Pen pictures and how to draw them Pen pictures and how to draw them A practical handbook on the various methods of illustrating in black and white for process engraving, with numerous designs, diagrams, and sketches From introduction: It is usua…
Drawing made easy - helpful book for young artists the way to begin and finish your sketches, clearly shown step by step (with Illustrations) It is nice to teach your child drawing or teach yourself. The book is a simple step-by-step drawing tutoria…
Figure drawing for all it's worth by Andrew Loomis further book on the subject of figure drawing has been apparent to me. I have waited for such a hook to appear which could be recommended to the many young artists with whom I have come in cont…
Cusack's freehand ornament by Charles Armstrong with Illustrations Cusack's freehand ornament A textbook with chapters on elements, principles, and methods of freehand drawing, for the general use of teachers and students. Twenty years ago i…
A history of water-colour painting in England From Introduction: Water-colour painting has often been claimed as the most truly English of our national attainments in the fine arts, and few who have carefully examined the continental galleries will…
Notes on the science of picture-making On looking over these old lectures I notice many details which I should now be inclined to alter or to express differently. During the last decade the resources of painting, like those of politics, have been t…
Architectural drawing - Illustrated Architectural drawing An exhaustive treatment of the subject of Architectural Drawing presents so many ramifications that, to cover them fully, several volumes of text and many expensive plates are required. Almo…
A history of Japanese colour prints A history of Japanese colour prints The first comprehensive survey of Japanese Wood -Engraving, Anderson's monograph in the Portfolio, appeared in 1895. The first attempt to write a history of this art was Str…
Sketching and rendering in pencil From introduction; Any readers of pencil points have suggested to us the need for n group of books dealing in a thoroughly practical and helpful way with subjects of interest to architects, draftsmen and students a …
Guide for drawing the acanthus and every description of ornamental foliage From Introduction The word sculpture, derived from the Latin word, to carve, is applicable to all work cut out in a solid material in imitation of natural objects. Thus carv…
Drawing & engraving My own belief in the closeness of the connection between technic and mind in the fine arts is so absolute that I do not see how it is possible to separate them if an artist is to express his ideas completely. He may express a…
Drawing for Beginners Drawing for Beginners From the Introduction Have you heard the reply given by a small boy to a query, " How do you draw? I think," he said, " and then I draw around my think." It is an excellent answer to a…
Fun With a Pencil by Andrew Loomis: How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw Introduction: Get a pencil and paper quickly! Draw lightly all you see printed in blue. Take one stage at a time, on one drawing, until the last stage; then finish, with stro…
