Pencil Drawing
Pencil Drawing

Author: Michael Butkus

Publisher: Walter Foster

Published: 2011-08

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1600582567

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This complete kit makes it easy to start exploring the exciting art form of pencil drawing because it comes with everything a beginning artist needs—from a set of high-quality materials to comprehensive instructions. The project book covers the basics, such as handling the pencil and applying shading, before delving into simple step-by-step lessons that give would-be artists a chance to apply their newfound knowledge. And every lesson can be accomplished with the array of drawing materials provided. The hardcover case includes a 40-page paperback book with corresponding Spanish instruction, 6 drawing pencils (B, F, H, HB, 2B, 2H), a flat sketching pencil, a charcoal pencil, a sharpener, kneaded and rubber erasers, an artist’s triangle, 2 tortillons, a sandpaper block, and drawing paper and pad. Warning! This product is intended for use by ages 13 and older and is not intended for use by children.

A Better Approach to Pencil Drawing
A Better Approach to Pencil Drawing

Author: Frank M. Rines

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2017-06-21

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0486815919

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This guide offers an outstanding overview of the finer points of pencil work, both for sketching and detailed finished drawings. Author Frank M. Rines discusses approaches to graphite work and techniques for still life and landscape drawing. He emphasizes the importance of good design and composition as well as accuracy, showing how to develop an outlined drawing by adding lights and shadows together with the suggestion of color and texture. Suitable for artists and art students of intermediate and advanced skills, this single-volume edition combines two instructional manuals by Rines, Pencil Drawing and Pencil Sketches. Plentiful illustrations include full-page images as well as smaller images and progressive examples that demonstrate the use of perspective, the contrast of light and shade, and other elements of technique. Subjects include rustic scenes and rural landscapes, with many valuable tips for drawing trees, flowers, doorways, and buildings

Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits Step by Step
Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits Step by Step

Author: Justin Maas

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-07-16

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1440354618

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"As long as humans have been alive, we have drawn." ~Justin Maas Drawing is the most essential of all visual arts. Everyone, from sculptors to painters, draws in one form or another. It is also the simplest and most affordable form of artistic expression. All you need is a pencil and paper to make something magical. But to create a successful portrait, one must understand how to capture a person’s likeness--their spirit--and portray it in graphite. In Drawing Realistic Pencil Portraits, artist and teacher Justin Maas provides a step-by-step guide for both novice and experience portraitists looking to enhance their skillsets. His tried-and-true techniques for mastering the basics and accurately rendering proportion, placement and nuance when drawing the head and face will help you add energy and life to your drawings and create recognizable and moving portraits. In this book: • Lessons in drawing basics, including value, line, shadow, light and anatomy • How to work from both reference photographs and live models, plus tips for selecting your subjects • Step-by-step demos to create crucial features, such as eyes, ears, and hair • Methods for building successful portraits, including the grid method, the tracing method and the author's own Maas method • 15 detailed step-by-step portrait-drawing demos with subjects of different ages, genders and ethnicities • A gallery of additional portrait examples in both black-and-white and full color

Pencil Sketching
Pencil Sketching

Author: Thomas C. Wang

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-03-14

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0471218057

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The complete, classic guide to the art of pencil sketching Portable. Erasable. Inexpensive. No other single drawing tool is as versatile as the pencil. Through the centuries, generations of artists have used it to work out ideas, study form, and develop fundamental skills that are crucial to an artist’s training. Pencil Sketching has taught thousands of beginners the basic principles and techniques of pencil sketching. Carefully revised to meet the needs of today’s artists, this edition features easy-to-follow instructions, dozens of new illustrations, and more–everything you need to explore the amazing potential of the pencil and learn to sketch with confidence. Techniques: shading, texture, value, line, strokes . . . Materials: pencils, papers, accessories . . . Skills: observation, recording, composition, sketching from memory . . . Subjects: trees, landforms, water, architecture, cityscapes . . . and more!

Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques
Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques

Author: Harry Borgman

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-07-16

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0486142159

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Compact but comprehensive, this manual contains the best information available on pencil and ink techniques. Written and beautifully illustrated by an acclaimed artist and advertising illustrator, it's the perfect companion for artists seeking a guide to the variety of techniques and media for rendering their ideas on paper. Pencil drawing and ink drawing receive separate treatments; both sections stress materials and tools — including graphite pencils, charcoal and pastel pencils, wax pencils, pens, brushes, marking pens, scratching tools, and more. They also explore different methods of handling strokes and lines, techniques for stabling and conveying tones and shadows, and technical tips. The 28 step-by-step demonstrations — many of them exquisitely illustrated in full color — range from techniques of fine penwork and cross-hatching to drawing with colored inks and colored markers. In addition, a series of multipart exercises will prove extraordinarily useful to the student. The profusion of skillful illustrations throughout the book, over 540 in all, constitute a treasure in themselves, covering a great diversity of subjects — from portraits and still lifes to landscapes and cityscapes worldwide.

Pencil Art For the Beginner - Step By Step Guide to Drawing with Pencil
Pencil Art For the Beginner - Step By Step Guide to Drawing with Pencil

Author: Harriet Kim Anh Rodis

Publisher: Mendon Cottage Books

Published: 2015-06-11

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1310724431

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Getting Started Drawing tools How to grip a pencil properly Warming up Basics Elements of Drawing Lines Shapes Usual Errors Perspectives 2-point perspective Rule of Thirds Start with the basics Define permanent outlines Show/illustrate some texture Rendering Shading Kinds of Shading Hatching Cross-hatching Scumbling Stippling Smudging Casting shadows Lighting Sphere Cone Cube Cylinder Layering Design Fabrics Texture Introduction If you are an artist in search for further knowledge about drawing to enhance your skills then this is not the book for you. This book is for the individuals who want to be an artist but know nothing about drawing yet. I know how it feels when you want to illustrate an idea but you just don’t know how to start. And when you finally grabbed the confidence to mark that paper but then it turned out really terrible that you don’t want to show it to anyone. This instructional manual is for making that ‘two circles’ cat of yours into something more pleasing and distinguishable, for enhancing that sheep which looks like a cloud with a face, for turning your stick figures into cartoons, and more. Learn the very basics of drawing easily by following this step-by-step tutorial and realize that drawing is something that is fun to do, and not something that becomes a cause of frustration.

Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art
Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art

Author: Smith College. Museum of Art

Publisher: Hudson Hills

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781555951832

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This newest volume in Hudson Hills Press's acclaimed series about leading collections of master drawings presents sixty-eight great sheets, all reproduced in full-color, including many versos, from one of the finest college museums in America.

Pencil Drawing - A Beginner's Guide
Pencil Drawing - A Beginner's Guide

Author: Peter Rockwell

Publisher: Editora Bibliomundi

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1526045575

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Anyone can draw but not everyone can make good drawings. Pencil drawing is a skill that needs a good foundation on theories because pencil drawing is a blend of theory and proper execution of these theories.Practice makes drawing perfect but foundation on the theories and techniques in drawing paves the way for better drawings.This ebook mainly targets beginners in pencil drawing and those who wish to enhance their pencil drawing skills through other techniques and insights that one may find here.Anyone may use this ebook to hone his or her drawing skills with the end goal of becoming a better pencil-drawing artist through this small tribute.This ebook, written in non-technical language, seeks to promote better understanding.It covers the basics of pencil drawing, providing for a good foundation for pencil drawing and some practical tips.This ebook contains articles on pencil drawing, and it shows how to draw step-by-step common objects such as people, cars and animals.Since drawing is visual, chapters are short providing for more illustrations and application of drawing theories.The maker of this ebook hopes to inspire individuals to pursue the art of pencil drawing and unleash their artistic mind.