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Practice and Science of Drawing

Name: Practice and Science of Drawing
Author: Harold Speed

Harold Speed

Read by ogbog, Availle, J. M. Smallheer, Tom Penn, MaryAnn, Anita Roy Dobbs, realisticspeakers, ToddHW, kdixon, Logan Lorenz, TriciaG, Diana Schmidt, Beau Wood and Mahima · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (8:28)
Introduction (26:16)
Drawing (11:04)
Vision (18:14)
Line Drawing (13:29)
Mass Drawing (16:14)
The Academic and Conventional (18:46)
The Study of Drawing (4:43)
Line Drawing: Practical (42:28)
Mass Drawing: Practical (37:17)
Rhythm (17:18)
Rhythm: Variety of Line (7:30)
Rhythm: Unity of Line (58:02)
Rhythm: Variety of Mass (25:03)
Rhythm: Unity of Mass (32:29)
Rhythm: Balance (13:27)
Rhythm: Proportion (19:21)
Portrait Drawing (30:01)
The Visual Memory (14:30)
Procedure (13:13)
Materials (27:16)
Conclusion (7:14)
Appendix (6:23)