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Title: Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur L. Guptill, Susan E. Meyer ISBN: 0-8230-4529-3 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant book for any illustrator!
Comment: This book, published in 1930, was once out of print for a span, but has become a mainstay of illustration books since reprinted in the 1970's. While the average modern illustrator/comic artist would pick it up and think, 'Ew. Old Stuff', it provides all the necessities on how to arrange, light, crop, render and delineate objects.
When I picked it up in art school I used it a bit, read it a bit and then forgot it because I went into an art form that didn't use illustrative technique as specifically shown in this book. Now, getting back into ink drawing, I have rediscovered this book and realize it is probably the best illustration book on the market. Purely brilliant in an age where most books on art are very sloppy, watered dowqn or mis-informed.
Rating: 5
Summary: No other book is necessary
Comment: If you have a desire to learn to draw with pen and ink this is the first book you should buy. It is thorough and informative. It goes into great detail about different techniques used to obtain certain effects (or textures). I refer to this book time and time again, and although my main media is not pen and ink, I cannot help but to be inspired by his lessons.
This is a fun medium and an inexpensive one. If you are truly interested in learning the ins and outs of pen and ink drawing and can only afford one book, this is the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Required Reading
Comment: This book is required reading for all pen and ink artists and wannabees. This book led me on the path to making a successful go at drawing house portraits. Pretty good money also. Buy it today along with plenty of ink.
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