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R1
Glossary Of Art Terms (Updated February 2013)
- Definitions of art-related terms used in the resources and activities of Drawspace Curriculum (updated February 2012)
| Reference # | 1.1.R1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-14-4 |
| Contents | 16 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 51.2 |
| Grade Level: 10.5 |
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R2
Travelling Back in Time with Graphite
- A few fun tidbits of information about the history of graphite
| Reference # | 1.1.R2 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9813662-7-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 5 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 56.5 |
| Grade Level: 9.5 |
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R3
Examining Graphite and Grades
- Understanding the differences between H and B grades of graphite
| Reference # | 1.1.R3 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9813662-8-9 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 74.9 |
| Grade Level: 6.3 |
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R4
Seeing Grades in Drawings
- Graphite drawings demonstrate the visual qualities of H and B grades of pencils
| Reference # | 1.1.R4 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9878229-0-1 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 7 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63 |
| Grade Level: 9.8 |
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R5
Picking out Graphite Pencils
- How to select the right graphite pencils for learning how to draw
| Reference # | 1.1.R5 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9878229-4-9 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 57.4 |
| Grade Level: 8.9 |
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R6
Sketchbooks and Drawing Papers
- Choosing the right size, quality, and weight of drawing paper
| Reference # | 1.1.R6 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9878229-1-8 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60.1 |
| Grade Level: 8.9 |
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R7
Check Up on the Tooth of Papers
- How a paper’s tooth affects the appearance of graphite drawings
| Reference # | 1.1.R7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-09-0 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 15 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 58.2 |
| Grade Level: 9.6 |
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R8
Tools for Sharpening and Erasing
- The best sharpeners and erasers for artists who draw
| Reference # | 1.1.R8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-10-6 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 5 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60.4 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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R9
Checking Out Charcoal
- Discover the versatility of charcoal by examining the marks it makes in various applications
| Reference # | 1.1.R9 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-68-7 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.5 |
| Grade Level: 7.9 |
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R11
Putting Together a Portable Studio
- Practical supplies to bring along when you take your love of drawing outside
| Reference # | 1.1.R11 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9878229-9-4 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 2 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 70.9 |
| Grade Level: 6.8 |
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R12
Good Posture First!
- How to sit properly and comfortably when you draw
| Reference # | 1.1.R12 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9878229-3-2 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 2 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 68.1 |
| Grade Level: 8 |
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R13
Protecting Your Wrist and Hand
- How to properly hold drawing mediums to prevent discomfort and injury
| Reference # | 1.1.R13 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9878229-5-6 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 55.5 |
| Grade Level: 11.4 |
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R14
Examining Diagonal Lines of Masters
- Compare drawings to identify the natural hand movements of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
| Reference # | 1.1.R14 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-12-0 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 49.1 |
| Grade Level: 10.6 |
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R15
How to Rotate Your Paper as you Draw
- Improve your drawing skills by rotating your paper to use your natural hand movement
| Reference # | 1.1.R15 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-01-4 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 7 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 68.6 |
| Grade Level: 7.1 |
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R16
How to Transfer an Image to Drawing Paper
- A three-step process for transferring the outlines of a drawing or a photograph to a new sheet of drawing paper
| Reference # | 1.1.R16 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-80-9 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.6 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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A1
Make a Storage Portfolio
- Make a portfolio folder for the storage of drawing papers and two-dimensional artworks
| Reference # | 1.1.A1 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9813662-9-6 |
| Contents | 5 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 72.2 |
| Grade Level: 6.3 |
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A2
Play With Five Grades of Graphite
- Use the base values of five different grades of pencils to add shading to nine simple line drawings
| Reference # | 1.1.A2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-08-3 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.7 |
| Grade Level: 8 |
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A3
Sketch a Self-Portrait
- Document your current drawing skills by sketching yourself
| Reference # | 1.1.A3 |
| ISBN # | 978-0-9878229-7-0 |
| Contents | 1 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 68.4 |
| Grade Level: 7.3 |
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A4
Play with Kneaded and Vinyl Erasers
- Experiment with two different types of erasers as drawing tools
| Reference # | 1.1.A4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-66-3 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.4 |
| Grade Level: 7.9 |
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A5
Find Your Natural Hand Movements
- Discover your natural hand movements for drawing straight and curved lines
| Reference # | 1.1.A5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-15-1 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 5 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 52.2 |
| Grade Level: 10.4 |
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R1
Checking Out Contour Lines
- An overview of contour lines as preliminary sketches and final drawings in various types of artworks
| Reference # | 2.1.R1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-45-8 |
| Contents | 11 pages & 24 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 54.8 |
| Grade Level: 10.1 |
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R2
Drawing with Feathered and Continuous Lines
- Techniques for rendering two types of lines used in classical and contemporary drawing
| Reference # | 2.1.R2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-00-7 |
| Contents | 5 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.2 |
| Grade Level: 7.7 |
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R3
Practicing Skills within Guidelines
- How to set up and use sets of parallel lines to practice seeing and drawing lines and shapes
