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Portfolio: Beginning Pen & Ink: Tips and techniques for learning to draw in pen and ink
Beginning Pen & Ink will teach you everything you need to know about the fundamentals of drawing with pen and ink.
From the beloved and best-selling Portfolio art series by Walter Foster Publishing comes Beginning Pen & Ink, a book that invites you to explore this classic art medium in new and refreshing ways. This comprehensive guide is packed with valuable resources for artists of all skill levels, starting with the basics and ending with intricate, original step-by-step projects that are sure to impress--and inspire.
Beginning Pen & Ink introduces drawing basics, including stippling, hatching, and crosshatching; how to master the fundamentals of mark-making and line work; and helpful exercises for contour drawing, gesture drawing, perspective, and more. Chapters on value, tone, mood, light and shadow, and texture follow, ensuring that artists gain the drawing knowledge they need before working on the step-by-step projects featured in the book. Artists can even learn to add color to their black-and-white art using watercolor for a fresh, modern take on an age-old art form.
Whether you're a new artist looking to try a celebrated art technique, a pen-and-ink enthusiast, a mixed-media master, or a graphite-pencil fan looking to branch out to new mediums, Beginning Pen & Ink will teach you everything you need to know.
The Portfolio series covers essential art techniques, core concepts, and media with an approach and format that's perfect for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate artists.
Also available from the Beginning Acrylic, Beginning Drawing, Beginning Watercolor, Beginning Pastel, Beginning Colored Pencil, Beginning Color Mixing, Expressive Painting, Beginning Color Mixing, and Beginning Composition.
From the beloved and best-selling Portfolio art series by Walter Foster Publishing comes Beginning Pen & Ink, a book that invites you to explore this classic art medium in new and refreshing ways. This comprehensive guide is packed with valuable resources for artists of all skill levels, starting with the basics and ending with intricate, original step-by-step projects that are sure to impress--and inspire.
Beginning Pen & Ink introduces drawing basics, including stippling, hatching, and crosshatching; how to master the fundamentals of mark-making and line work; and helpful exercises for contour drawing, gesture drawing, perspective, and more. Chapters on value, tone, mood, light and shadow, and texture follow, ensuring that artists gain the drawing knowledge they need before working on the step-by-step projects featured in the book. Artists can even learn to add color to their black-and-white art using watercolor for a fresh, modern take on an age-old art form.
Whether you're a new artist looking to try a celebrated art technique, a pen-and-ink enthusiast, a mixed-media master, or a graphite-pencil fan looking to branch out to new mediums, Beginning Pen & Ink will teach you everything you need to know.
The Portfolio series covers essential art techniques, core concepts, and media with an approach and format that's perfect for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate artists.
Also available from the Beginning Acrylic, Beginning Drawing, Beginning Watercolor, Beginning Pastel, Beginning Colored Pencil, Beginning Color Mixing, Expressive Painting, Beginning Color Mixing, and Beginning Composition.
128 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 5, 2019
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October 1, 2019
Excellent instruction for pen sketching
This is the best of about a dozen art instruction books I have read, at least concerning pen and ink sketching. The sections on acheiving tone and texture using hatching had step by step instructions and exercises. After performing the exercises, I at last feel confident I will be able to use hatching effectively with more practice.
The section on composition also expanded on my understanding in comparison to other books. She explained and illustrated framing, balance, and focal point thoroughly. There were also exercises for adding color, and unexpected light to a composition, with step by step instruction but less detailed explanation. I highly recomment this book to beginning sketchers like me.
This is the best of about a dozen art instruction books I have read, at least concerning pen and ink sketching. The sections on acheiving tone and texture using hatching had step by step instructions and exercises. After performing the exercises, I at last feel confident I will be able to use hatching effectively with more practice.
The section on composition also expanded on my understanding in comparison to other books. She explained and illustrated framing, balance, and focal point thoroughly. There were also exercises for adding color, and unexpected light to a composition, with step by step instruction but less detailed explanation. I highly recomment this book to beginning sketchers like me.
January 22, 2025
Easy to follow & covers the basics pretty well! (:
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