Freehand Drawing Self-Taught, with Emphasis on the Techniques of Different Media

x, 135 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Some Preliminary Considerations; Equipment: Working Space; Naturalism vs. Conventionality; From Representation: Object Drawing; Drawing and Testing on Glass; Line: More About Outline Drawing; Value, Color and Texture Representation; Pencil Drawing Fully Described; On Charcoal, Crayon and Chalk; The Art of Wash Manipulation; And Now Comes Pen-and-Ink; Unusual Media: Combined Media; Scratch Board: Ross-Board; Drawing from the Photograph; Cast Drawing: Figure Drawing; On Sketching Out-of-Doors; Trees and Other Landscape Features; A Word on Interiors and Furniture; The Graphite Pencil, Fine Line; The Graphite Pencil, Medium Line; The Graphite Pencil, Broad Line; The Graphite Pencil, Solid Tone; Lithographic and Carbon Pencils; Miscellaneous Crayon Examples; Comparative Charcoal Treatments; Representative Drawings in Wash; Pen and Ink: The Fountain Pen; Combined Media: Unusual Methods; Some Typical Outdoor Sketches; Landscape Studies: Tree Drawings; A Contrast of Interior Handlings; Animal Sketches in Several Media; Figure Drawings: Life Drawings; Index.