The Technique of Pencil Drawing, with notes on the proportions of the human figure

Language: English

Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1930

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Illustrated with 46 tipped-in plates, plus a gallery of miscellaneous drawing studies. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Spine ends and corners are frayed and exposed, but interior is in very good condition with no marking. A former owner has attached the image from the original dust-jacket, a self-portrait of the author, to the flyleaf. Pages are tanned, with very light foxing. This book is intended to teach pencil drawing as a fundamental skill to precede painting, etching, or other fine-art forms. Topics include the correct method of holding and cutting the pencil, drawing values and outline, individuality or mode of expression, shading, outdoor sketching, figure drawing from the nude, quick poses, observations on proportions of the figure, and more. Hardcover, very good condition. 42 pages, plus 46 plates and 24 gallery pages, quarto.

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Technique of Pencil Drawing, with notes on the proportions of the human figure
Author
Borough Johnson, S.G.A.
Publisher
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London
Publication year
1930
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Item weight
2.6 pounds
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Roundabout Books is a bookstore for book people: an independent, locally-owned bookstore in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Our physical shop is located in the old Diamond-Electric Soap Factory at 85 Pierce Street, just two blocks off Federal Street in Greenfield. We offer an extensive, organized, and thoughtful collection of used and new books at excellent prices. We hope you will find our store welcoming and that our love of books shows through in our work. If you are here in-person, come wander and browse an expansive collection of all genres, including poetry, science, history, literature in translation, and university presses. Enjoy our historic industrial building transformed, and envisioned as accessible and environmentally sustainable for the future. Please stop in or give us a call if you have questions for us!…

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