| Reference # | 2.1.R3 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-47-2 |
| Contents | 5 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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R4
Identifying Straight Lines
- Find and examine straight and angle lines in drawings and in your surroundings
| Reference # | 2.1.R4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-02-1 |
| Contents | 7 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63.9 |
| Grade Level: 8.3 |
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R5
Contouring From Traditional to Digital
- A peek into the graphic designers’ world of turning traditional contour sketches on paper into professional digital artworks
| Reference # | 2.1.R5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-46-5 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 18 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 44.8 |
| Grade Level: 11.1 |
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R6
Identifying Curved Lines
- Find and examine single and compound curved lines in drawings and in your surroundings
| Reference # | 2.1.R6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-48-9 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 13 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.1 |
| Grade Level: 7.6 |
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R7
Sizing Up the Proportions of a Shape
- Advance your abilities to see as an artist by visually analyzing a straight-sided shape to uncover clues for drawing it accurately without a ruler
| Reference # | 2.1.R7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-51-9 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67 |
| Grade Level: 7.6 |
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R8
How to Render Contour Drawings
- The process of using feathered and continuous lines to draw diverse shapes to create contour drawings
| Reference # | 2.1.R8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-83-0 |
| Contents | 5 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63.4 |
| Grade Level: 8.1 |
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R9
Sizing Up a Drawing Subject
- Advance your abilities to see as an artist by visually analyzing a drawing subject and uncovering 18 clues for drawing it accurately
| Reference # | 2.1.R9 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-05-7 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 14 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60 |
| Grade Level: 9.2 |
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R10
Capturing Your World in a Sketchbook
- Employing the language of sketching to improve your drawing skills and document your formative years of artistic development
| Reference # | 2.1.R10 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-06-4 |
| Contents | 12 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 58.6 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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R11
How to Sketch Figures from Life
- A heavily illustrated discussion on diverse aspects of rendering contour drawings of clothed and unclothed people (caution: nudity)
| Reference # | 2.1.R11 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-08-8 |
| Contents | 12 pages & 15 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 57.2 |
| Grade Level: 9.1 |
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R12
How to Draw a Human Hand
- Examine the proportional structures of hands, as well as guidelines that can be used to draw a well-proportioned frontal view of a hand
| Reference # | 2.1.R12 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-98-4 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 13 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 61.8 |
| Grade Level: 9 |
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R13
How to Contour Long and Short Fur
- Insights into the techniques artists use for outlining realistic short and long fur when drawing animals
| Reference # | 2.1.R13 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-95-3 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 68.2 |
| Grade Level: 7.9 |
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A1
Draw from One Point to Another
- Use your natural hand movement to draw sets of continuous straight lines
| Reference # | 2.1.A1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-03-8 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.5 |
| Grade Level: 5.9 |
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A2
Draw Lines that Meet at an Angle
- Use your natural hand movement to draw continuous angle lines
| Reference # | 2.1.A2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-04-5 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 72.9 |
| Grade Level: 5.4 |
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A3
Draw Horizontal and Vertical Lines
- Accurately copy horizontal and vertical lines within guidelines by using continuous lines and your natural hand movement
| Reference # | 2.1.A3 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-05-2 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63.9 |
| Grade Level: 7.7 |
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A4
Draw Diagonal Lines
- Accurately copy diagonal lines within guidelines by using continuous lines and your natural hand movement
| Reference # | 2.1.A4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-07-6 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 69.9 |
| Grade Level: 7.2 |
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A5
Blind Contour Drawing
- Enhance your observation skills by drawing objects without looking at your paper
| Reference # | 2.1.A5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-13-7 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 2 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 70.3 |
| Grade Level: 7.1 |
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A6
Draw Simple and Compound Curved Lines
- Use continuous lines to practice drawing curved and compound curved lines, spiral lines, and sets of curved lines
| Reference # | 2.1.A6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-49-6 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 79.2 |
| Grade Level: 4.7 |
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A7
Draw Shapes with a Long Curved Line
- Have fun drawing one very long, compound curved line and identifying some shapes created by the line
| Reference # | 2.1.A7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-50-2 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 2 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 78.8 |
| Grade Level: 5.2 |
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A8
Draw Lines Inside Squares
- Three worksheets are designed help you improve your skills with drawing lines, and identifying and rendering accurate proportions
| Reference # | 2.1.A8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-84-7 |
| Contents | 5 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 74.9 |
| Grade Level: 5.7 |
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A9
Draw Shapes Inside Squares
- Strengthen your skills for rendering accurate proportions by completing four worksheets in which you draw diverse lines and shapes inside squares
| Reference # | 2.1.A9 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-85-4 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 5 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 73.6 |
| Grade Level: 6.4 |
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A11
Draw Shapes with Perpendicular Lines
- Use guidelines to practice drawing the accurately proportioned shapes of letters by visually comparing vertical and horizontal distances
| Reference # | 2.1.A11 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-52-6 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 57.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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A12
Draw a Circle Freehand
- Use your natural hand movement and rotate your paper to outline a circle inside a square
