Mar 29 2025

The Elements of Drawing - videos of the monthly sessions 2025

March 29th 2025

A series of guided sessions exploring John Ruskin's The Elements of Drawing.

Please enjoy these recordings of our 2025 sessions taking you on a guided journey through John Ruskin's book The Elements of Drawing, first published in 1857.

READING THE TEXT OF THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING

The complete text of The Elements of Drawing can be found online HERE, and you can find a facsimile of George Allen's edition of 1904 HERE.

Session 1. Exercises 1&2 of On First Practice

2. Exercises 3&4 of On First Practice

3. Exercises 5&6 of On First Practice

4. Exercises 7&8 of On First Practice

5. Exercises 9&10 of On First Practice

6. Sketching from Nature I

7. Sketching from Nature II

8. The Laws of Principality and Repetition from On Colour and Composition

9. The Laws of Continuity and Curvature from On Colour and Composition

10. The Laws of Radiation and Contrast from On Colour and Composition

11. The Laws of Interchange and Consistency from On Colour and Composition

12. The Law of Harmony from On Colour and Composition, and Literary Recommendations

Session 1. Exercises 1&2 of On First Practice

Session 2. Exercises 3&4 of On First Practice