Introduction xi
1 Ice Breakers 1
The First Day JOANNE CARSON 3
Keen Observation MONIQUE FOUQUET 4
Draw Only What You Are Told BARRY GAZZARD 7
Working with a Restriction ALLEN TOPOLSKI 8
2 Self-Portraits 11
Self No Self FRJE ECHEVERRIA 13
Headless Self-Portraits ROBERT ERICKSON 14
Erased Self-Portrait FRANK JACKSON 17
Shelf Portrait MARY FRISBEE JOHNSON 18
Alter Ego Drawing MARTIN KRUCK 20
Collage Self-Portrait SUSAN MORRISON 22
Self-Portrait in the Manner of Arcimboldo PATRICK SCHMIDT 25
Self-Portrait as an Object VICTORIA STAR VARNER 26
3 Drawing from the Model 29
Drawing the Figure Concealed and Revealed NANCY ELSENFELD 30
Figure Drawing without a Live Model CHRISTINA OLSON SPIESEL 32
Reportage JANE STANTON 34
Drawing with Model and Projection GELSY VERNA 37
4 Traditional Issues Reconsidered 39
Constructing the Edge GERALD AUTEN 41
On Reflection REBECCA BROOKS 42
Wrapping Contours CHRIS DAUBERT 45
You Are a Mouse LAURIE FENDRICH 46
Tube Drawing DEWITT GODFREY 49
Arbitrary Color JANIS GOODMAN 50
Visual Dissection of an Organic Object JEREMIAH PATTERSON 53
Layered Landscape ROB STOLZER 54
Exquisite Motorcycle KRISTIN THIELKING 57
5 Space 59
Where the Floor Meets the Wall MICHAEL L. AURBACH 60
Seeing the World Differently MARC DENNIS 62
Understanding Space and Scale BARBARA GROSSMAN 64
Hanging Out (In) the Wash NANCI ERSKINE 66
Thumbnail Drawings SUSANNA HELLER 68
The Clown Nose Project THOMAS JOHANNES 70
The Virtual Forest CARRIE PATTERSON 74
Make Space for Ideas BARBARA PENN 76
Slice of Life ANN CODDINGTON RAST 78
Field BARBARA SCHWARTZ 80
A Journey through Light and Dark JUDITH SCHWARZ 82
Air SUSANNE SLAVICK 85
Diorama DAN SUTHERLAND 86
6 Line 89
Skating ROBERT ALBERETTI 91
Line Collecting LISA CORINNE DAVIS 92
Variations on a Theme FREDERICK A. HOROWITZ 94
Line Is Incisive ALFRED J. QUIROZ 96
7 Time 99
Time Lapse LEIGH ANN BEAVERS 101
24-Hour Drawing SQUEAK CARNWATH 102
Nocturne WALTER HATKE 105
Daily Document ANN PIBAL 106
Domestic Rituals JANICE M. PITTSLEY 109
Memory Box MARILYN WALTERS 110
8 Representation/Abstraction 113
All Around/All in One MARY-ANN KOKOSKA 115
From Observation to Abstraction BRIAN KREYDATUS 116
Arbitrary Value PAMELA MARKS 119
Shifting Perspectives CAROL STRUVE 120
Journey to Cubism CARA TOMLINSON 123
Deriving Abstraction from Reality FRED WESSEL 124
9 Anthropomorphism 127
Draw It Like You Mean It KAREN BAUER 129
Psychological Space SCOTT BETZ 130
Plant Gesture JOSEPH BYRNE 133
The Life and Times of an Object ALLYSON COMSTOCK 134
Mystery of the Wrapped Object BRIGHAM DIMICK 136
10 Art from Other Arts 139
Drawing from Films EVE ASCHHEIM 141
Musical Scroll Project LAURA BATTLE 142
In the Garden ANIA GOLA-KUMOR 145
Drawn from the Col1ection HOLLY HUGHES 146
Art to Music to Art NANCY MANTER 149
Visual "Blues" RENE J. MARQUEZ 150
Home Is Where the Art Is GAIL PANSKE 153
Invisible Cities KEVIN WIXTED 154
11 Photographs 157
Animated by a Photo Collage MIA BROWNELL 159
Expanding the Narrative DAVID SCHIRM 160
Constructing the Grid/The Grid as Structure BARBARA SIEGEL 163
Drawing from Microscopic Images ROBERT STRAIGHT 164
Slides Out of Focus PETER THOMPSON 167
Pinhole Camera Project LANCE WINN 168
12 Unusual Subjects 171
Small Animals PATRICIA LAMBERT 173
Prom Dresses JANE LUND 174
Mystery and Ambiguity WILLIAM P. REIMANN 177
Front Page MAX WHITE 179
13 Word-Based Exercises 181
Heroic Drawing ELEN A. FEINBERG 183
The Shape of Fear BETH GEMPERLEIN 184
Words as Triggers ANNE E. HOWESON 186
Alphabetic Landscape JANET MAHER 189
Text Collaboration GREG PORCARO 190
The List Assignment DUANE SLICK 192
14 Digital/New Tech Assignments 195
Zine Project CHRISTINE BUCKTON 197
Object and Document AARON FRY 198
Fax Project DAWN GAVIN 201
Self-Portrait: Invented Texture BARBARA GIORGIO 202
Animated Exquisite Corpse CARA JAYE 204
15 Limitations and Handicaps 207
Occurrence of the Diagonal PAT ADAMS 209
Treasure Hunt ROSEMARIE BERNARD 210
Panoramic Drawing BETSEYGARAND 213
Dessiner au Pied JEFFREY LEWIS 214
Imposed Box Drawing YVONNE PETKUS 217
16 A Few More 219
Camouflage or Mimicry Project LISA HART 221
Reconfigured Drawings SUE HETTMANSPERGER 222
Calendar KARL HLUSKA AND ANA MARIA CAMPOS 225
Fifty Drawings KITTY KINGSTON 226
Play and the Creative Process JACKLYN ST. AUBYN 228
One-Point Project KATHLEEN STEVENSON 231
The Paper Blanket PATRICK TRAER 232
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