Main entry:

Guptill, Arthur L. (Arthur Leighton), 1891-1956.

Title & Author:

Sketching and rendering in pencil, by Arthur L. Guptill ... with a preface by Howard Greenley ...

Publication:

New York, The Pencil Points Press, Inc., 1922.

Description:

2 preliminary leaves, vii-xii, 186 pages illustrations, plates 31 cm.

Series:

The Pencil point library

Notes:
Part 1 : The Essential Equipment -- Object Drawing in Outline -- Object Drawing in Light and Shade -- Freehand Perspective -- VI Cast Drawing -- VII Life Drawing -- Sketching Animals -- Composition and Drawing from Photographs -- Graded Tones -- The Representation of Small Buildings -- The Representation of Details -- Interiors and Furniture -- Outdoor Sketching -- Accessories -- XII Decorative Treatment -- More Part II -- Starting the Work -- Individual Style -- Methods and Lighting -- XIII Large Buildings -- Conclusion -- Copyright
Also issued online.

Summary:

This classic guide offers clear, concise instruction in the basics as well as the finer points of pencil drawing. Appropriate for beginning and intermediate students, it features sixty-six well-chosen illustrations that encompass a wide range of subjects — mainly architectural, but also people, animals, and landscapes — and demonstrate a tremendous variety of techniques.An architect, painter, art director, and teacher, Arthur L. Guptill wrote several popular books on drawing. He begins this two-part treatment, aimed at architects, artists, and students, with discussions of drawing objects in outline and in light and shade, the principles of freehand perspective, methods of cast and life drawing, and sketching animals. The second part examines the choice of subjects and drawing in outline and in flat and graded tones. The important subject of composition receives considerable attention, with particular focus on unity and balance. Additional topics include working from photographs and from nature, the representation of buildings — including exteriors, interiors, and street scenes—and portraying details and accessories, from furniture, draperies, doors, and windows to clouds, water, and trees.

Subject:

Pencil drawing.
Drawing Study and teaching.
Architectural drawing.
Dessin au crayon.
Dessin Étude et enseignement.
Dessin d'architecture.
architectural drawing (process)

Added entries:

Greenley, Howard, 1874-1963
Pencil point library.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 102586
Call No.: PO11808; ID:86-B20433
Status: Available