Pencil Drawing Techniques: Learn How to Master Pencil Working

Pencil Drawing Techniques: Learn How to Master Pencil Working Techniques to Create Your Own Successful Drawings

Here is a really good book for the artist who wants to develop his or her pencil drawing abilities, whether it's to improve your preliminary sketch work, or to create beautiful pencil drawings complete in their own right. Pencil Drawing Techniques brings together six of today's best artists, all of whom are incredibly fine instructors as well.

The artists show you how to develop your skill and ability in handling pencil technique. Ferdinand Petrie shows you how to handle pencils and produce a controlled variety of lines, values, and textures. Then he shows you exactly how to use these techniques to draw landscapes in a range of styles and compositions.

Rudy De Reyna explains pencil basics, and explores perspective, size relationships, form, and structure. Douglas grave teaches you how to begin drawing portraits by building a drawing step-by-step. Norman Dams and Joe Singer demonstrate how you can use the pencil to produce spectacular drawings of animals. John Blockley and Richard Bolton show you how pencil drawings can capture the essence of a subject and help you work out a plan for painting it. Finally, Bet Borgeson teaches you all the secrets of colored pencil work and demonstrates a whole new dimension.

The book is divided into seven sections: how to handle a pencil, fundamentals of drawing, drawing landscapes, drawing portraits, drawing animals, drawing for watercolors, and handling color pencils. The copious illustrations show in detail how the artists use their techniques. For the artist who uses the pencil, Pencil Drawing Techniques is an an excellent instructional book of ideas for using the pencil creatively.
Country USA
Brand Watson-Guptill
Manufacturer Watson-Guptill Publications
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780823039913
ReleaseDate 1984-04-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780823039913

Country	USA
Brand	Watson-Guptill
Manufacturer	Watson-Guptill Publications
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780823039913
ReleaseDate	1984-04-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780823039913

Pencil Drawing Techniques: Learn How to Master Pencil Working Techniques to Create Your Own Successful Drawings