Bond paper Bristol Charcoal (pastel) paper Illustration board

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Erasers

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Drawing Mechanics

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Preserving a “fresh eye”

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies X Marks the Spot x

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies 90° Viewing angle

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies 90º 90° Viewing angle

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies 70º 45º 90º

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies The drawing grip

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Line variation, value range

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Line sensitivity Line variation

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Line sensitivity Line variation

© 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies This concludes the lecture Introduction, Materials, and Drawing Mechanics