Landscape Drawing in Pencil

by Frank M. Rines

Book Overview

Concise and beautifully illustrated, this guide provides invaluable instruction on the art of pencil drawing. 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. Its thirty-six evocative sketches range from English castles to American bridges, with a few detailed close-ups showing how to surmount some of the problems of depicting rocks, roofs, standing water, or leafy tree branches. The accompanying text describes how artists at every level of experience can develop their own pencil technique by employing fundamental rules.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486450023
• ISBN13: 9780486450025
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.8" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

Landscape drawing in Pencil shows landscapes that Mr. Rines has drawn.

Mr. Rines is a very talented artist. He isn't an especially good teacher. The first 11 pages are absolutely the most general teaching instructions you could get. The rest of the book shows excellent examples of landscapes that Mr. Rines has drawn on the left hand side. On the right side, Mr. Rines discusses the areas that were tricky to draw. I can't say that I learned a tremendous amount from this book