The Art of Pencil Drawing

From dust jacket notes: "...The famed author-artist takes a profound look at his favorite medium, offering his experience and his personal insights on the materials and tools of pencil drawing. Here are Ernest Watson's own approaches to creative observation of nature: pictorial composition; problems of scale; planning the picture; focusing and controlling the viewer's attention; selection and simplification; pattern and design; values; shadows; textures; sketching in town and city; drawing architecture; sketching landscapes; drawing trees; drawing from memory and imagination. Each chapter is richly illustrated with handsome drawings of landscapes, architecture, townscapes, interiors, and still life objects - all from the author's personal sketchbooks - with illuminating commentary on how each subject was drawn. The author analyzes both the expressive and technical problems he faced in each drawing, and explains his solutions - solutions which the reader will find invaluable in his own work." Hardcover, 160 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, 113 black and white illustrations.