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DRAWING

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by ZIYA N. SEVER
1st ed., September 1979, 171 pages, $22.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-032-9  Review Cart

 

This basic art text was designed to assist the student and art enthusiast in learning to observe the basic behavior of media in relation to the various approaches in drawing. Each approach is explained in a step-by-step method using a series of illustrations followed by an exercise for the student. Outstanding topics include chapters on Calligraphy, Texture, Non-Objective Art and Experimentation. Well written and easy to follow, this text is an excellent manual for courses in basic drawing, basic figure drawing and basic design.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: DEFINITION (Drawing)

Chapter 2: HOW TO APPRECIATE A WORK OF ART

Chapter 3: HELPFUL HINTS

Chapter 4: MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS AND AMATEURS

Chapter 5: EXPERIMENTATION: A KEY TO A BETTER DRAWING

Chapter 6: EXPLORING MEDIA AS AN EXPRESSIVE MEANS

Chapter 7: WHAT TO DRAW?

Chapter 8: SKETCH BOOK

Chapter 9: AN INTRODUCTION TO VARIOUS APPROACHES

Chapter 10: COMPOSITION

Chapter 11: PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 12: FIGURE DRAWING (DRAWING THE HUMAN BODY)

Chapter 13: TEXTURE

Chapter 14: NON-REPRESENTATIONAL (NON-OBJECTIVE DRAWING)

Chapter 15: CALLIGRAPHY

Chapter 16: CREATIVITY

Chapter 17: EXHIBITING

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr. Ziya N. Sever received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Tulsa and has done post-graduate work at the University of Houston at Clear Lake. He has held several teaching positions, including instructor of art at Texas College in Tyler Texas, and Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, and Chairman of the"Art Department of Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia. He is presently Chairman of the Art Department at Alvin Community College in Alvin Texas. Ziya has won numerous national art awards, including Honorable Mention—DRAWING—Brockton Art Association 7th National Exhibition, Brockton, mass.; Gold medal of Honor—WATERCOLOR—National exhibition, Low Ruins Gallery, Tubec Arizona; Honorable mention—OIL—10th & 11th Annual National Exhibition Sun Carnival, Museum of Fine Art, El Paso, Texas; Silver Award—WATERCOLOR—4th Dorchester National Exhibition, Cambridge, Maryland; Cash Award of Merit—Oil—Museum of Fine Art National Exhibition, Shreveport, Louisiana; Parchas Award—DRAWING—XII Annual National Exhibition, City of Baytown, Baytown, Texas.

 

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