A Personal Journey Through Sketching: The Sketcher's Art

With the explosive growth of personal computers and software drawing programs, young artists today are hard-pressed to appreciate the necessity of hand-drawn images. But digitally-assisted drawings by different artists not only look alike, they lack the spirit of a creator. A Personal Journey Through Sketching: The Sketcher's Art is a book about sketching, not in the sense of quick, loose and aimless drawing, but rather as an art process that takes place on-site at a single sitting, creating an impression of the view seen, at a non-stop pace.

The author describes the process of sketching as, 'an art-form that is different from drawing and painting: much like the art of writing, except that images are produced rather than text.' The book is written in sketching chapters, chronologically telling the story of the author's journey. It is lavishly detailed with more than fifty hand-drawn, on-site sketches, complimented with photographs and descriptions of the techniques of the author's personal sketching process.

This book's intention is to highlight the artistic energies and the practical wisdom behind the process of the art of sketching, so that you will see the simplicity and magic of complex on-site, hand-drawn sketches. After reading this Personal Journey, you should be more conversant with interestingly complex sketches and know the answer to the question, How was it done?

A CD (including all the sketches in the book and a photo-gallery) accompanies this 1st hardback edition.