This book is different from the others that are currently available. It is more limited. It is meant to be limited, although focused might be a more appropriate description. This text focuses on the specific techniques, issues and concepts that are essential to anyone seeking to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of what it means to translate perceptual information to a two-dimensional surface.
Drawing From Observation weaves together two complementary approaches: one rooted in hands-on drawing mechanics and the other in background theory and/or explanatory material. Illustrating the text throughout, in addition to fifty master works are two hundred technical illustrations and two hundred student projects.
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