| Reference # | 2.1.A12 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-81-6 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 12 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.4 |
| Grade Level: 7.7 |
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A13
Shape Up Straight Lines
- Use guidelines to help you accurately sketch the proportions of straight-sided shapes and objects and then neatly outline their contours with continuous lines
| Reference # | 2.1.A13 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-86-1 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 61.8 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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A14
Create Six Contour Drawings
- Use a simple step-by-step process and curved feathered and continuous lines to accurately render six different contour drawings
| Reference # | 2.1.A14 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-87-8 |
| Contents | 7 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 69.9 |
| Grade Level: 6.3 |
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A15
Draw a Caveperson
- Use the same proportions as in the reference images to draw a human figure that looks like a prehistoric cave drawing
| Reference # | 2.1.A15 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-82-3 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 7 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 77.2 |
| Grade Level: 5.9 |
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A16
Line Up Shapes and Lines
- Use guidelines to accurately render thirteen mini-projects with vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, straight-sided shapes, and sets of straight hatching lines
| Reference # | 2.1.A16 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-92-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 59.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.2 |
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A17
Draw Keiko, a Manga Baby
- Sketch accurate proportions and then use a 4B pencil, fine tip marker, or a computer software program (such as Photoshop) to outline a cartoon baby
| Reference # | 2.1.A17 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-88-5 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 19 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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A18
Draw Kasumi, a Manga Girl
- Sketch a cartoon girl’s face based on proportional guidelines used to draw a human child and then create a final contour drawing with one of three mediums
| Reference # | 2.1.A18 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-90-8 |
| Contents | 11 pages & 27 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.9 |
| Grade Level: 7.8 |
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A19
Draw Kensuke, a Manga Boy
- Set up intricate proportional guidelines to draw a male manga character named Kensuke and then add shading with hatching lines
| Reference # | 2.1.A19 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-91-5 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 20 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.1 |
| Grade Level: 7.3 |
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A20
Sketch a Simple Scene
- Sketch diverse shapes in a landscape, such as hills, a lake, and trees, by first rendering proportions and then outlining additional details
| Reference # | 2.1.A20 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-96-0 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 20 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.6 |
| Grade Level: 7.7 |
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A21
Sketch a Still Life Object
- Use the process of sketching proportions, outlining contours, and then adding shading to draw an object from life and/or to draw a mug by following along with step-by-step illustrated instructions
| Reference # | 2.1.A21 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-97-7 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.8 |
| Grade Level: 6.9 |
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A22
Use a Manikin to Sketch a Figure
- Create a contour sketch of a human figure using a wooden manikin as a model to establish proportions (caution: partial nudity)
| Reference # | 2.1.A22 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-02-6 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 20 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.6 |
| Grade Level: 7.5 |
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A23
Draw Your Hand Proportionately Correct
- Use guidelines and illustrated instructions to render an accurately proportioned drawing of your own hand
| Reference # | 2.1.A23 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-03-3 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.6 |
| Grade Level: 8.7 |
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A24
Sketch Figures from Life
- Try your hand at sketching clothed and unclothed people from life—from setting up to completing detailed sketches
| Reference # | 2.1.A24 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-09-5 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71 |
| Grade Level: 6.7 |
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A25
Draw a Cartoon Merbaby
- This heavily illustrated activity challenges you to rely primarily on your visual skills as you create a detailed contour drawing of a baby mermaid
| Reference # | 2.1.A25 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-94-6 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 30 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.7 |
| Grade Level: 7.6 |
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A26
Draw a Cartoon Alligator
- Sketch the proportions of an alligator with pencils and draw the final outlines with your choice of a pencil, a black marker, or computer software
| Reference # | 2.1.A26 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-04-0 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 27 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.2 |
| Grade Level: 8 |
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A27
Outline Fur Around Contours
- Sketch twelve curved lines and use them as guides to render six long and six short furry outlines that follow their contours
| Reference # | 2.1.A27 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-00-2 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 5 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 80.9 |
| Grade Level: 5.1 |
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A28
Contour Kayla Koala Notabear
- Combine four different contour drawing techniques to render a cartoon drawing of a marsupial with shiny eyes, a furry face, and fluffy ears
| Reference # | 2.1.A28 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-93-9 |
| Contents | 11 pages & 24 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 70.7 |
| Grade Level: 7.2 |
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A29
Contour Furry Fluppy Puppy
- Sketch the proportions of a cartoon puppy with a line of symmetry and then develop and use a shading map to add values with hatching lines
| Reference # | 2.1.A29 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-01-9 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 18 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 68.7 |
| Grade Level: 7.9 |
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A30
Draw Spot the Frog
- Sketch the proportions of a cartoon frog with a line of symmetry and then outline the contours of his body and spots
| Reference # | 2.1.A30 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-07-1 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 21 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 72.3 |
| Grade Level: 6.6 |
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Exercise your brain while learning how to draw! Insightful resources and activities to enhance visual intelligence and strengthen whole-brain functions.
