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    Rendering in Pen and Ink - Instruction Paper
    Rendering in Pen and Ink - Instruction Paper
    Rendering in Pen and Ink - Instruction Paper
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    Rendering in Pen and Ink - Instruction Paper

    By David A. Gregg

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    Presented in this volume is an accessible and comprehensive guide to pen and ink drawing, with step-by-step instructions, handy tips, information on common problems, and much more. Pen and ink drawing is a tricky skill to master, but with this volume the aspiring artist will have all the information they need to get on the right track. Contents include: "Kind of Drawing", "Materials", "Pens", "Paper", "Line Work", "Quality of Line", "Method", "Vertical Lines", "Free Lines", "Light and Shade", "Lighting", "Colour of Material", "Shadows Only", "Principality o Accent", "Pencil Work", and "Summary". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on drawing and illustration.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhite Press
    Release dateSep 21, 2017
    ISBN9781473341616
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      Rendering in Pen and Ink - Instruction Paper - David A. Gregg

      RENDERING

      IN PEN AND INK

      INSTRUCTION PAPER

      PREPARED BY

      DAVID A. GREGG,

      TEACHER AND LECTURER IN PEN AND INK RENDERING

      MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Drawing and Illustration

      Drawing is a form of visual art that can make use of any number of drawing instruments, including graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax colour pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels and various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, metals (such as silverpoint) and even electronic drawing. As a medium, it has been one of the most popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history – as one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas.

      Drawing itself long predates other forms of human communication, with evidence for its existence preceding that of the written word – demonstrated in cave paintings of around 40,000 years ago. These drawings, known as pictograms, depicted objects and abstract concepts including animals, human hands and generalised patterns. Over time, these sketches and paintings were stylised and simplified, leading to the development of the written language as we know it today. This form of drawing can truly be considered art in its purest sense – the basic forms on which all others build.

      Whilst the term 'to draw' derives from the Old English dragan (meaning 'to drag, draw or protract’), the word 'illustrate' derives from the Latin word illustratio,

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