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Mastery of light and shade – rendered with accuracy and expressive power – is the key to three-dimensional form in drawing and painting. Here is the first book on this essential subject, the product of years of study by one of the world's great teachers of drawing and an artist of international renown, Burne Hogarth, author of four other art instruction classics on drawing. Hogarth begins with the simplest kind of light and shade, showing how a dark silhouette on white paper can communicate form and space. He then shows how the silhouette is transformed into three dimensions with the addition of minimal light – the highlight. Following these introductory chapters, the author devotes a separate chapter to each of the five basic categories of light and shade: single–source light; double-source light; flat, diffused light; moonlight; and sculptural light. In these chapters Hogarth illustrates the effects of these different kinds of light on a variety of subjects - faces, figures, landscapes, still lifes – and examines both natural and artificial light sources. Moving on to more complex lighting effects, Hogarth explains spatial light – how light and shade can create a sense of "near a

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Author

Burne Hogarth

Publisher

Watson-Guptill Publications, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 (cloth: ISBN-0-8230-1580-7; paperback: ISBN-0-8230-1581-5, $16.95)

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780823015801

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, Technology, Arts

Rating

4.12 / 5 (168 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14