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The Artist's Atelier: Reference guide to Structural Concepts and Principles

by Henry J.T. Doren

166 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #01-0489; ISBN 1-55369-087-7; US$21.50, C$31.95, EUR20.80, £14.40

This manual is a guide to structural concepts and principles in drawing and painting techniques. The lectures of Frank J. Reilly and teachings of the author, served as source material of this guide for art students, teacher and professionals.

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About the Book     This manual, based on lectures of Frank J Reilly and art teaching experience of the author at County College of Morris. It covers the fundamental concepts of form, planes, and light-and shade that are also applied to the structural understanding of the human figure and head. Analysis of the Munsell Color Theory, color mixes and their application to figure, portrait, and landscape painting is given in the second part of this manual. The stress on craftsmanship and practice, based on knowledge of principles, structural concepts, and color orientation related to painting techniques will lead to development of creativity in the style of an artist. It is the purpose of this manual to serve as a reference guide for art students, art teachers and art professionals.     For more information about the book please visit www.artformstudios.net Reader's Comments As a former student who studied under Frank J. Reilly for seven years at the New York Art Students League and was the assistant to Frank J. Reilly, I had the opportunity to review Henry J.T. Doren's book, The Artist's Atelier "Studio - Workshop". I found that its contents, describing various subjects pertaining to the principles of drawing, painting and composition, provided the student with logical and sound subject matter to educate the student. The subjects included in Mr. Doren's book were: draftsmanship, painting the model, painting landscape, theory of color, light and shade, progression and recession, anatomy of drapery, composition, forms and planes of the human figure and the treatment of edge planes. Mr. Doren's book is only one of two sources, whereby this information based on the Reilly method of teaching art students is available. The information presented is concise, practical and useful and duplicates what nature created using our limited resources. I highly recommend the book for the serious art student who is looking for a scientific education in art. Ralph Garafola Fine Artists/Illustrator

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About the Author Henry J.T. Doren studied art at Art Students League of New York, Frank Reilly School of Art in New York, and the Instituto Allende in Mexico. He holds degrees from New York University, University of Ottawa, Canada, and University of Guanajuato, Instituto Allende, Mexico. He taught art studio courses as professor of art at County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey, for fourteen years. Doren was an exchange scholar in Europe and publisher of NJ ARTform, an art magazine in New Jersey. As an artist [painter] he is a recipient of art prizes and has shown in over 40 college and private galleries with works in private and public collections in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art 1993-4, 97- 98 ed.], Who's Who in America [East Ed. 1993-98 ed.] and in the Dictionary of International Biography [23 ed.] International Leaders in Achievement. 1997, [3rd.] both published by International Biog. Centre, Cambridge, England.

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Table of Contents

Drawing
Structural Concepts

Preface iii

Sections

THE BASICS
    MATERIALS AND METHODS

STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
    FORMS
    PLANES
    LIGHT AND SHADE

PERSPECTIVE
    ONE, TWO, THREE POINT PERSPECTIVE
    ELLIPSE
    SHADOWS IN PERSPECTIVE
    REFLECTIONS

THE HUMAN FIGURE AND THE HEAD
    ANATOMY
    STRUCTURE (FORMS AND PLANES)
     SIDE AND 3/4 VIEW
     LEGS (FORMS AND PLANES)
    HEAD (FORMS AND PLANES)
     FEATURES
     HANDS (STRUCTURE)
    CONNECTORS
     ARMS, LEGS FEET

FORESHORTENING
    ACTION AND BALANCE

DRAPERY

STUDENT DRAWING SAMPLES
    DRAWINGS BY H. DOREN

APPENDIX A-B-C
    HEAD-FIGURE-LEGS

FOOTNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

COLOR CHARTS

COLOR THEORY

THE MUNSELL SYSTEM

LIGHT - SHADE - VALUES
    RELATIONSHIPS
    VALUES IN NORMAL, REFLECTED, AND SECONDARY LIGHT
    BASIC LIGHT CONDITIONS
    VALUE ANALYSIS - MANNEQUIN

"HEAD" VALUDE AVERAGES
    'WASH-IN'
    25 HEAD PROJECT

LANDSCAPES - VALUE SCALES AND
    THREE BASIC DAYS
    RECESSION IN LANDSCAPE
    ARID AREAS OF EARTH
    MOUNTAINS AND CLOUDS
    TREE PROJECT

COLOUR MIXTURES
    MUNSELL COLOR CHART
    COLOR MISTURES REFERENCE NOTES
    (COMPLEXION CONTROL, LANDSCAPE CONTROL, IMPORTANCE OF CHROMA, BRIEF NOTES ON COMPOSITION)

APPENDIX NO I 'GRAY VALUES'
APPENDIX NO II 'COLORS - PIGMENTS'
APPENDIX NO III 'MANUFACTURED PIGMENTS'

CONCLUSION
FOOTNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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