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About
Victoria:
Vicki
Vebell is a freelance illustrator who has worked in this
field for almost 30 years. Her commissions have been in
the areas of publishing, editorial, and advertising art.
She works within two distinctly different styles-one realistic
and the other stylized. Her work is currently being represented
by Art Works Illustration representatives in New York. She
also teaches art at Pratt Institute.
Vicki
has always loved to draw and started when she was very young.
She began her art education when she was 13 years old with
Saturday drawing classes at the Art Student’s League
in New York. She graduated from Philadelphia College of
Art in 1974 in Illustration. Vicki is also the daughter
of another illustrator, Ed Vebell. He was instrumental in
teaching her how to draw. Art has always been a part of
her life.
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Behind
Exploring The Basics of Drawing:
This
book began as a drawing course I developed for an Associates
Degree Art program where I began my teaching. Most of my
students had never drawn from life before and were there
because they wanted to learn computer art. I had only a
short amount of time to teach them how to draw realistically.
I believed that if I explained to my students what I knew,
how I see, and then showed them how I translated that onto
paper all in simple terms, they could do the same. I was
right. At each of their final evaluations at the end of
every semester, they all had amazing portfolios of realistic
tonal drawings of each still life I had set up. My students
worked hard in class, and as the semester progressed I could
see how proud they were of their accomplishments. Many of
them told me that I should write a book on drawing, and
I proceeded to take their advice. – Vicki Vebell
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