Books w/ Toby Neve - The Practice and Science of Drawing

A Book Review from The Florence Academy of Art faculty featured on The FAA Collective Patreon

We are excited to present you with one of our new types of content available on The FAA Collective Patreon: book recommendations and reviews! In this video Toby Neve, graduate of and a principal instructor at the Florence Academy of Art, recommends The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed. This book is one of the required texts for students of The Florence Academy of Art and is an invaluable resource for the modern artist working in the tradition of classical realism. In this review Neve shares some information on the book’s author, its structure, and explains the importance and strengths of the text while selecting several excerpts that illustrate its connection to the tradition in which students are taught today.

We hope you thoroughly enjoy this video! Information on the The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed from Dover Books and more about Toby Neve is available below.

Publisher description: Classic approach to the dynamics of drawing by brilliant teacher with insights and practical advice on line drawing, mass drawing, visual memory, materials and much more. 84 plates and diagrams reinforce Speed's clear presentation.

https://www.doverbooks.co.uk/the-practice-and-science-of-drawing

ISBN 13: 9780486228709

ISBN 10: 0486228703

Toby Neve is a British painter born in 1993 whose specialized education in drawing and painting began in 2011 at the London Atelier of Representational Art, before he joined The Florence Academy of Art in 2012. Upon graduating in 2015, and having started teaching as a student-instructor in his third year of studies, he was awarded the Fourth-Year prize, working for a year under Daniel Graves, next-door to his private studio.

Neve teaches drawing and painting in the First and Second year programs and gives lectures on the materials of drawing and painting. He works in a private studio space on the FAA campus, which students are welcome to visit out of working hours. He was awarded a first place ARC scholarship in 2014 and was a 2015 Hudson River Fellow.

To see more of Toby’s work please visit:

https://www.instagram.com/toby.neve/