Contents

Title Page

Special Offers

Dedication

Introduction

Pencils

Paper and Drawing Board

Erasers

Additional Drawing Tools

Chapter 1
Sketching 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 Shapes

Gauging Proportions

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
Values

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

Number of Elements

Cropping and Formatting

Lines, Tangents and Shapes

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 Composition

Seascape Composition

Glossary

Metric Conversion Chart

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Copyright

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