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 7: field notes

Strategies for collecting information and recording ideas as an aid to memory.

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

Study of a Black Adder (Ruskin, John - Study of a Black Adder)   

Further examples for teachers and students:

Full Face of a Cobra, drawn from Life (Ruskin, John - Full Face of a Cobra, drawn from Life)    Study of a Cobra about to strike, from an Egyptian Relief (Ruskin, John - Study of a Cobra about to strike, from an Egyptian Relief)    Drawing of a Lizard and Cartellino from Carpaccio's "Funeral of Saint Jerome" (Ruskin, John - Drawing of a Lizard and Cartellino from Carpaccio's "Funeral of Saint Jerome")   A Dragon carved outside the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice (Ruskin, John - A Dragon carved outside the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice)  

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