The Practice and Science of Drawing

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. This book is attempt to teach beginning students how to draw. Starting out with intuition and vision, Harold Speed explains line and mass drawing, and how rhythm is conveyed in art by means of balance and proportion. Everything is pulled together in a chapter on portrait drawing, before the author gives hints on materials and procedure. This manual was written in 1913, but because of the intelligent combination of useful advice and sensitive reflection on the nature and meaning of artistic practice, it has been considered a valuable resource for artists. (Summary by Ava) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (215MB)

Directors & creators

Harold Speed

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;instruction; art; painting; drawing

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