Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Preface Learning to See The Brick The Lineage Foreword Julian Kreimer Introduction 1. The Fear Factor The Bare Canvas Into the Void Course of Action Fear''s Tyranny Mistakes and Accidents Part-to-part Recap 2. How We See It, How We Don''t The 3D Cues Perspective Binocular Vision Light and Shadow Relative Motion Recap Exercises - Two or One Eyed 3. The Artist''s Vision The Monocular Cues Constancy 2D Visual Cues Position Shape-Size Overlap Value Contrast Color Contrast Hierarchy and Interaction Recap Exercises - 2D Cues 4. More About Seeing Parts and Wholes The Gestalt Contribution Think Ahead Arnheim Where and What Figuring the Ground Object-Directed vs. Ground-Directed Seeing Past Experience, Purpose, and Action Recap Exercises - Parts and Whole 5. Beyond Face or Vase Head First Figure-Ground Not Negative and Positive Edge-condition Yes and No Intentions, Meanings, and Context Recap Exercises - F/G 6. Forces in the Field Inner Necessity Closure Coincidence of Edge and Continuity Locales Recap Exercises - Three C''s 7.

Line Positioning Line Contour Gesture Blind-contour Cross-contour Recap Exercises - DYI 8. Value Positioning Value Reserving the Light Adding and Subtracting On Readymade Adding Wash and Brush Elegance or Clumsiness Recap Exercises - Plus and Minus 9. Brush, Paint, Process Shape Paint, Don''t Paint Shapes Color Studies 5 Values 9 Values Recap Exercises - Process Practice 10. Muscles and Marks The Body Against Itself Four Variables Pressure Tempo Duration Direction Deliberate Practice Recap Exercises - PTDD 11. Figuring Where Plumb, Level, and Square The Frame Sighting and Measuring 2D to 2D Linear Perspective Aerial Perspective Sfumato Recap Exercises - Devices 12. Unmediated Response Focal Point Approximation The Great Law Recap Exercises - Focal Point 13. Fixing Jumping Parts Add More of It Build a Bridge Reverse the Overlap Adjust the Scale Do Something Else Recap Exercises - Ground-Directed 14. The End is The Beginning Limits of Language Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes Meaning, Metaphor, Myth Last Words Endnotes Bibliography Index About the Author.