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Foundations Subject Guide
Sketching
- Sketchbook confidential : secrets from the private sketches of over 40 master artists (2010)
- Freehand perspective and sketching (2006)
- Sketchbook for the artist (2005)
- The drawing bible (2005)
- Freehand sketching : an introduction (2004)
- Pencil sketching (2002)
- Fast sketching techniques (2000)
- Sketching : planning and drawing (1998)
Figure Drawing
- Figure drawing : the structure, anatomy, and expressive design of human form (2011)
- Figure drawing for fashion design (2010)
- Drawing lessons from the great masters (2009)
- Classic human anatomy : the artist's guide to form, function, and movement (2009)
- Figure drawing : a complete guide (2007)
- Figures and faces : a sketcher's handbook (2005)
- Anatomy and perspective : the fundamentals of figure drawing (2004)
- The art of figure drawing (2003)
Figure Modeling
- Sculpting the figure in clay : an artistic and technical journey to understanding the creative and dynamic forces in figurative sculpture (2010)
- The figure in clay : contemporary sculpting techniques by master artists : Arleo, Boger, Burns, González, Jeck, Novak, Smith, Takamori, Walsh (2006)
- From clay to bronze : a studio guide to figurative sculpture (1999)
- Modeling the head in clay (1996)
- Modelling and sculpting animals (1985)
- Modeling and sculpting the human figure (1985)
Perspective
- The art of perspective (2011)
- Perspective basics (2009)
- Perspective drawing and applications (2005)
- Perspective drawing : a step-by-step handbook (1990)
Color
- Contemporary color theory & use (2012)
- Color workbook (2010)
- Color studies (2006)
- Interaction of color (2006)
- Color and meaning : art, science, and symbolism (1999)
- Color theory made easy : a new approach to color theory and how to apply it to mixing paints (1996)
- Understanding color : an introduction for designers (1995)
- Designer's guide to color 5 (1991)
- Theory and use of color (1986)
- The forms of color : the interaction of visual elements (1986)
Design
- Principles of design through photography (2010)
- Design principles (2010)
- The design process (2006)
- Design basics (2005)
- Universal principles of design (2003)
- Elements of design : Rowena Reed Kostellow and the structure of visual relationships (2002)
- Principles of form and design (1993)
- Design concepts (1985)
- Logic and design : the syntax of art, science & mathematics (1980)
- Design: elements and principles (1972)
- Principles of two-dimensional design (1972)
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