Light,ShadeandShadow

Duringthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury，E.L.Kollerwroteaseriesofartinstructionbooksforhomestudy，designedtosimplifyvarioustechniquesforbeginningartists—andhelpestablishedartistspolishtheircraft.Thebooksareasrelevant—andtheinformationasessential—toartiststodayasitwasthen.Aclassicinthisseries，Light，ShadeandShadow，showshowthestudyoflightisanecessaryfoundationforcreatinganappealingworkofart.
Eventhemostbeautifuldrawingcanappearflatwithoutshading.Butwiththisexpertguide，everyartistcanlearnhowtouseshadowtoaddvisualdimensionanddramatotheirwork，andtomastertechniquessuchashighlightingandgradation.Beginningwiththebasics—castinglightonsimplegeometricshapes—andprogressingtothehumanfigure，thesestep-by-steptechniques，illustrations，andexercisescanshowartistsofallabilitieshowtoachieveanewlevelofdepthintheirwork.，