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| Introduction to the Basics of Scenery Drawing | |
| Choosing a "Bounded Space" for a Scene | p. 1 |
| The Horizontal Rectangle | p. 1 |
| "Commanding" the Observer's Attention | p. 2 |
| The Focal Point | p. 2 |
| The Focal Area | p. 2 |
| The Relation of Boundaries to the Interior | p. 3 |
| The Ways of Dividing Space | p. 4 |
| The Principles of Good Space Division | p. 5 |
| Creating a Travel Experience for the Eye | p. 6 |
| Charting the Eye's Course | p. 7 |
| Principles that Help in Scenery Drawing and Painting | p. 8 |
| Relating Three Shapes-One to the Other | p. 9 |
| The Principle of "The Threes" | p. 10 |
| Telling the Picture Story | p. 11 |
| The Entering Point in a Picture | p. 11 |
| "Follow-through" in a Picture | p. 12 |
| Basic Follow-throughs | p. 12 |
| Follow-through and Depth Perception | p. 13 |
| Interior Parenthesis | p. 13 |
| Overcoming the Blank Page (More on Good Space Division) | p. 14 |
| Comprehension Factors in a Picture | p. 16 |
| Co-active Follow-through | p. 17 |
| Experiment in Comprehension | p. 18 |
| Emotional Response | p. 18 |
| Pencils and Papers | p. 20 |
| The Importance of Form | p. 22 |
| Base Lines of a Picture | p. 24 |
| Ground Value Variances | p. 25 |
| Uneven Earthen Contours | p. 26 |
| Principle of the "Take-up" Line | p. 27 |
| Cross-sectioning | p. 28 |
| "Creating" Distance | p. 30 |
| Depth and Distance | p. 32 |
| Contrasting Values | p. 34 |
| Expectations from Different Values | p. 36 |
| Putting Subject Matter out of Mind | p. 38 |
| Leaning Toward the Abstract | p. 40 |
| The Willingness to Explore | p. 41 |
| Drawing Trees and Foliage | |
| Tree Trunks | p. 42 |
| Tree-a Bold Beginning | p. 43 |
| Tree Pointers | p. 43 |
| "Painting" with a Pencil | p. 44 |
| Tree Talk with Illustrations | p. 46 |
| Base Lines | p. 48 |
| Struggling Trees | p. 50 |
| Twenty Drawings of the Same Tree | p. 52 |
| Trees and Their Appearance | p. 54 |
| Drawing Rocks and Mountains | |
| Edges and Surfaces in Rock Drawing | p. 56 |
| Drawing Larger Sections of Rock | p. 57 |
| Field Trips for Rock Sketching | p. 58 |
| Drawing Rocks Within a Given Space | p. 59 |
| Variations Inside the Same Outline | p. 60 |
| Rock Drawing in Other Media | p. 61 |
| Simple "Flat Lead" Sketches | p. 62 |
| Creating Rocky Landscapes in Miniature | p. 63 |
| Elementary Rock Compositions | p. 64 |
| Interesting Patterns in Rock | p. 65 |
| Rock-the Unchangeable Model in Art | p. 66 |
| The Stone Colossus | p. 67 |
| Drawing Mountain Ranges-an A-B-C Method | p. 68 |
| Construction Experiment with Mountain Peaks | p. 70 |
| A Mountain Abstraction | p. 71 |
| Drawing Clouds and Skies | |
| Simplifying Cloud Drawing | p. 72 |
| Cloud Treatments | p. 74 |
| Cloud Formations | p. 76 |
| Sunsets and Sunrises | p. 78 |
| Morning and Evening Skies | p. 80 |
| Diagram of Cloud Types | p. 81 |
| Dramatic Cloud Backgrounds | p. 82 |
| Semi-abstract Skies | p. 83 |
| More Cloud Effects | p. 84 |
| Giving Clouds Dimension | p. 85 |
| Moonlight Scenes | p. 86 |
| Strong Winds | p. 88 |
| Wind and Snow | p. 88 |
| The Upsweep Wind | p. 89 |
| Wind and Sand | p. 89 |
| Drawing Water: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers and Falls | |
| Reflections in Water | p. 90 |
| Reflections Under Various Conditions | p. 91 |
| Drawing Water Surfaces | p. 92 |
| Puddles and Reflections | p. 93 |
| Nighttime Reflections | p. 93 |
| Lighthouses and Water | p. 94 |
| Lake and Ocean Reflections | p. 95 |
| Water Talk | p. 96 |
| Charting the Course of a Wave | p. 98 |
| Analyzing Waves | p. 99 |
| Great Waves of the Sea | p. 100 |
| Where There's Water | p. 102 |
| Angry and Peaceful Waters | p. 104 |
| Drawing Waterfalls | p. 105 |
| More on Waterfalls | p. 106 |
| Niagara Falls and Stairstep Falls | p. 107 |
| Drawing Snow and Ice | p. 108 |
| Drawing Buildings, Large and Small | |
| Houses in Scenery Drawing | p. 110 |
| A House Is Built in a Minute | p. 111 |
| Planes, Values and Forms | p. 112 |
| A Few Suggested Techniques | p. 113 |
| Putting Buildings Together | p. 114 |
| Drawing Towns and Villages | p. 115 |
| Loose Sketching and Tonal Drawing | p. 116 |
| Crowded Shacks in a Slum | p. 117 |
| Different Approaches to Structural Drawing | p. 118 |
| Recording Planes and Values | p. 119 |
| Index | p. 120 |
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