The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

Learn to draw

Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin’s teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing.

Drawing classes

Lesson 5: measured drawing

Making a drawing that is dependent for its success on mathematical accuracy.

Click on the thumbnail images to zoom into the original drawing and to see more information about the object:

Four Diagrams showing the Construction of the Form of an English Shield (Ruskin, John - Four Diagrams showing the Construction of the Form of an English Shield)

Further examples for teachers and students:

An Exercise on the Outline of a common Snail-Shell (Ruskin, John - An Exercise on the Outline of a common Snail-Shell)   Five Diagrams showing the two Types of developed Form in the English Shield (Ruskin, John - Five Diagrams showing the two Types of developed Form in the English Shield)   Twelve Diagrams showing the Construction of the Twelve heraldic Ordinaries (Ruskin, John - Twelve Diagrams showing the Construction of the Twelve heraldic Ordinaries)   A Symbolic Shield of Saint Michael (drawing of an Illumination in the Douce Apocalypse) (Ruskin, John - A Symbolic Shield of Saint Michael (drawing of an Illumination in the Douce Apocalypse))   Study of the Form of a Shield, from the north Aisle of Westminster Abbey (Ruskin, John - Study of the Form of a Shield, from the north Aisle of Westminster Abbey)

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