The Practice and Science of Drawing
Harold Speed
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This book is an attempt to teach beginning students how to draw. Starting out with intuition and vision, Harold Speed explains line and mass drawing, and how rhythm is conveyed in art by means of balance and proportion. Everything is pulled together in a chapter on portrait drawing, before the author gives hints on materials and procedure. This manual was written in 1913, but because of the intelligent combination of useful advice and sensitive reflection on the nature and meaning of artistic practice, it has been considered a valuable resource for artists. (Summary by Availle) (7 hr 48 min)
Chapters
Preface | 8:28 | Read by ogbog |
Introduction | 26:16 | Read by Availle |
Drawing | 11:04 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Vision | 18:14 | Read by Tom Penn |
Line Drawing | 13:29 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Mass Drawing | 16:14 | Read by MaryAnn |
The Academic and Conventional | 18:46 | Read by MaryAnn |
The Study of Drawing | 4:43 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Line Drawing: Practical | 42:28 | Read by Anita Roy Dobbs |
Mass Drawing: Practical | 37:17 | Read by realisticspeakers |
Rhythm | 17:18 | Read by ToddHW |
Rhythm: Variety of Line | 7:30 | Read by ToddHW |
Rhythm: Unity of Line | 58:02 | Read by kdixon |
Rhythm: Variety of Mass | 25:03 | Read by Logan Lorenz |
Rhythm: Unity of Mass | 32:29 | Read by TriciaG |
Rhythm: Balance | 13:27 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
Rhythm: Proportion | 19:21 | Read by realisticspeakers |
Portrait Drawing | 30:01 | Read by Anita Roy Dobbs |
The Visual Memory | 14:30 | Read by Tom Penn |
Procedure | 13:13 | Read by Beau Wood |
Materials | 27:16 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
Conclusion | 7:14 | Read by Mahima |
Appendix | 6:23 | Read by Availle |
Reviews
Nice Narrator
Lily
The narrator has a very nice voice! It soothed me when I listened and has a MUCH better voice/sound than the reader in the Loyal Books app. I really recommend this book!
voices
Elijah Miessler
Had a mix of good and rather unclear voices.
Art
A LibriVox Listener
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