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R1
Exploring the Space Between Your Ears (Revised January 2013)
- An introduction to the physical components of the skull and brain
| Reference # | 2.2.R1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-17-0 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 52.5 |
| Grade Level: 10.6 |
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R2
Drawing on Both Sides of Your Brain
- An introduction to how your brain works with a focus on hemispheric functionality and creativity
| Reference # | 2.2.R2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-37-8 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 36.1 |
| Grade Level: 13.7 |
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R3
Enhancing Your Visual Intelligence
- Insights into how your vision and brain work together and suggestions for strengthening your visual intelligence
| Reference # | 2.2.R3 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-41-5 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 44 |
| Grade Level: 11.5 |
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R4
Horizontal and Vertical Comparisons
- The art of horizontal and vertical comparisons enables you to find clues for accurately rendering a broad range of drawing subjects
| Reference # | 2.2.R4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-46-0 |
| Contents | 12 pages & 33 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 54.6 |
| Grade Level: 10.4 |
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R5
Checking Out Drawing Spaces
- Examining various critters inside different drawing spaces provides you with insights into choosing the right drawing space for your own drawing subjects
| Reference # | 2.2.R5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-34-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 62.5 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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R6
How to Outline Drawing Spaces
- The art of using your analytical brain functions to set up drawing spaces that help you render accurate proportions
| Reference # | 2.2.R6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-35-9 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 69.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.5 |
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R7
Plotting and Dotting in a Drawing Space
- The process of accurately rendering a subject within a drawing space using vertical and horizontal comparisons
| Reference # | 2.2.R7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-15-6 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 17 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.1 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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R8
Identifying Shapes in Subjects
- The process of visually breaking down complex subjects into simple shapes for sketching
| Reference # | 2.2.R8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-18-7 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 29 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 62.9 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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R9
Exploring Positive and Negative Spaces
- A basic understanding of the process of identifying positive and negative spaces to help you draw accurately
| Reference # | 2.2.R9 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-20-0 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 19 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.8 |
| Grade Level: 7.6 |
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R10
OK – What's With the Pencil?
- The answer to the age-old question: why artists hold up pencils in front of what they're drawing
| Reference # | 2.2.R10 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-50-7 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 59 |
| Grade Level: 9.8 |
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R11
Translating a Scene into Spaces
- How to break down the foreground, middle ground, and background of a landscape into positive and negative spaces
| Reference # | 2.2.R11 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-13-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.6 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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R12
Gridding to Sketch Proportions
- Investigating the history of grids and discovering how different types of grids help create proportionately correct drawings
| Reference # | 2.2.R12 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-22-4 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 62.5 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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R13
Setting Up to Draw with a Grid
- How to plan a drawing based on a print image, render a grid on the image, and then outline a corresponding grid on drawing paper
| Reference # | 2.2.R13 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-34-7 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 21 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 62.8 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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R15
Drawing on Your Memory
- Techniques for seeing and remembering potential subjects so you can translate your memories into drawings
| Reference # | 2.2.R15 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-43-9 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 46.5 |
| Grade Level: 11 |
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R16
Turning Plotted Dots Into a Drawing
- How to render a proportionately accurate contour drawing by referring to points of reference on an image
| Reference # | 2.2.R16 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-55-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 58.1 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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A1
Turn a Doodle into Contour Drawings
- Enhance your visual intelligence by examining a randomly rendered doodle to identify shapes that resemble objects or living beings, and then transform each into a contour drawing
| Reference # | 2.2.A1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-22-9 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 75.2 |
| Grade Level: 6.3 |
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A2
Draw with Simple Symmetry
- Draw symmetrical curved and straight lines on each side of a line of symmetry
| Reference # | 2.2.A2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-18-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 12 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.1 |
| Grade Level: 8.2 |
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A3
Ready! Set! Go Draw! (Worksheets)
- Enhance your ability to see as an artist by accurately rendering diverse lines and shapes inside squares
