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The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts is  proud to announce the reissue of Deane G. Keller’s invaluable Draftsman’s Handbook. Available in spring 2026, this exciting new publication will be part of a series of happenings celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Academy’s founding in 1976.

A renowned and beloved instructor at Lyme Academy for a number of years, Deane Keller’s contributions to academic art education were many. We are particularly thrilled to bring his acclaimed handbook for artists to a new generation of practitioners, and to reintroduce it to those who knew it in its original 2002 form.

Among its most noteworthy new features, the reissue of Deane Keller’s handbook will feature updated images of his drawings. To make this possible, we are asking his community of students to look through their own collections and email photos of any original Deane G. Keller drawings they may have for consideration. We will select a few for inclusion in this publication. 

Keller Submissions

For questions, contact Allana Benham, Project Manager for Deane G. Keller’s Draftsman’s Handbook reissue, at allana@lymeacademy.edu.