The Art of Drawing: An Instructional Guide

by Philip Rawson

160 pages Prentice Hall (September 1983)

Genres: Art

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1983

About the author

Philip Stanley Rawson was an English artist, teacher and author. A specialist on Eastern art, he wrote widely on the subject in books and for various publications. He also organized a number of exhibitions on Indian art in Britain. Rawson also served as a UNESCO expert on museology in India, worked as a tutor at the Royal College of Art, and was the Dean of the School of Art and Design at Goldsmiths' College, London, among others.

Reviews

[Ron Milligan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quite different way of thinking about drawing. Not the usual analytical approach but one based more on intuition and emotion. Contains a lot of (probably) valuable lessons for someone starting out.
Definitely different and definitely worth looking at

[Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is less of a how-to manual of drawing and more of a treatise of the principles of putting marks on paper. Many examples of the great artists of the West as well of Asia are strewn through the book. It was an illuminating read.