| Reference # | 2.2.A3 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-36-1 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 59 |
| Grade Level: 9.3 |
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A4
Draw Two Faces and a Vase
- Follow along with step-by-step illustrated instructions to create an optical illusion
| Reference # | 2.2.A4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-21-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.9 |
| Grade Level: 7.8 |
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A5
Outline a Duck by Identifying Visual Clues
- Draw a proportionately accurate duck-shaped candle by examining shapes and visually measuring spaces
| Reference # | 2.2.A5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-40-8 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63 |
| Grade Level: 7.9 |
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A6
Draw with Simple Symmetry (Worksheets)
- Enhance your visual intelligence by drawing the second half of 36 symmetrical designs in the rectangles provided
| Reference # | 2.2.A6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-38-5 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 52.7 |
| Grade Level: 9.3 |
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A7
Draw with Lines, Spaces, and Shapes (Worksheets)
- Strengthen your visual intelligence by comparing all parts of each subject to one another to render accurately proportioned designs
| Reference # | 2.2.A7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-26-2 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 5 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 56.7 |
| Grade Level: 8.5 |
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A8
Contour Cuddles the Cow
- Examine step-by-step illustrations to help you render a contour drawing of a cartoon cow using pencils, markers, or computer software
| Reference # | 2.2.A8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-25-5 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 51.9 |
| Grade Level: 9.9 |
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A9
Draw Linus Upside Down
- Use a line of symmetry to render a proportionately correct sketch of a cartoon
| Reference # | 2.2.A4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-11-8 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 12 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.2 |
| Grade Level: 7 |
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A10
Draw Grendel Gremlin Sideways
- Use a horizontal line of symmetry with the cartoon subject turned sideways to render an in-proportion contour drawing
| Reference # | 2.2.A10 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-12-5 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 17 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.7 |
| Grade Level: 7.3 |
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A11
Draw the Negative Space of Chairs
- Create two negative space drawings of chairs: one from a photo reference and the other from life
| Reference # | 2.2.A11 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-14-9 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 73.6 |
| Grade Level: 6.5 |
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A12
Contour Negative Spaces
- Accurately outline ten shapes by referring to their negative space and use your artistic license to turn each shape into a drawing from your imagination
| Reference # | 2.2.A12 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-35-4 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 14 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 40.9 |
| Grade Level: 12.1 |
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A13
Plot, Dot, and Draw a Manikin
- Use plot-and-dot points of reference marked on a photo to render a proportionately accurate contour drawing of a manikin
| Reference # | 2.2.A13 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-56-9 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 17 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 55.7 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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A14
Contour a Human Skull
- Exercise your visual skills by creating a realistic contour drawing of a profile view of a human skull
| Reference # | 2.2.A14 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-23-1 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 13 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 57.4 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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A15
Contour a Human Brain
- Enhance your visual intelligence by mostly examining step-by-step drawings to outline a realistic human brain
| Reference # | 2.2.A15 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-24-8 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 53.4 |
| Grade Level: 9.1 |
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A16
Project 1: Frontal View of a Horse’s Head
- Draw a horse by sketching accurate proportions, creating a contour drawing, and adding shading with hatching
| Reference # | 2.2.A16 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-21-7 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 14 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.2 |
| Grade Level: 7.7 |
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A17
Project 2: Goldie the Goldfish
- Outline a drawing space, add a grid, sketch accurate proportions, and create a delicate contour drawing of a goldfish
| Reference # | 2.2.A17 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-19-4 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 22 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.5 |
| Grade Level: 7.4 |
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A18
Draw Still Life from Memory
- Sketch a familiar object without looking at it, then use a memory-enhancement technique to recall its details, and re-draw it from memory
| Reference # | 2.2.18 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-44-6 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 55 |
| Grade Level: 10.1 |
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A19
Project 4: Rhino in Pajamas
- Identify the value and thickness of diverse lines as you accurately duplicate the broad range of lineweights required to render a drawing based on a work by Albrecht Dürer
| Reference # | 2.2.A19 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-27-9 |
| Contents | 12 pages & 22 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 61.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.2 |
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A20
Project 5: Lilly the Lovely Lily
- Enhance your ability to identify and render values while creating a high contrast drawing of a white lily on a dark background
| Reference # | 2.2.A20 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-28-6 |
| Contents | 10 pages & 20 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63.9 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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A21
