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CONTENTS
4 Editor’s Note

7 Contributors

8 Sketchbook

20 New & Notable

22 Forming the Figure

BY KENNETH J. PROCTER
Whether traditional or contemporary, realistic
or abstract, an artist’s choices concerning the
model, pose, and form of a figure are guided by
expressive purposes.

32 Drawing Fundamentals
The Figure in Action: The Rhythmic
78 Relationship of Lines
BY JON DEMARTIN
Although they may seem simple, lines provide
the foundations for every shape that we draw.
Learning which kind of line to implement during

ON THE COVER
Mapping the Face Through Large
Self-Portraits
46 Mapping the Self in Large-Scale Drawings
How to Draw Active, Lifelike Figures
32 Drawing Fundamentals
Advice for Drawing Leaves + Plants
in Perspective
52 Botany for the Artist: Drawing Leaves
Employ a Wide Range of Media
and Styles
72 Harnessing the Beauty of Youth Through
Whatever Means (and Media) Necessary
Spanish Masters From Ribera to Goya
60 The Passionate Line: Drawings by Spanish
Masters
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Eight Falling on Thirty
by Ian Ingram, 2004,
charcoal and pastel, 40 x 28.
Collection Diane and Sandy Besser.

each stage of the process can lead to figure drawings that

are both dynamic and anatomically correct.

46 Mapping the Self in Large-Scale Drawings

BY JOHN A. PARKS
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In his powerful self-portraits Ian Ingram combines
obsession, philosophical musings, and scrupulous
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attention to the texture and details of his face.

52 Botany for the Artist: Drawing Leaves

BY SARAH SIMBLET

60 The Passionate Line: Drawings by Spanish Masters

BY JOHN A. PARKS
A recent exhibition at the Frick Collection revealed the distinct
and often idiosyncratic virtues of Spanish draftsmen in the
17th through 19th centuries, including Ribera and Goya.

72 Harnessing the Beauty of Youth Through Whatever

Means (and Media) Necessary
BY AUSTIN R. WILLIAMS
In his female portraits and figure drawings, New Jersey
artist Dorian Vallejo combines media and styles to capture 60
the beauty of the figure.

78 Stitching Together the Past’s Hopeful Future

BY BOB BAHR
German-born artist Björn Meyer-Ebrecht creates large ink-
wash drawings of buildings on sheets of paper he tapes
together to pull the viewer into a past that never was.

86 Speaking Volumes With Just a Few Lines

BY COURTNEY JORDAN
Through skilled linework and compassion for his
subjects, Brooklyn-based artist Steven Ketchum crafts
psychologically complex pen-and-ink figure drawings.

96 Coming in...

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