Pen & Ink Sketching Step by Step

by Lohan, Frank J.

• ISBN13: 9780486483597
• ISBN10: 0486483592
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-14
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This clear and concise guide to pen-and-ink work presents 37 step-by-step illustrations that progress from pencil sketch to ink outline to shadows and details to completed work. Written in a direct, engaging style and richly illustrated, its drawings range from easy to difficult and offer guidance for artists at every level.

Author Biography

A Detroit-based industrial electronics engineer, Frank Lohan turned his lifelong interest in sketching and painting into a career in teaching adult classes in art.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: The Fundamentals of Pen and Ink

How to Use This Book

Materials and Basic Techniques

 

Part II: The Basic Sketches

Demonstration 1. The Barn Door

Demonstration 2. Rough Stone

Demonstration 3. Chateau

Demonstration 4. Brick Walls

Demonstration 5. The Old House

Demonstration 6. Wagon Wheel

 

Part III: Additional Sketches

Demonstration 7. Stone Barn

Demonstration 8. Barn on the Hill

Demonstration 9. Change of Seasons--Winter

Demonstration 10. Change of Seasons--Summer

Demonstration 11. Barn with Threshing Bay

Demonstration 12. Barn with Silo

Demonstration 13. Screech Owl

Demonstration 14. Raccoon

Demonstration 15. Mountain Lion

Demonstration 16. Whitetail

Demonstration 17. Coyote

Demonstration 18. Dandelion

Demonstration 19. Seven Studies of Bamboo

Demonstration 20. Florida Pine

Demonstration 21. Mallard

Demonstration 22. Deer

Demonstration 23. Ground Squirrel

Demonstration 24. Gray Squirrel

Demonstration 25. Doe

Demonstration 26. Fox and Stippling Exercises

Demonstration 27. Fossils

Demonstration 28. American Toad

Demonstration 29. Kyoto Lantern

Demonstration 30. Three Stone Lanterns

Demonstration 31. Birds

Demonstration 32. Flying Mallard

Demonstration 33. Flying Pintail Duck

Demonstration 34. Killdeer

Demonstration 35. Full Sails

Demonstration 36. Rowboat

Demonstration 37. The Old Work Boat

 

A Final Word

Bibliography

Index