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by Borough Johnson
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ISBN: 0486469255 Dover Publications Price: $14.95 |
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Advice on everything from the correct method of holding the pencil and making an outline to developing individuality awaits within this essential guide. Artists at every level of experience will appreciate its wealth of information on shading, outdoor sketching, and figure drawing. Numerous drawings illuminate the text.
Reprint of the Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1930 edition.
Table of Contents for The Technique of Pencil Drawing
| Foreword, by Frank Brangwyn, R.A. | |||||||
| A Note on Pencil Drawing. By Selwyn Image | |||||||
| Introduction | |||||||
| 1. The correct method of holding the pencil, the way to cut it, and the suitability of papers | |||||||
| 2. The commencement of a drawing and the value of a rapid and essential outline | |||||||
| 3. Individuality or mode of expression | |||||||
| 4. Shading | |||||||
| 5. Outdoor sketching | |||||||
| 6. Figure drawing from the nude: the importance of quick poses | |||||||
| 7. Observations on the proportions of the male human figure |