The Natural Way to Draw

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A Working Plan for Art Study

By Kimon Nicolaides

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The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides offers an instructional guide that introduces students to drawing through innovative exercises and techniques. This comprehensive approach emphasizes the importance of observation and the study of nature, encouraging artists to develop their skills organically. Through a series of structured lessons, Nicolaides aims to enhance the artist's ability to perceive and portray the natural world with authenticity and expression.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring innovative approaches to art education and are eager to develop your drawing skills through a series of engaging and intuitive exercises. The author emphasises capturing the essence of your subject and encourages a deep understanding of the art of observation. This guide provides a comprehensive and practical method that can transform how you see and create art.

Learn how to draw over the course of a year, in the space of 64 exercises.

The classic drawing guide from renowned art teacher Kimon Nicolaides

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'Kimon Nicolaides' The Natural Way to Draw is a sure bet . . . will improve your technique no end' - Artists & Illustrators

This essential guide to drawing by renowned art teacher Kimon Nicolaides is valued by both early students of art and accomplished artists alike. Consisting of 64 exercises, The Natural Way to Draw offers in-depth studies to be completed over the course of a year.

Extensively illustrated with reproductions of the work of the Old Masters (including Rubens, Titian and Raphael) to the work of Van Gogh and Picasso, as well as the work of his students, these exercises help you begin to look at people and objects in a fresh way that will be the foundation of your drawing.

Concentrating on mastering the key concepts of drawing that will make a drawing come alive, Nicolaides teaches how to convey gesture and action, expression and feeling in your work. Regarded as an inspiration to a generation of devoted young artists, The Natural Way to Draw captures Nicolaides' concrete system of art teaching.

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The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides is highly regarded for its accessible teaching system, praised for significantly improving drawing skills through enhanced observation techniques. It is celebrated as both a masterpiece and an exceptional how-to guide, lauded for its far-reaching impact on learning to draw.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788169431

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Souvenir Press Ltd

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Born in 1891, Kimon Nicolaides was a renowned Greek American art teacher, author and artist, who taught at New York's Art Student's League for fifteen years. He had a natural talent for teaching and became an inspiration to a generation of devoted young artists, as well as leaving behind the concrete system of art teaching presented in this book. He died in 1938.

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