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The third of three workbooks offering a thorough, step by step guide to form drawing

The author's three workbooks offer a thorough, step-by-step guide to form drawing. As Brunelleschi, the Renaissance architect said, "The lines and forms are visible signs of divine gestures. Learn to understand them and you will comprehend how God created the world."Anyone wanting to develop their drawing skills, including artists, teachers, and students, will enjoy the creative challenge of form drawing. Regular practice can help discover what the art of line can mean. Drawing skills are developed through systematic exercises, and can develop self-confidence, balance, and tranquillity. Simple form drawing is used inWaldorf schools as a companion discipline to handwriting and drawing skills. It offers a healthy antidote to screen culture.Form drawing is an artistic activity using the art of line. It dates back to the ancient mysteries and flourished in the early Middle Ages as well as wood and stone carvings all over Europe, such as the Celtic sun crosses. Form drawing is found in many tribal cultures as the ornamentation of the body, clothes and buildings.

Form drawing is an artistic activity using the art of the line. By following a systematic series of exercises, drawing skill is developed, as well as awareness of other inner capacities, such as self-confidence and equilibrium. This is the second volume of three workbooks, a successful series that encourages people to explore ways in which forms are created. The exercises give a fascinating insight into the relationship between form and content.