Drawing and Sketching in Pencil Paperback - 2007

Name: Drawing and Sketching in Pencil (Dover Art Instruction) [Paperback] Arthur L. Guptill
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Author: Guptill, Arthur L
ISBN: 9780486460482

by Arthur L. Guptill

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From the publisher

This classic guide offers clear, concise instruction in the basics as well as the finer points of pencil drawing. Appropriate for beginning and intermediate students, it features sixty-six well-chosen illustrations that encompass a wide range of subjects -- mainly architectural, but also people, animals, and landscapes -- and demonstrate a tremendous variety of techniques.
An architect, painter, art director, and teacher, Arthur L. Guptill wrote several popular books on drawing. He begins this two-part treatment, aimed at architects, artists, and students, with discussions of drawing objects in outline and in light and shade, the principles of freehand perspective, methods of cast and life drawing, and sketching animals. The second part examines the choice of subjects and drawing in outline and in flat and graded tones. The important subject of composition receives considerable attention, with particular focus on unity and balance. Additional topics include working from photographs and from nature, the representation of buildings -- including exteriors, interiors, and street scenes -- and portraying details and accessories, from furniture, draperies, doors, and windows to clouds, water, and trees.

Details

Title Drawing and Sketching in Pencil
Author Arthur L. Guptill
Binding Paperback
Edition Dover Ed
Pages 208
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, NY
Publication date November 9, 2007
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780486460482 / 0486460487
Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
Dimensions 10.93 x 8.45 x 0.53 in (27.76 x 21.46 x 1.35 cm)
Category Art & Art Instruction
Library of Congress subjects Pencil drawing - Technique, Architectural rendering - Technique
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007017033
Dewey Decimal Code 741.24

About the author

Co-founder of Watson-Guptill Publications and co-editor of American Artist magazine, Arthur L. Guptill was an architect, painter, art director, and author of several popular books on drawing.