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| Pencil Sketching, 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas C. Wang
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 60073
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0471399191
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.24
EAN: 9780471399193
ASIN: 0471399191
Publication Date: August 8, 2001
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Product Description
The bestselling classic updated and revised for a new generation
Portable, inexpensive, extremely versatile, and deceptively simple in design, the pencil, in the trained hand, gives rise to a veritably limitless array of strokes, contours, tones, and textures. For a quarter century, artists, architects, designers, and dabblers in the graphic arts have turned to Thomas Wang's bestselling classic (100,000 copies sold) for their basic training in the art and science of pencil sketching. That's because no other book covers so thoroughly, or with such clarity, economy, and grace the full spectrum of rudimentary and advanced pencil sketching techniques, from the basics of how to hold a pencil to the elements of composition, texture, line weight, and shading. Featuring nearly all new illustrations, and a valuable new chapter on sketching from memory. Pencil Sketching, Second Edition is sure to be the guide of choice for the next several generations of professionals and students.
Thomas Wang, MLA, ASLA (Lincoln, MA), is principal of Wang Associates International, a consulting firm specializing in landscape architecture and urban planning and design. He has taught at the University of Michigan and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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Great for beginners or those returning to sketching February 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was recommended this book by an instructor and I was not disappointed. It focuses on physical sketching technique (great for beginners/people returning to sketching) and a casual but effective style that is perfect for quick landscape/plant sketches. Not intimidating at all!
 Simple but Effective July 15, 2003
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
A great book.So many art books give long-winded descriptions of what to do, and even how to do it, yet they fail to capture the essence of what makes a drawing good. Wang concentrates on simple elements and rules of thumb, providing a wealth of wisdom in a few words and pictures. If you're looking for long descriptions of techniques, this is not the book for you. The author quickly notes the salient points and demonstrates with sketches. This book has beautiful drawings and covers a variety of techniques: how to hold a pencil, line, composition, values and shading, etc. The author also leads you through how to make specific elements: landforms, trees, water, and more.
 scratching a bit on the surface March 30, 2003
9 out of 20 found this review helpful
39 of the 111 pages consist of full page printed sketches, wich are beautiful. But the text, which is very rare in this book, is sometimes missing, and throughout this book very superficially. Thomas C. Wang describes one (1) pencil technique, which he is using for his sketchings, other methodes are not discussed or even mentioned. I could not recommend this book to anyone, perhaps for very beginning artist, whom are uncertainly in leading a pencil, but even then there are better books.
Beautiful Book That Inspires March 5, 2002
36 out of 39 found this review helpful
I remember the first edition of this book from a few years ago. But this new edition is beautiful in and of itself - I flip through it often. But the real bonus was that it inspired me to sketch again - a skill that I haven't used frequently in the past ten or fifteen years. This one's a keeper because it showed me *how* to do it and then showed examples of how it was done by the expert. I've rediscovered my love of sketching.
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