Crisscrossing a Surreal Scene
- Outline a background, middle ground, and foreground; then use a crosshatching technique to add patterned shading
| Reference # | 2.2.A21 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-46-0 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 15 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.3 |
| Grade Level: 6.7 |
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A22
Plot, Dot, and Draw Inside Squares
- Five worksheets: visually plot the locations of the outlines of designs, mark each point of reference with a dot, and use the dots to accurately render each design
| Reference # | 2.2.A22 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-48-4 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 55.3 |
| Grade Level: 10 |
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A23
Turn Shapes Into People
- Outline four symmetrical circular shapes and use your imagination to turn each one into a human face
| Reference # | 2.2.A23 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-39-2 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 2 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.5 |
| Grade Level: 6.6 |
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A24
Overlapping Parts of Cuddles
- Create the illusion of depth by using a grid to accurately outline the various overlapping sections of a cartoon snake
| Reference # | 2.2.A24 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-42-2 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 18 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.4 |
| Grade Level: 7.3 |
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A25
Triumphant Old Tree
- Render an old weathered tree by identifying and outlining overlapping shapes and adding shading according to a light source
| Reference # | 2.2.A25 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-47-7 |
| Contents | 14 pages & 30 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 52.9 |
| Grade Level: 10.3 |
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A26
Crisscross Patterned Shading
- Use your visual and mental abilities to plan and render sets of parallel hatching lines to create patterned shading
| Reference # | 2.2.A26 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-45-3 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 61.5 |
| Grade Level: 8.2 |
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A28
Outline a Simple Subject in a Square
- Enhance your understanding of the process of plotting and dotting the locations of lines by drawing a design in a square drawing space
| Reference # | 2.2.A28 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-51-4 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 17 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.1 |
| Grade Level: 7.7 |
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A29
Calibrate Your Visual Perception
- Find out how well you visually measure distances, and explore methods to compensate for any recurring inaccuracies
| Reference # | 2.2.A29 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-53-8 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 54.5 |
| Grade Level: 9.8 |
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During the process of writing Book 4: Introduction to Shading, this module will have lots of new files added and others will be updated and/or relocated to another topic within this module. Please forgive the temporary inconvenience.
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R1
Identifying Light and Shadow on Forms
- Examine four basic components of light and shadow that help create the illusion of three-dimensional forms on a flat sheet of drawing paper
| Reference # | 3.1.R1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-75-5 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 18 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.5 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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R2
Identifying Primary Light Sources
- Examine values on drawing subjects to find clues that identify the directionality of the dominant light source
| Reference # | 3.1.R2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-65-1 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 8 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 56.3 |
| Grade Level: 10.4 |
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R3
How to Use a Value Map
- A four-step process to help you plan an appropriate method for adding shading to a drawing
| Reference # | 3.1.R3 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-59-0 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 61.8 |
| Grade Level: 8.8 |
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R4
Checking Out Squirkles in Drawings
- A richly-illustrated discussion demonstrates the diversity of squirkling for a broad range of different drawing subjects
| Reference # | 3.1.R4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-19-9 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 12 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60.9 |
| Grade Level: 8.7 |
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Exploring Squirkled Value Scales
- Popular techniques for rendering a range of different values with squirkles
| Reference # | 3.1.R5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-11-3 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 7 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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R6
How to Squirkle Graduations
- Examine various types of graduations and discover the process for squirkling smoothly flowing graduations
| Reference # | 3.1.R6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-17-5 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 59.5 |
| Grade Level: 9.1 |
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R11
To Blend or Not to Blend
- Tips and techniques for using blending tools to successfully blend shading graduations
| Reference # | 3.1.R11 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-60-6 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 11 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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A1
Shade Simple Value Scales
- Prepare five grades of pencils and then use them to shade two value scales: from light to dark and from dark to light
| Reference # | 3.1.A1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-57-6 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 15 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 62.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.5 |
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A2
Shade an Optical Illusion
- Outline straight sided shapes and add shading with four grades of pencils
| Reference # | 3.1.A2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-54-5 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 12 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.6 |
