Pencil Sketching - Softcover

Wang, Thomas C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471289582 ISBN 13: 9780471289586

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1977

Synopsis

Filled with explicit drawings and hand lettering, this book explains the fundamentals of the medium as simply as possible. Written for the beginning student, easy-to-follow examples are presented in artist/teacher/author, Wang's usual clear and enjoyable way.

About this title

From the Back Cover

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!

About the Author

Thomas Wang, MLA, ASLA, is principal of Wang Associates International, an international consulting firm specializing in landscape architecture, and planning and urban design. He has also taught at the University of Michigan and Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0471289582
• ISBN 13: 9780471289586
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96