Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner

299 Pages·2003·8.85 MB·English

by  Claire Watson Garcia

Senior Acquisitions Editor, Joy Aquilino
Edited by Robbie Capp
Designed by Areta Buk
Cover designed by Sivan Earnest
Graphic Production by Hector Campbell
ART CREDITS
Unless otherwise identified, all artwork by the author.
this page: Drawing by Claire Watson Garcia
this page: Drawings, top row from left, by student
Bob Pingarron, Claire Watson Garcia; center row
from left, student Nancy Opgaard, student Linda
Fitzgerald; bottom row from left, student Anne Ballantyne, student Kim Nightingale
this page: Drawings, top row from left, student Jane Wolansky, Claire Watson Garcia; bottom row
from left, Claire Watson Garcia, student Anne Ballantyne
this page: Drawing by student Sherry Artemenko
this page: Drawings by student Ann Porfilio, Anita St. Marie, student Barbara Kops, student
Michelle G. Cappellieri
Copyright © 2003 by Claire Watson Garcia
First published in 2003 in the United States
by WatsonGuptill Publications,
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eBook ISBN: 978-0-82308562-0
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This book is dedicated to the memory of my father,
Winsor Hays Watson Jr.,
with deep love, admiration, and gratitude.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
T
he support and love of my family, especially my husband, Baxter,
daughter, Liz, mother, Jan, brother, Win, and my late father, have
been invaluable. At Watson-Guptill, I am grateful to Joy Aquilino, senior
acquisitions editor, for her vision; to editor Robbie Capp, book designer
Areta Buk, and cover designer Sivan Earnest, for availing me of their
many talents; and to Hector Campbell, the project’s production manager.
My thanks go to the staff of Silvermine School of Art, in New Canaan,
Connecticut, especially to Anne Connell and Lynne Arovas. Debbie
Beaudry, Janie Bronson, Kari Lønning, Annie Wood, and Al Roberts—
friends with generous hearts and great “eyes”—gave me wonderful
assistance. My gratitude goes to Putnam Imaging Lab in Danbury,
Connecticut, in particular, to Josh Burkholder and Ed Simonovich. And a
special, heartfelt thanks to the students at Silvermine who contributed
directly to the creation of this book, as well as to the many others who
allowed me to teach them and learn from them over the years.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
C
W G is an artist and
LAIRE ATSON ARCIA
instructor at the renowned Silvermine
School of Art in New Canaan, Connecticut,
where her “Absolute and Utter Beginner”
courses and workshops have been popular
for more than twenty years. She was
educated at Smith College, University of
California-Berkeley, and California College
of Arts and Crafts. She lives in Ridgefield,
Connecticut.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
INTRODUCTION
Starting Out
How to Use This Book
Supplies
CHAPTER 1
Seeing to Draw
Recording Edges: Contour Drawing
EXERCISE Wire Drawing
Recording Shapes Upside Down