Sketch learning. Reproduction and expression

Author: Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: In the era of Wittgenstein, the value system connecting ideas and experience has a strong "theoretical" and "practical" dual nature. It can be expressed as: any abstract concept is an "existence" that we have highly perceived and generalized, while it can also be demonstrated through our experience to produce practical meaning. Drawing and sketching are no exception. It not only belongs to the realm of cognition—such as the transformation of points, lines, and planes, the alternation and overlap of light and shadow, and the spatial integration of objects and images—but it is also a direct, captivating, and engaging artistic medium. Although there is a common saying that "it is easy to draw ghosts and spirits but difficult to draw dogs and horses," when it comes to sketching, neglecting the essential structure of things makes it hard to capture their form. For all representational arts, "sketching" is the foundation of architecture and the soil of vegetation. In fact, it itself oscillates between the rhythms of "black, white, and gray," fully showcasing its external beauty through lines, light and shadow, volume, layers, and spatial relationships. This book, based on this very reason, stands out among certain current "fashionable" approaches to sketching. It corrects misconceptions and emerges as a guiding light for students, proving to be a well-aligned work that combines theory and practice in sketching and drawing.