BCC Art 120D Drawing I, Room C256		Instructor: Linda Thomas
RECOMMENDED READINGS There is no required text. Handouts will be distributed to augment instruction. I recommend that you look at drawing books to introduce yourself to drawing examples and techniques. The BCC Library is an excellent resource. There are books and magazines covering theory, technique, criticism, artists’ lives, etc. Drawing Betti, Claudia Drawing: A Contemporary Approach. NC, 730, B43, 1992 Chaet, Bernard, the Art of Drawing. NC730, C45, 1983 Entice, Wayne and Peters, Melody. Drawing: Space, Form and Expression, 3^rd ed. ‘2003 Goldstein, Nathan, The Art of Responsive Drawing. NC740, G6, 1977 Hale, Robert B. Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters. 1964 Mendelowitz, A Guide to Drawing. NC730, M396, 1982 Powell, William, Perspective. (BCC Bookstore) Norling, Ernest R., Perspective Made Easy: A Step-by-Step Method for Learning the Basics of Drawing.
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Smagula, Howard J. Creative Drawing, Felician College, N.J., 1993
Inspiration and Biography (a written response/review will be given extra credit) Bayles, David, and Orland, Ted. Art and Fear, Capra Press, 1993 Lord, James. A Giacometti Portrait, Noonday Press, 1965 Mann, Thomas, Tonio Kroger, 1903 Ringold, Faith, We Flew Over the Bridge, Little Brown and Co. N.Y., 1995 Shahn, Ben, The Shape of Content, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA. 1957 Virginia Woolfe, A Room of One’s Own, Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1929 Yanagi, Soetsu. The Unknown Craftsman, Kodansha International, 1990 Technique Gair, Angela, Artist’s Manual: A Complete Guide to Painting & Drawing Materials. (Costco) Smith, Wright and Horton, An Introduction to Art Techniques. D. Kindersley, N.Y., 1995 (Costco) Mayer, Ralph. The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques, Viking, orig. 1940 Design Lauer, David A., Design Basics, 4^th ed. 2000, Excellent intro. To 2-D Design) Powellsbooks.com