Landscape Drawing in Pencil (Dover Art Instruction)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00A3IL1UW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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5/0 said Can't recommend. Landscape Drawing in Pencil Frank M Rimes I didn't find this book very helpful. I appreciate this author's approach via presenting a picture and then discussing qualities, problems, solutions etc. But in the sketchy (no pun intended) way he does it here, it is more like a lesson in drawing his specific picture(s). I don't consider myself a REAL artist so maybe the fault is mostly mine. But I still cannot recommend this book to anyone.. Book shows that different can be a great thing! It's good if you want reference images with barely any words written about the picture. Most pictures contain only slight words on shading being darker there or lighter here, but not much else. No instruction on how to recreate any of the beautiful sketches for ourselves. It's great for reference, like I said, but it just wasn't what I was expecting-But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. I read through it and I realized that step-by-step books can only teach so much. Bu. Excellent Examples of "Broad Stroke" Drawing This is not a book for beginners. As the author states in the introduction, it is aimed at students who have had some training and experience drawing and have some knowledge of freehand perspective. It is meant “to arouse an interest in the art of pencil technique, especially as it pertains to out of door subjects.” The book was originally published in 1929. The technique referred to is the now all-but-forgotten technique of broad stroke drawing or pencil pain
The accompanying text describes how artists at every level of experience can develop their own pencil technique by employing fundamental rules.. It covers the basics of holding the pencil, applying different strokes, shading, perspective, and the rendering of different textures, as well as the finer points of pictorial composition and drawing from nature.Based on the author's years of experience teaching art students at all levels, this book is ideal for home or class use. Concise and beautifully illustrated, this guide provides invaluable instruction on the art of pencil drawing. Its thirty-six evocative sketches range from