Wildlife Sketching Pen, Pencil, Crayon and Charcoal

by Lohan, Frank J.

• ISBN13: 9780486474571
• ISBN10: 0486474577
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-18
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

For every artist who longs to capture the beauty of nature on paper, here is clear, concise instruction on creating true-to-life drawings. Stressing that an artist's perception is of utmost importance, Lohan provides 600 illustrations of birds, flowers, trees, animals, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as step-by-step guidance on pencil and pen techniques, tips on perspective, and more.

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

1. Tools and Materials

Pencil Drawing

Pen Drawing

Paper

2. Drawing Techniques

Basic Guidelines

Pencil Techniques

Pen Techniques

Loose Drawings Versus Tight

Using a Grid to Enlarge, Reduce, or Copy

Transferring a Composition Drawing

3. Perspective Drawing

One-Point Perspective

Foreshortening

Two-Point Perspective

4. Songbirds

Basic Structure

Composition Drawings

Drawing Different Poses

Drawing Specific Birds

A Wood Thrush Drawn Three Ways

Drawing Flickers

Drawing Wrens

Drawing Robins

Action and Foreground Interest

Feathers

5. Trees

Basic Structure

Drawing Elms

Pen Sketch of a Black Locust

Isolated Trees as Sketch Subjects

Silhouettes of Trees

Leaves and Branches

Tree Trunks and Stumps

Quick Impression Sketches

Drawing Evergreen Trees

The Aerial Perspective Effect: Drawing Distance

Background Trees

Bark

Decorative Tree Parts

6. Animals

Basic Animal Structure

Sketching a Raccoon

Drawing Animals With Similar Shapes

Fur

Drawing Cats

Sketching a Chipmunk

Sketching Deer

Sketching Bears

Drawing Dogs

7. Flowers

The Structure Problem

Sketching an Iris Blossom

Sketching a Trillium

Drawing a Wood Lily

Sketching a Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Many-Petalled Flowers

Drawing a Buttercup

Drawing Goldenrod and Queen Anne's Lace

Tiny, Simplified Plant Sketches

Sketching Dried Flowers

Silhouettes of Flowers and Plants

When to Show Detail and When to Just Suggest It

8. Mushrooms

The Many Shapes of Mushrooms

A Decorative Grouping of Mushrooms

Using Ink Wash over Ink Lines

9. Water Birds

Basic Approach--Structure of Ducks

Sketching Sandpipers

The Ruffed Grouse

Sketching Herons

10. Reptiles and Amphibians

Sketching Snakes

Sketching Frogs

Drawing Turtles and Salamanders

In Summary

Bibliography

Index