Light, Shade and Shadow (Dover Art Instruction)
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Without shading, even a beautiful drawing can appear flat. But artists can learn to add dimension to their work with these techniques, illustrations, and exercises that show how to achieve effects with light and shadow. During the first half of the twentieth century, E. L. Koller wrote a series of art instruction books for home study, designed to simplify various techniques for beginning artists — and help established artists polish their craft. The books are as relevant — and the information as essential — to artists today as it was then. A classic in this series, Light, Shade and Shadow, shows how the study of light is a necessary foundation for creating an appealing work of art . Even the most beautiful drawing can appear flat without shading. But with this expert guide, every artist can learn how to use shadow to add visual dimension and drama to their work, and to master techniques such as highlighting and gradation. Beginning with the basics — casting light on simple geometric shapes — and progressing to the human figure, these step-by-step techniques, illustrations, and exercises can show artists of all abilities how to achieve a new level of depth in their work. Essential guide to mastering techniques: Understand advanced form and shape. Dive deep into the principles of light, shade, gradient, contrast, perspective, texture, volume, atmosphere, and other essential elements to create appealing artwork. All these tools are here in this comprehensive guide! Visual dimension and drama: Add visual dimension and drama to your artwork with expert advice on casting light, highlights, and gradation. From simple geometric shapes to the human figure, learn how to build depth in your drawings by mastering techniques such as shading and shadowing. Step-by-Step Tutorials: Get clear explanations accompanied by illustrations for each technique, plus exercises designed to help you practice and master the concepts taught in Light, Shade and Shadow easily, from beginner artists to intermediate and advanced levels! Professional Results: Take your artwork skills from an amateur level to a professional one! With instructions in this classic guidebook, you'll be able to achieve a new level of depth in your work quickly and easily. Review: EVERY ARTIST NEEDS THIS! Invaluable info how light hits objects, highlilghts/midlights/shadows/tones/lowlight, texture and tones - SMALL BOOK PACKED WITH INFO, EVERY ARTIST NEEDS TO READ THIS!! Invaluable info about how light hits objects and how light is reflected in concise bits of information. If you are looking at your art and something is not right it is because of 1 thing, perspective and what I did not realize is how light plays a major role in it. This book is small but it written in a direct way with pertinent info, not for the sake of words. Practical and understandable also. I never knew there was so much to how light hits an object and how it is reflected or diffused. He talks about direct, diffused, mutli angle, sun light, aerial perspective if light and ,much more with basic mathematical equations that are easy to learn and understand. Also how the texture of the object plays a vital role. This is take you from a good artist to a great artist if you are already a great artist to an exceptional artist. Took a chance and glad I did. This is really going to help me with my drawing and painting because there are a few things that you need to really understand to do great art, realistis or abstract.. 1. Colour theory, the extended version 2. Perspective 3. Composition 4. Light and value This books explains the 4th, and you need to understand all 4 concepts to understand how you want to put your story down on paper. Review: Chiaroscuro explained and demonstrated perfectly! - I am amazed that this book was offered at this price! It contains the majority of the information I learned in a course I took for my MFA and then some, it may be a bit technical for some, I find it incredibly helpful to have all this information in one book, legible (not my scribbled notes!), understandable examples and finally the step-by-step. I would DEFINITELY recommend this book to anyone working on their basic skills - whether beginner, or someone trying to move to that next level. Read it, try it, read it again and soak it up!
| Best Sellers Rank | #60,177 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #58 in Arts & Photography Study & Teaching #88 in Pencil Drawing |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,681 Reviews |
M**T
EVERY ARTIST NEEDS THIS! Invaluable info how light hits objects, highlilghts/midlights/shadows/tones/lowlight, texture and tones
SMALL BOOK PACKED WITH INFO, EVERY ARTIST NEEDS TO READ THIS!! Invaluable info about how light hits objects and how light is reflected in concise bits of information. If you are looking at your art and something is not right it is because of 1 thing, perspective and what I did not realize is how light plays a major role in it. This book is small but it written in a direct way with pertinent info, not for the sake of words. Practical and understandable also. I never knew there was so much to how light hits an object and how it is reflected or diffused. He talks about direct, diffused, mutli angle, sun light, aerial perspective if light and ,much more with basic mathematical equations that are easy to learn and understand. Also how the texture of the object plays a vital role. This is take you from a good artist to a great artist if you are already a great artist to an exceptional artist. Took a chance and glad I did. This is really going to help me with my drawing and painting because there are a few things that you need to really understand to do great art, realistis or abstract.. 1. Colour theory, the extended version 2. Perspective 3. Composition 4. Light and value This books explains the 4th, and you need to understand all 4 concepts to understand how you want to put your story down on paper.
