The Practice and Science of Drawing: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 23 original MP3 tracks, 7:48:46 running time and a link to listen.
The Practice and Science of Drawing, credited to Harold Speed, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. This book is attempt to teach beginning students how to draw. Starting out with intuition and vision, Harold Speed explains line and mass drawing, and how rhythm is conveyed in art by means of balance and proportion. Everything is pulled together in a chapter on portrait drawing, before the author gives hints on materials and procedure. This manual was written in 1913, but because of the intelligent combination of useful advice and sensitive reflection on the nature and meaning of artistic practice, it has been considered a valuable resource for artists. (Summary by Ava)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Practice and Science of Drawing
- Author credits: Harold Speed
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 23
- Listed recording duration: 7:48:46
Catalogue topics
- instruction
- art
- painting
- drawing
Track guide
- 00 - Preface — 8:28
- 01 - Introduction — 26:16
- 02 - Drawing — 11:04
- 03 - Vision — 18:14
- 04 - Line Drawing — 13:29
- 05 - Mass Drawing — 16:14
- 06 - The Academic and Conventional — 18:46
- 07 - The Study of Drawing — 4:43
- 08 - Line Drawing: Practical — 42:28
- 09 - Mass Drawing: Practical — 37:18
- 10 - Rhythm — 17:18
- 11 - Rhythm: Variety of Line — 7:29
- 12 - Rhythm: Unity of Line — 58:02
- 13 - Rhythm: Variety of Mass — 25:03
- 14 - Rhythm: Unity of Mass — 32:29
- 15 - Rhythm: Balance — 13:27
- 16 - Rhythm: Proportion — 19:21
- 17 - Portrait Drawing — 30:01
- 18 - The Visual Memory — 14:30
- 19 - Procedure — 13:13
- 20 - Materials — 27:16
- 21 - Conclusion — 7:14
- 22 - Appendix — 6:23
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