A New Approach to Drawing

By Po-Lin Tong Kosuth

This book, A New Approach to Drawing, is based on thirty years of teaching visual art in a small college in Duluth, Minnesota, located on the shores of Lake Superior. My intention in writing this book is to share my knowledge for the purpose of offering a new method of learning basic drawing and providing a new access point for anyone interested in learning how to draw. What sets my book apart from others of its kind is that my method focuses on problem-solving through the process of drawing. In art, as in life, its important to understand the problems before us, look at them from diverse perspectives, and come up with the best possible solution. While I anticipate the main audience for this book will be comprised of students, anyone wanting to acquire drawing skill quickly and easily will benefit from learning my techniques. My instruction is simple and direct, with a minimum of confusing terms.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524557904

Po-Lin Tong Kosuth

Po-Lin Tong Kosuth is professor emeritus at the College of St. Scholastica, where she has been the recipient of teaching, scholarly, and creative excellence awards as well as several faculty research grants. She has received two McKnight/ARAC Career Development Grants, a Jerome Travel Study Grant, and an Artist Assistance Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Her work has been collected by the Tweed Museum of Art; the City of Duluth; Norwest Bank of Commerce; St Luke’s Hospital; and Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A., among others. Her work is further represented in the Dayton Collections and in Växjö, Sweden. In 2007, Shaoxing University gave her a solo exhibition that traveled to the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, China. She has been—for more than forty years—an advocate for the Chinese community in northeastern Minnesota.

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Rev. date: 12/13/2016

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A NEW APPROACH TO DRAWING

Po-Lin

Tong Kosuth

Dedication

To my husband, Bob, and my children, Dennis and Mary, for their loving and caring support.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank The College of St. Scholastica which granted me a year-long sabbatical to write this drawing book. I also would like to thank the following students who gave me permission to use their drawings to demonstrate their progress in the drawing class: Alison Jansen, Allana Parvi, Amada Vanderbeck, Braxton Ball, Brittany Fish, Chelsea Edeberg, Ethan Walpole, Jessica Trihey, Justin Hill, Kate Murphy, Maria Voronchak, Rachel Stills, Rob Johnson, Storm Myers and Sydney Ciernia.

John Steffl deserves special credit for his encouragement and technical support at every stage of this project, including computer layout and photographing students’ work. I would like to thank Tyler B. Johnson for his artistic vision in the design and layout of this book.

Additionally, thanks go to Kang Chiu for his computer technical support. I would like to thank William Tong for his generous contribution which will allow the book to be used by Chicago public school students who could not otherwise have access to it.

All proceeds from this book will be donated to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

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TABLE of

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Boxes

Chapter 2: Bags

Chapter 3: Round Vessels

Chapter 4: Fruits & Vegetables

Chapter 5: Flowers

Chapter 6: Shoes

Chapter 7: Portrait of a Celebrity

Chapter 8: Portrait of Family or Friends

Chapter 9: Still Life with Light, Medium and Dark Value

Chapter 10: Portrait

Chapter 11: The Human Skull

Chapter 12: Bust & Mannequin

Chapter 13: Drawing from a Live Model

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Drawing by Po-Lin Tong Kosuth

Abstract

This book, A New Approach to Drawing, is based on 30 years of teaching visual art in a small college in Duluth, Minnesota, located on the shores of Lake Superior. My intention in writing this book is to share my knowledge for the purpose of offering a new method of learning basic drawing and providing a new access point for anyone interested in learning how to draw.

What sets my book apart from others of its kind is that my method focuses on problem-solving through the process of drawing. In art, as in life, it’s important to understand the problems before us, look at them from