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Written by an expert art teacher, this visual drawing dictionary offers thousands of instructive illustrations in alphabetical order — from abdomen to zodiac. Simplified for beginners and intermediate students, it presents a tremendous wealth of images: animals, people performing a variety of activities, and common and uncommon objects, including fruits and flowers, clothing, furniture, and much more.
The twofold purpose of this manual is to demonstrate how to construct figures and objects using the "scaffold" forms depicted here, and to serve as a source of information and research. Many of the sketches show basic structures in their simplest elements. In other cases, a relatively complete drawing serves as a base for the display of a costume or demonstration of an activity. A guide to simplification and an essential reference, this book represents a vital resource for artists of all levels, amateur and professional.
The twofold purpose of this manual is to demonstrate how to construct figures and objects using the "scaffold" forms depicted here, and to serve as a source of information and research. Many of the sketches show basic structures in their simplest elements. In other cases, a relatively complete drawing serves as a base for the display of a costume or demonstration of an activity. A guide to simplification and an essential reference, this book represents a vital resource for artists of all levels, amateur and professional.
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Draw Anything - Arthur Zaidenberg
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2009, is an unabridged republication of The Draw Anything Book, originally published in 1950 by Harper & Brothers, New York.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zaidenberg, Arthur, 1908–1990.
[Draw anything book]
Draw anything / Arthur Zaidenberg.—Dover ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: The draw anything book. New York : Harper &
Brothers, 1950.
9780486138312
1. Drawing—Study and teaching. I. Title.
NC730.Z35 2009
741.2—dc22
2009009002
Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation
47400301
www.doverpublications.com
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
How to Use This Book
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Introduction
The extraordinary growth of interest in drawing and painting and the large number of students of art testify to the fact that the graphic arts need not be restricted to professionals
as was the case until comparatively recent times. The amateur—and the word is used in its best
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