| Grade Level: 7.2 |
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A3
Shade Graduations of Values
- Use pencil pressure and 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, and 6B grades of pencil to create seven different graduations
| Reference # | 3.1.A3 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-58-3 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.8 |
| Grade Level: 6.8 |
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A4
Use Shading to Create Forms
- Use value maps and graduated shading to turn a circle, cube, and rectangle into realistic three-dimensional forms
| Reference # | 3.1.A4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-64-4 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.6 |
| Grade Level: 6.8 |
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A5
Squirkle Value Scales
- Render six different value scales with squirkling by using line density, pencil grades, and pressure
| Reference # | 3.1.A5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-16-8 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 7 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.4 |
| Grade Level: 8.2 |
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A6
Squirkle Graduations of Values
- Use line density, pencil pressure, and different grades of pencils to squirkle smoothly flowing graduations
| Reference # | 3.1.A6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-24-3 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63.6 |
| Grade Level: 8.3 |
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A7
Squirkle Striped Graduations
- Create a striped pattern and a bumpy texture with gently curving graduations
| Reference # | 3.1.A7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-25-0 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.3 |
| Grade Level: 8 |
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A8
Graduate Blobs and Globs
- Design an arrangement of five overlapping shapes and use squirkling graduations and different grades of pencils to make the shapes appear three-dimensional
| Reference # | 3.1.A8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-62-5 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 72.2 |
| Grade Level: 6.3 |
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A9
Squirkle an Iris and a Pupil
- Sketch the shapes of an iris, highlight, and pupil, and add shading with graduations of squirkles
| Reference # | 3.1.A9 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-53-3 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.2 |
| Grade Level: 7.2 |
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A10
Hatch Value Scales with Five Grades
- Use hatching and five grades of pencils to render value scales that appear to be solid tones
| Reference # | 3.1.A10 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-28-1 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 72.1 |
| Grade Level: 7.4 |
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A11
Mountains in the Style of Impressionism
- Draw an impressionistic range of mountains shaded with the natural values of five different grades of pencils
| Reference # | 3.1.A11 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-30-4 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 15 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 70 |
| Grade Level: 7.1 |
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A12
Use Line Density to Hatch Value Scales
- Render five different value scales of seven values each by varying the density of the hatching lines and using different grades of pencils
| Reference # | 3.1.A12 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-29-8 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71.5 |
| Grade Level: 7.2 |
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A13
Hatch an Abstract Design
- Design an abstract composition and add shading with five different grades of pencils by varying line density
| Reference # | 3.1.A13 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-31-1 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 69.7 |
| Grade Level: 7.1 |
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A14
Hatch Value Scales with Pencil Pressure
- Render ten value scales of five solid tones by varying the pressure used with single grades of pencils
| Reference # | 3.1.A14 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-55-7 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 2 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.3 |
| Grade Level: 8.1 |
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A23
Shade an Apple with Contour Hatching
- Render a realistic drawing of a shiny Macintosh apple by using blending to smooth out contour hatching graduations
| Reference # | 3.1.A23 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-52-1 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 19 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 56.1 |
| Grade Level: 9.6 |
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A24
White Egg on a White Surface
- Use squirkling graduations to define the form of a high key subject and hatching to render its cast shadow
| Reference # | 3.1.A24 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-62-0 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 13 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 69.1 |
| Grade Level: 7.1 |
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A25
Contour a Child's Straight Hair
- Draw a realistically proportioned young child with straight hair that curves around the contours of his head
| Reference # | 3.1.A25 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-63-7 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 12 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 69 |
| Grade Level: 6.6 |
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A27
Realistic Petals on a Flower
- Use a chisel point on nine grades of pencils to render a detailed drawing of a flower with a focus on shading light and shadow
| Reference # | 3.1.A27 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-61-3 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 19 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.5 |
| Grade Level: 7.6 |
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Hatching is a very popular and highly versatile technique that works equally well to represent values in loosely rendered sketches or create highly detailed shading in complex drawings.
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R1
Examining Hatching in Drawings
- Drawings demonstrate a few of the many shading abilities of a basic hatching technique made up of parallel straight lines
| Reference # | 3.3.R1 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-23-6 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 54.7 |
| Grade Level: 10.3 |
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How to Hatch Value Scales
- Examine different styles of value scales created with hatching and find out how each is rendered.
