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  • Architectonic Form

    Architectonic Form

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    In the basic Renaissance Tradition, a point is a line on end, a line is the edge of a plane, and the plane is the skin on a form. In this system there is no such thing as shapes only planes which are always part of a form unit. We first visualize the form units

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  • Our Library

    Our Library

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    The Venerable Society of Fine Arts and Artists maintains one of the most extensive libraries of books on and about art in the western world. Resource number one: Amazon Resource number two: Yale’s Compilation of Resources Resource number three: Yale Resource number four: The Smithsonian Resource number five: Stanford Resource number six: My Modern Met

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  • The Barnstone Banter

    The Barnstone Banter

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    Myron Barnstone taught in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania for over 35 years. He single-handedly keep Classical drawing traditions alive and well for many hundreds of students.  The following link will take you to a few of Myron’s very insightful newsletters: Barnstone Newsletters

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  • Brain Food

    Brain Food

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    Unlike a camera the draugthsman has a brain. We see with are brain via our eyes.

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