In this thought-provoking book on drawing, students are introduced to composition, form, anatomy, character, drapery, and more.

Lessons are presented not as a how-to, but as a guide to the fundamental knowledge one needs to build an artistic future. Painter and illustrator Edward L. Chase encourages budding artists to rely on their own unique perspective on drawing, stating there can be “great joy and satisfaction in drawing if you can realize that your approach and efforts have in them something of your personal self.” Accompanying these thoughts are many of the author’s own landscape, figure, and still life drawings, as well as reproductions of significant drawings by other notable artists. Artistic Intelligence is a drawing guide to prepare the artist for the following: How to approach one’s subject, and how to interpret one’s subject to create something expressive, vital, and personal. Learn what quick sketching is, how to quick sketch, and the best uses of sketching. Learn to analyze the actual mechanics of your subject for an eventual drawing or painting. How is your subject built? How does it actually work? Over 33 illustrations of the Old Masters are used to demonstrate the fundamental technique of subject observation, and how one may effectively use their drawing in practice. Shop Dover for beginner to advanced art instruction books that include how to draw and sketch anatomy, animals, architecture, fashions, the human figure, landscapes and nature, and more. Learn calligraphy, cartooning, etching, and perspective, plus charcoal, coloring, ink, pen, and pencil techniques.