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A Series of Improving Exercises or A Continued Introduction to Perspective Drawing Techniques Suitable for Intertidal Scapes and Still Lives; the Workbook, Volume II in a Series
This book, copyrighted 1924, is part of a series of drawing manuals authored by Timothy Brian Hutchings. While a large number of this specific volume are known it is not known if the examples from the rest of the series are extant. It is possible that the other books in the series were never actually printed, or that the disposable nature of the books means that few survive.
While this book does contain cursory instructions regarding perspective drawing it is meant to be an adjunct to another book which is presumed lost. Nonetheless, the exercises in the book may prove useful to budding artists of all skill levels.
The book as a whole has twelve pages of instruction, twenty-eight pages with literary excerpts or weighty quotes from the author regarding the art and science of perspective drawing, around 6300 words, and roughly one hundred drawing exercises. Each exercise is isolated on its own page and it seems that the artist is expected to draw within the book. There are four pages with handsome illustrations, one of which repeats at the beginning and end of the book.
Any value in this book presumably lies in the exercises. The conceit is that reader/artist is a romantic beachcomber and each exercise introduces a new item washed up by the sea. For example, Exercise 9 reads "A cluster of glass or cork fishing floats. Five minute time limit. The sun reflecting in the glass is blinding; the view through the glass, distorted."
While this book does contain cursory instructions regarding perspective drawing it is meant to be an adjunct to another book which is presumed lost. Nonetheless, the exercises in the book may prove useful to budding artists of all skill levels.
The book as a whole has twelve pages of instruction, twenty-eight pages with literary excerpts or weighty quotes from the author regarding the art and science of perspective drawing, around 6300 words, and roughly one hundred drawing exercises. Each exercise is isolated on its own page and it seems that the artist is expected to draw within the book. There are four pages with handsome illustrations, one of which repeats at the beginning and end of the book.
Any value in this book presumably lies in the exercises. The conceit is that reader/artist is a romantic beachcomber and each exercise introduces a new item washed up by the sea. For example, Exercise 9 reads "A cluster of glass or cork fishing floats. Five minute time limit. The sun reflecting in the glass is blinding; the view through the glass, distorted."
144 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1924
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April 7, 2023
You will learn things you didn't know you wanted to learn. You will fail many times albeit failure within the compounds of this book is only judged by you alone. It sometimes makes it harder.
This book ignores the construct of time being published in 1924 and still staying very relevant today. I got it in a restricted section of an antique store without knowing anything about it and I was immediately immersed in Timothy's writing. The illustrations were a bit hit or miss for me though I admit that is solely my fault.
Even though this is the second volume in a series (the first volume is very hard to come by), you don't need to have read the first one to understand and I strongly recommend giving this a try.
This book ignores the construct of time being published in 1924 and still staying very relevant today. I got it in a restricted section of an antique store without knowing anything about it and I was immediately immersed in Timothy's writing. The illustrations were a bit hit or miss for me though I admit that is solely my fault.
Even though this is the second volume in a series (the first volume is very hard to come by), you don't need to have read the first one to understand and I strongly recommend giving this a try.
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