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Drawing and sketching in pencil / Arthur L. Guptill ; with a preface by Howard Greenley.

By: Guptill, Arthur L. (Arthur Leighton), 1891-1956.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2007Edition: Dover ed.Description: xii, 186 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780486460482 ; 0486460487 .Uniform titles: Sketching and rendering in pencil Subject(s): Pencil drawing -- Technique | Architectural rendering -- TechniqueDDC classification: 741.24
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This classic guide offers clear, concise instruction in the basics as well as the finer points of pencil drawing. Appropriate for beginning and intermediate students, it features sixty-six well-chosen illustrations that encompass a wide range of subjects -- mainly architectural, but also people, animals, and landscapes -- and demonstrate a tremendous variety of techniques.
An architect, painter, art director, and teacher, Arthur L. Guptill wrote several popular books on drawing. He begins this two-part treatment, aimed at architects, artists, and students, with discussions of drawing objects in outline and in light and shade, the principles of freehand perspective, methods of cast and life drawing, and sketching animals. The second part examines the choice of subjects and drawing in outline and in flat and graded tones. The important subject of composition receives considerable attention, with particular focus on unity and balance. Additional topics include working from photographs and from nature, the representation of buildings -- including exteriors, interiors, and street scenes -- and portraying details and accessories, from furniture, draperies, doors, and windows to clouds, water, and trees.

Originally published: Sketching and rendering in pencil. New York : Pencil Points Press, 1922.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I
  • First Considerations
  • The Essential Equipment
  • Object Drawing in Outline
  • Object Drawing in Light and Shade
  • Free-hand Perspective
  • Cast Drawing
  • Life Drawing
  • Sketching Animals
  • Part II
  • Architectural Considerations
  • Starting the Work
  • Individual Style
  • Methods and Lighting
  • Composition and Drawing from Photographs
  • Graded Tones
  • The Representation of Small Business
  • The Representation of Details
  • Interiors and Furniture
  • Outdoor Sketching
  • Accessories
  • Decorative Treatment
  • Large Buildings
  • Conclusion

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Co-founder of Watson-Guptill Publications and co-editor of American Artist magazine, Arthur L. Guptill was an architect, painter, art director, and author of several popular books on drawing.