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A vintage course in drawing

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A collection of free, downloadable ebooks on drawing and painting.

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  • Cover of: Line & form.

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  • Cover of: The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures

    First published in 1688 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: Light and shade with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing

    First published in 1901 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: Notes on the science of picture-making

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  • Cover of: How to look at pictures

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  • Cover of: The Eye of the Painter and the Elements of Beauty

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  • Cover of: Graphice. The use of the pen and pensil. Or, The most excellent art of painting: in two parts

    First published in 1658 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: The illustration of books

    Cover of edition illustrationofbo01penn Cover of edition illustrationofbo01penn Cover of edition TheIllustrationOfBooks Cover of edition illustrationofb00penn First published in 1895 — 17 editions work
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  • Cover of: Modern illustration

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  • Cover of: Pen drawing and pen draughtsmen, their work and their methods: a study of the art to-day with technical suggestions

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  • Cover of: The art of illustration

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  • Cover of: A handbook of illustration ...

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  • Cover of: The elements of drawing: in three letters to beginners

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  • Cover of: A treatise on painting

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  • Cover of: Sketching and rendering in pencil

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  • Cover of: The practice and science of drawing ...

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  • Cover of: Of the decorative illustration of books old and new

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  • Cover of: Freehand perspective and sketching: principles and methods of expression in the pictorial representation of common objects, interiors, buildings and landscapes

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  • Cover of: Handbook of drawing

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  • Cover of: Point and line to plane

    Cover of edition pointlinetoplane00kand_0 First published in 1947 — 3 editions work
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  • Cover of: Composition in fine art

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: Composition

    Cover of edition compositionunder0000dowa First published in 1913 — 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: The artistic anatomy of trees: their structure & treatment in painting

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  • Cover of: Geometrical drawing and design

    First published in 1902 — 5 editions work
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  • Cover of: Ladies' manual of art: or, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood : the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature, pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc

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  • Cover of: With brush and pen: suggestions for some of the newer phases of public school art instruction

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  • Cover of: Complete perspective course: comprising the elementary and advanced stages of perspective, the projection of shadows and reflections, with exercises in theory and practice, also the practical application of perspective

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  • Cover of: Composition: a series of exercises in art structure for the use of students and teachers.

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  • Cover of: Free-hand drawing, light and shade and free-hand perspective for the use of art students and teachers

    First published in 1892 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: Teacher's manual, pt. 1-6, for The Prang elementary course in art instruction, books 1[-12] third[-eighth] year: by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, Walter S. Perry.

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  • Cover of: Design and representation.

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  • Cover of: Manual of suggestions in form, drawing, and color for the public schools of the state of New York: based upon the official documents issued by the Board of regents and the Department of public instruction in the state of New York, specially arranged to meet the requirements for regents' and uniform examinations in these subjects

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  • Cover of: Line & form

    Cover of edition lineandform00cran Cover of edition lineform00cranuoft Cover of edition lineform00crangoog First published in 1900 — 19 editions work
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  • Cover of: Of the decorative illustration of books old and new

    Cover of edition OfTheDecorativeIllustrationOfBooks Cover of edition ofdecorativeillu00cranrich Cover of edition ofdecorativeill00cranuoft Cover of edition ofdecorativeillu00cranuoft Cover of edition cu31924029555426 Cover of edition decorativeillus00crangoog First published in 1896 — 24 editions work
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  • Cover of: Early illustrated books: a history of the decoration and illustration of books in the 15th and 16th centuries

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  • Cover of: Line: an art study

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January 7, 2014 Edited by Marianne Gunderson updated list seeds.
December 29, 2013 Edited by Marianne Gunderson updated list seeds.
December 29, 2013 Edited by Marianne Gunderson updated list seeds.
December 29, 2013 Edited by Marianne Gunderson updated list seeds.
January 12, 2013 Created by Marianne Gunderson Created new list.