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, it’s 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: Apr 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669820673

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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