S**G
Chiaroscuro explained and demonstrated perfectly!
I am amazed that this book was offered at this price! It contains the majority of the information I learned in a course I took for my MFA and then some, it may be a bit technical for some, I find it incredibly helpful to have all this information in one book, legible (not my scribbled notes!), understandable examples and finally the step-by-step. I would DEFINITELY recommend this book to anyone working on their basic skills - whether beginner, or someone trying to move to that next level. Read it, try it, read it again and soak it up!
C**A
Great resource for learning to draw tonal values.
If you've asked the question, "how do you make up values from imagination?", this book can help you. It's a little verbose sometimes, but definitely worth wading through a few extra words to get the knowledge. The principles of light, shade and shadow are laid out and explained in detail, and there are exercises to follow along with in the back. It's a small book, not even 70 pages, but it packs a lot of information. Very helpful book for anyone wishing to learn more about drawing/painting lights, shades and shadows.
L**E
Great Instructional Book!
I admit this book definitely has a "textbook" feel, but it does an excellent job of meeting its purpose: instruct in the skill of adding light, shade and shadow to your drawings! I like that it explains the technical side of it and does not leave that understanding to my intuition, because I am lacking a bit in technical intuition, even though I'm totally interested in understanding these concepts. I would highly recommend this book to any newer artist who feels challenged in creating shadows and light in their work and wants to take the time for many comprehensive lessons to improve their skills in this area.
U**L
Art Technique Book
This book does have usable technique information on shading and shadows to make drawings more realistic. It was average in its presentation of information.
M**O
Don’t believe the bad reviews
The book was first published in 1914, of course the photos will be grainy compared to modern standards. This book is a bargain. The black and white photos, though grainy, are MORE than clear enough to convey the concepts the author is writing about. The black and white line graphics are very clear. Maybe the negative reviewer got a copy which was particularly poor in reproduction, but I have no complaints about my copy of this book. Sure the publisher could get new photographs taken of the same simple geometric forms as shown in the book, but then they’d have to charge much more for the book. The text is written in plain clear, English, and, considering it’s age, does not come across as antiquated or stilted. Of course if what you’re used to reading are Twitter tweets and Facebook posts, lots of texts will seem old and moldy to you.
C**I
Great book
Great book that describes light shade and shadow very well and very good price.
B**.
Clear explanation & photos of how light affects objects.
Not finished reading but explains things I never knew about various forms & direction of lighting. This book is going to help me bring my artwork into 3D instead of flat pictures. I always knew about shading but never knew where to where to shade. The pictures opened up a whole new world for me.
B**R
Academic
I bought this book to help learn about light and shadow in art work. It wasn't for me. It's very academic and detailed, something you would use in university art or drafting courses, not for the amateur artist. So if you need a good book for school, grab it, otherwise it's not for a beginner.
C**E
Aprofundamento teórico
Um estudo teórico muito aprofundado que vai muito além das imagens contidas. Excelente!
L**O
Very good.
I like the book.
M**）
光・陰・影
木で作成された円錐、半球、六角柱、立方体、球体、三角錐 壷を様々な角度から光を当て どの様に映るかが掲載されている。 それを、数学的な裏付けで持って図式で説明している。 最後に８種類のモティーフの持つ質感、光、陰、陰を 描き出して、画面全体に高密度の空間表現を再現している。 廉価で勉強になる本だ。
J**N
Easy to understand and clearly written.
I learned more in the first few pages of this little book than I did up to A level Art 40 years ago. If that's not a good recommendation I don't know what else I could say....
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