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Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School
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Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School

by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Magdalen Livesey
June 2017
Beginner content levelBeginner
160 pages
6h 20m
English
Rockport Publishers
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Peter Helck defined composition as the art of dividing a flat
surface into areas of line, pattern, and tone, which combine to
produce a distinct impression of unity. “Within this unity,” he
said, “will appear an element, shape, or form of supreme importance
which attracts the sight and sensibilities through the subordination
of all other elements.”
THE ROLE OF RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT
(Both images on this page)
Peter Helck
(Above) Murder Car, 1951
Illustration for Murder Car by William ...
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ISBN: 9781631591228