Book · Book
The Practice and Science of Drawing
By Harold Speed
- Type
- Book
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 1913
Public domain; free to read online.
About this lesson
Harold Speed's 1913 book on the principles of drawing: line and mass drawing, visual memory, proportion, rhythm, and studying the masters, with appendix exercises. Public domain and free online.
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