Contents

Introduction

Pencils

Keeping Your Pencil Sharp

How to Sharpen a Pencil With a Craft Knife

Paper and Drawing Board

Erasers

Additional Drawing Tools

Sketching & Drawing

Holding the Pencil

Structural Sketches

Structural Sketch of a Coffee Cup: Mini Demonstration

Value Sketches

Value Sketch of a Coffee Cup: Mini Demonstration

Black-and-White Sketches

Chiaroscuro Coffee Cup: Mini Demonstration

Contour Sketches

Contour Sketch of a Coffee Cup: Mini Demonstration

Combining Approaches

Good Principles of Drawing

Using Basic Shapes: Mini Demonstration

Gauging Proportions

Measuring Angles

Working From Reference Materials

Understanding Linear Perspective

One-Point Perspective

Two-Point Perspective

Three-Point Perspective

Locating Vanishing Points

Atmospheric Perspective

Ellipses: Demonstration

Ellipses in Use

Arches and Roofs: Mini Demonstration

Reflections

Glossary

About the Authors

Ideas. Instruction. Inspiration.

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