topic:"drawing" found 82 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

The way to sketch. Notes on the essentials of landscape sketching ; Particular reference being made to the use of watercolor.

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1925

Author: Blake, Vernon

Publisher: Oxford : at the Clarendon Press

Call Number: NC730 B3

Author: Blake, Vernon

Publisher: Oxford : at the Clarendon Press

Published Date: 1925

Physical Description: vii, 111p. : front. illus. plates

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Drawing; Landscape drawing; Watercolor painting - Technique; Design; Perspective

Accession Number: 492

Call Number: NC730 B3

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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Fifty figure drawings ; a selected group of the best figure drawings submitted to the Fifty Best Drawing Jury

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1927

Publisher: Pelham (N.Y.) : Bridgman Publishers

Edition: 2d. ed.

Call Number: NC765 F5

Edition: 2d. ed.

Publisher: Pelham (N.Y.) : Bridgman Publishers

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 64p. : ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Human figures in art; Figure drawing

Accession Number: 3069

Call Number: NC765 F5

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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Stump

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Date: 1920 – 1930

Material: paper; skin

Catalogue Number: 104.39.0004 a-d

Description: A collection of four stumps used to smudge charcoal drawings. Each stump has a tightly rolled cigar shape with a blunt point at each end. Three stumps (a-c) are made of soft grey paper and one (d) is made of soft leather with a red paper wrapping at the middle.

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Title: Stump

Date: 1920 – 1930

Material: paper; skin

Dimensions: 15.7 (a); 13.3 (b); 12.3 (c); 12.5 (d) cm

Description: A collection of four stumps used to smudge charcoal drawings. Each stump has a tightly rolled cigar shape with a blunt point at each end. Three stumps (a-c) are made of soft grey paper and one (d) is made of soft leather with a red paper wrapping at the middle.

Subject: households; hobbies; crafts; painting; drawing; sketching; Edmee Moore

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.39.0004 a-d

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Pencil

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Date: 1925 – 1930

Material: wood; wood, bamboo; metal, lead; metal; ivory; mineral, graphite

Catalogue Number: 104.39.0005 a-o

Description: A collection of eight drawing pencils and seven containers of pencil leads:a) one unsharpened black wooden pencil with a square lead (7.5 x 0.8 cm) and labelled "No. 2 Perry 728 Arch St."b-c) two pencils (l0.8 x 0.6 cm) each with a very thick sharply pointed lead in a bamboo sheath d) one automatic…

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Title: Pencil

Date: 1925 – 1930

Material: wood; wood, bamboo; metal, lead; metal; ivory; mineral, graphite

Description: A collection of eight drawing pencils and seven containers of pencil leads:a) one unsharpened black wooden pencil with a square lead (7.5 x 0.8 cm) and labelled "No. 2 Perry 728 Arch St."b-c) two pencils (l0.8 x 0.6 cm) each with a very thick sharply pointed lead in a bamboo sheath d) one automatic pencil (11.9 x 0.7 cm) that is black and metal covered at each end; lead is placed in jaws at the point which open by pressing a metal button at the end; labelled “Eagle Automatic 286 (Pat. Jun 26/77)”; e) one automatic pencil (9.0 x 0.6 cm) with a black plastic sheath with piece at the end which turns to adjust the length of lead through a small hole in molded plastic point; marked “Pat Aug 10, 1853, A Days”; f) one automatic pencil (14.5 X 0.6) with a very plain bone handle with metal tip with hole at the end; tip unscrews to reveal jaws which hold pencil lead; g) one silverpoint pencil (?) (10.0 x 0.5 cm) with a sharp thick point of silver or lead attached to a long dark brown wood handle with a knob carved at the end; h) one silverpoint (?) pencil (6.7 x 0.5 cm) with a thick sharp silver or lead point attached to a short ivory handle with a smallknob carved at the end and eight lines incised around;i-o) seven wooden tubes with lids containing various sizes of pencil lead: one tube (5.5 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top; one tube (4.5 x 0.8 cm) with a flat top; one tube (4.0 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top; one tube (3.5 x 0.1 cm) with a round top; one tube (6.1 x 0.9 cm) with a round top and a paper label reading "Henry Cohen, Phila, Half Dozen Cumberland Leads #12” and handwriting on the side "Gold, Pocket"; one tube (3.5 x 0.9 cm) with a round top and a paper label "Henry Cohen, Phila, #4 Everpoint Leads"; one tube (3.6 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top and a paper label "Henry Cohen, Phila, #4 Everpoint Leads"; one brass tube (4.8 x 0.7 cm) with a screw-on lid containing pencil leads

Subject: households; crafts; painting; drawing; sketching; Edmee Moore; hobbies

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.39.0005 a-o

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Crayon Holder

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Date: 1920 – 1930

Material: metal, brass

Catalogue Number: 104.39.0006 a-c

Description: Three brass holders for drawing crayons (charcoal, conti, chalk, etc.). Each holder is a set of hollow tubes split into long jaws at each end to hold the crayon. The jaws tighten with sliding rings at the middle of the tube. There are also nine pieces of squared black Conti crayon and a squared p…

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Title: Crayon Holder

Date: 1920 – 1930

Material: metal, brass

Dimensions: 1.0 x 0.7 x 13.0 cm

Description: Three brass holders for drawing crayons (charcoal, conti, chalk, etc.). Each holder is a set of hollow tubes split into long jaws at each end to hold the crayon. The jaws tighten with sliding rings at the middle of the tube. There are also nine pieces of squared black Conti crayon and a squared piece of white chalk with the holders.