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Description of  How to Draw with Pencil: Drawing for the Absolute Beginner : A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing

Do you remember when you got out your crayons and drew pictures as a child? Now maybe you are proudly displaying your children’s artwork on the refrigerator door. You love their pictures because you can see their unique expression in the art, even if it looks more like a Picasso than a Rembrandt. You were just as proud of your own artwork at one time but somewhere along the road of life, you began to doubt your artistic abilities. Our belief is that everyone is an artist, and that includes you! The skills necessary for drawing are not limited just to pencil and paper but can be used in other art forms. When you draw, you are interpreting what you observe from your own perspective. With the principles in this book, you will develop your observational skills, learn the proper tools to use, apply different techniques to your drawing and make use of some of the tricks professionals use every day. You will learn more if you get out your drawing materials and become an active participant rather than if you just passively read through this book. The material is written to be used again and again. By doing the exercises more than once you will be able to witness the improvement of your artwork. We hope you will regain that childlike passion for doing art and learning without critiquing yourself harshly. We won’t make you hang it on the fridge, but we do suggest you save your artwork because it will show your progress and increase your confidence as you go. Contents Pencils Paper and Drawing Board Erasers Additional Drawing Tools CHAPTER _ 1 Sketch and Drawing Holding the Pencil Structural Sketches Value Sketches Black and White Sketches Contour Sketches Combining Approaches CHAPTER _ 2 Principles of Good Drawing Using Basic Shape Gauging Proportion Measuring Angles Working From Reference Materials Understanding Linear Perspective One-Point Perspective Two-Point Perspective Three-Point Perspective Hidden Horizons and Vanishing Points Locating Vanishing Points, Atmospheric Perspective Ellipses Arches and Roofs Reflections CHAPTER _ 3 Value Contrast Creating Values Light Effects Plotting Shadows CHAPTER _ 4 Practice the Techniques Clouds and Grass Leafy Trees Evergreen Trees Brick, Stone and Wood Rocks Plane Train Automobile Boat Cat Face Side View of a Cat Dog Cow Swan Human Figures Faces Chapter 5 Composition arranging the Elements 88 Number of Elements 89 Cropping and Formatting 90 Lines, Tangents and Shape Chapter 6 Let’s Draw Still Life Textured Metal Scene in Perspective Natural Textures Using Contrast Expressive Portrait Telling a Story Through a Drawing Landscape Seascape Composition Glossary Index