Klappentext Concise and beautifully illustrated, this guide provides invaluable instruction on the art of pencil drawing. It covers the basics of holding the pencil, applying different strokes, shading, perspective, and the rendering of different materials, as well as the finer points of pictorial composition and drawing from nature. 36 evocative sketches. Inhaltsverzeichnis Frontispiece; Clovelly, DevonExamples of Pencil StrokesDiagram Showing How to Sharpen the PencilDiagram Showing How to Make StrokesRudimentary Sketches Representing Different Materials--How to Achieve ContrastSketch of Belfry--ContrastSketch of Old Fence Post--Avoiding MonotonyTreatment of a Clump of GrassBoat Showing Direction of Strokes Giving Feeling of WaterLeafy Branch--and Rendering FoliageBare Trees--Partially Filled-in FoliageTree Trunk--and TreatmentPerforated Cardboard ExperimentsDiagram of Tree--Balance and SymmetryBath Place, OxfordOn the Cherwell, OxfordLane in WoodstockCovered Bridge, VermontOver the RiverFisher Row and Oxford CastleBridge at GodstowRuins of an Old NunneryThe Old and the NewOld Mill in Londonderry, VermontThatched Cottage, GarsingtonWest River, VermontGrange Gate, MiltonThe WillowsOld Chase HomesteadOliver Cromwell's MillA Chiddingstone CottageCottage at Clifton, HampdenHalf Timbered Houses in KentMagdalen Tower, OxfordMagdalen Tower from the MeadowThe Fish Wharves, Rockport

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Frontispiece; Clovelly, Devon Examples of Pencil Strokes Diagram Showing How to Sharpen the Pencil Diagram Showing How to Make Strokes Rudimentary Sketches Representing Different Materials--How to Achieve Contrast Sketch of Belfry--Contrast Sketch of Old Fence Post--Avoiding Monotony Treatment of a Clump of Grass Boat Showing Direction of Strokes Giving Feeling of Water Leafy Branch--and Rendering Foliage Bare Trees--Partially Filled-in Foliage Tree Trunk--and Treatment Perforated Cardboard Experiments Diagram of Tree--Balance and Symmetry Bath Place, Oxford On the Cherwell, Oxford Lane in Woodstock Covered Bridge, Vermont Over the River Fisher Row and Oxford Castle Bridge at Godstow Ruins of an Old Nunnery The Old and the New Old Mill in Londonderry, Vermont Thatched Cottage, Garsington West River, Vermont Grange Gate, Milton The Willows Old Chase Homestead Oliver Cromwell's Mill A Chiddingstone Cottage Cottage at Clifton, Hampden Half Timbered Houses in Kent Magdalen Tower, Oxford Magdalen Tower from the Meadow The Fish Wharves, Rockport