Written and beautifully illustrated, this is the perfect guide to pencil and ink drawing. It explores materials and tools, different ways of handling strokes and lines, techniques for establishing and conveying tones and shadows, and technical tips. Other useful features include 28 step-by-step demonstrations, numerous exercises, and 474 black-and-white and 73 color illustrations.
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All that you need in the pencil and ink technique,
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This review is from: Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques (Dover Art Instruction) (Paperback)
I had saw some demonstrations by H. Borgman in the excelent "Draw it! Paint it!" fascicle some years ago and became fascinated by the author tecnique.
Now with that Dover edition of "Pen and pencil drawing techniques" I found the complete basis of the Borgman Tecniques! The book is divided in two parts: 1)"Pencil Drawing" - Telling you anything about pencil types and brands,stroke techniques, tonal lessons,colored pencils and many experimental techniques. 2)"Ink techniques" Is too, rich in exemples of types of pen and brushes, kinds of ink, stroke techniques, pen and brush combination, types of papers, colored ink, and many experimental demonstrations. Soo you have two books in one, covering all that you want to know about that two basic and exciting techniques- pencil and ink. Buy that book and you will have a great companion to help you improve your drawings from sketches to finished work!!
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Accessible and inspirational,
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This review is from: Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques (Dover Art Instruction) (Paperback)
Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques has two parts, one dedicated to pencil and the other to pen. The pencils covered are the usual pencils with a small section on coloured pencils. The pens covered are the crow quill and the technical pen. There are many step by step examples which are easy to follow along. The instructions are concise and well explained. There are the usual lessons on hatching but they are short. The book's method of teaching is by getting to the drawing demonstrations quickly, getting you to practice the techniques learned instantly. A good variety of tips and techniques are discussed, and that encourages experimentation. It's a book one I go back to often to explore new drawing methods, or just to look at the many beautiful sketches. It's great for beginners and intermediate artists. It's very accessible and inspirational. (There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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Full of Tips on How to Draw Poorly,
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This review is from: Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques (Dover Art Instruction) (Paperback)
This book is substantive and comprehensive. Many techniques and exercises for building up skill are laid out and integrated into useful units that can be worked on in series or independently. However, the art style of Borgman is more like 1960's/1970's pamphlet and encyclopedia art. The pen work is loose and imprecise and the pencil work is quite sloppy.
I ordered this book because I wanted to learn to be a technical and precise illustrator, but the sloppiness and outdated art style contained in this book do not help me much. I will have to send it back.
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