1. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies General Introduction, Materials, and Drawing Mechanics By Brian Curtis © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies

2. A PowerPoint lecture series to accompany DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION

3. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Chinese Proverb

4. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Tactile Sensitivity Visual Sensitivity

5. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies carpe diem (seize the day)

6. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies intuition The direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning

7. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies. Vital signs

8. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies “Crystalized” energy

9. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Physical Sensations

10. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Drawing Media

11. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Charcoal, wood that has been turned into coal, gets its name from the medieval word charren, to burn.

12. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Graphite Conte´ Crayons Compressed charcoal

13. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Papyrus Animal skins (vellum, parchment) Paper Brief History of Paper

14. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies What is modern paper made from? Cellulose fibers from either cotton or wood.

15. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies What is newsprint made from? Newsprint is made from untreated wood pulp and is highly impermanent.

16. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Surface Characteristics Hot pressed Cold pressed Rough paper

17. © 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)

18. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Other Paper Terminology Bond paper Bristol Charcoal (pastel) paper Illustration board

19. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Erasers

20. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Drawing Mechanics

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22. Preserving a “fresh eye”

23. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies X Marks the Spot x

24. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies 90° Viewing angle

25. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies 90º 90° Viewing angle

26. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies 70º 45º 90º

27. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies The drawing grip

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29. Line variation, value range

30. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Line sensitivity Line variation

31. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies Line sensitivity Line variation

32. © 2002, The McGraw-Hill Companies This concludes the lecture Introduction, Materials, and Drawing Mechanics