| Reference # | 3.3.R2 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-27-4 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.4 |
| Grade Level: 8.2 |
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R3
Exploring Hatching Graduations
- An illustrated discussion about various types of hatching graduations that are rendered with straight lines
| Reference # | 3.3.R3 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-54-0 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 14 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 52.5 |
| Grade Level: 10.6 |
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R4
How to Hatch Graduations with One Grade
- Examine the process of rendering three types of graduations by using one grade of pencil and side-by-side, straight hatching lines
| Reference # | 3.3.R4 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-56-4 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 7 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 54.3 |
| Grade Level: 10.6 |
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R5
How to Hatch a Graduation with Five Grades
- Discover the process of rendering a single graduation with five grades of pencils and straight hatching lines
| Reference # | 3.3.R5 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-63-2 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 5 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 62.4 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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R6
How to Hatch Vertical Lines of Different Lengths
- The simple step-by-step process of rendering random lengthways hatching lines
| Reference # | 3.3.R6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-67-0 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 12 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 58.2 |
| Grade Level: 8.9 |
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R7
How to Hatch Lengthways Graduations
- Examine the process of rendering a graduation by using lengthways hatching lines and four grades of pencils
| Reference # | 3.3.R7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-59-5 |
| Contents | 5 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.8 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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R8
Checking Out Contour Hatching
- Examine graduations and drawings to see how curved hatching lines help create highly realistic three-dimensional forms
| Reference # | 3.3.R8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-72-4 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 14 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65 |
| Grade Level: 8.4 |
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R9
Render Contour Hatching Naturally
- How to find and use your most natural drawing motions for shading with contour hatching
| Reference # | 3.3.R9 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-77-9 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 1 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60.8 |
| Grade Level: 9.7 |
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A6
Hatch a Scale of Seven Values
- Scale seven different solid-tone values by varying the pressure applied with a combination of five grades of pencils
| Reference # | 3.3.A6 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-57-1 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 2 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 69.8 |
| Grade Level: 7.1 |
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A7
Hatch Three Types of Graduations with One Grade
- Create three different graduations by using one grade of pencil and side-by-side, straight hatching lines
| Reference # | 3.3.A7 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-58-8 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 3 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 65.8 |
| Grade Level: 8.2 |
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A8
Use Five Grades to Hatch Five Graduations
- Use pencil pressure to create a graduation of values with a 2H, HB, 2B, 4B and 6B grade of pencil and side-by-side, straight hatching lines
| Reference # | 3.3.A8 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-64-9 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 67.3 |
| Grade Level: 8 |
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A9
Hatch a Single Graduation with Five Grades
- Render a single graduation with a combination of five grades of pencils and straight hatching lines
| Reference # | 3.3.A9 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-65-6 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 4 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 62.5 |
| Grade Level: 8.7 |
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A10
Hatch Vertical Lines of Random Lengths
- Create two sets of randomly placed hatching lines of different lengths, one with long lines and the other with short lines
| Reference # | 3.3.A10 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-69-4 |
| Contents | 2 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.8 |
| Grade Level: 7 |
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A11
Hatch Two Types of Lengthways Graduations
- Render a graduation with long lines and another with short lines by using lengthways hatching lines and at least four grades of pencils
| Reference # | 3.3.A11 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-70-0 |
| Contents | 3 pages & 6 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 64.9 |
| Grade Level: 8.6 |
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A12
Sketch a Scene with Hatching Graduations
- Use graduated hatching, atmospheric perspective, and a shading map to draw a tranquil scene with a palm tree, an island, and calm water
| Reference # | 3.3.A12 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-60-1 |
| Contents | 8 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 63 |
| Grade Level: 8.7 |
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A13
Shade Furry Graduations on a Cartoon
- Outline and add shading to a cartoon face and then add shading to its fur with lengthways graduations
| Reference # | 3.3.A13 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-74-8 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 9 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 71 |
| Grade Level: 7.5 |
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A14
Draw Light and Shadow on a Mug
- Outline the contours of a mug and use hatching and crosshatching to add shading according to a light source from the upper left
| Reference # | 3.3.A14 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-32-3 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 13 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 74.6 |
| Grade Level: 5.3 |
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A15
Shade a Simple Form with Contour Hatching
- Use contour hatching graduations to depict the illusion of depth by transforming a circular shape into a three-dimensional form
| Reference # | 3.3.A15 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-76-2 |
| Contents | 4 pages & 7 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 72.2 |
| Grade Level: 6.5 |
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A16
Graduate Curved Hatching Lines Lengthways
- Use curved hatching lines to smoothly render a graduation that depicts the illusion of form on a segment of a sphere
| Reference # | 3.3.A16 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-16-3 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 13 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 60.5 |
| Grade Level: 8.9 |
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A17
Shade a Spotted Furry Texture
- Use hatching lines to draw both the texture and pattern of realistic spotted fur with a light source shining from the left
| Reference # | 3.3.A17 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-29-3 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 16 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 66.1 |
| Grade Level: 7.9 |
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A19
Shade a Tulip with Contour Hatching
- Outline and then use contour hatching graduations to add shading to a tulip and a section of its stem and leaf based on a light source
| Reference # | 3.3.A19 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927365-79-3 |
| Contents | 9 pages & 22 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 68 |
| Grade Level: 7.4 |
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A20
Cameo View of Baby Grace
- Draw a realistic facial profile of a baby by first outlining accurate proportions and then shading textures and forms with hatching
| Reference # | 3.3.A20 |
| ISBN # | 978-1-927539-31-6 |
| Contents | 6 pages & 10 illustrations |
| Flesch-Kincaid | Reading Ease: 70.6 |
| Grade Level: 6.4 |
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