A facility with pencil drawings is a valuable asset for painters in oil and watercolors — and a high-quality pencil sketch ranks as the artistic equal of even the best paintings. This guide offers beginners step-by-step demonstrations of how to depict clouds, trees, buildings, and other outdoor sights. Reprint of the Pitman Publishing Corporation, New York, 1954 edition.
Drawing and Sketching in Pencil by Arthur L. Guptill Introductory guide offers clear, concise instruction on composition, outline, proportion, perspective, light and shade, more. Its 66 illustrations encompass numerous subjects — mainly architectural, but also people, animals, and landscapes — and a variety of techniques.
Freehand Perspective and Sketching by Dora Miriam Norton The essential guide to rendering perspective, this classic manual uses a series of illustrated exercises and explanations to help artists and students master one of art's greatest challenges. More than 260 figures.
