Landscape Drawing in Pencil

by Frank M. Rines

Concise and beautifully illustrated, this guide provides invaluable instruction on the art of pencil drawing. It covers the basics of holding the pencil, applying different strokes, shading, perspective, and the rendering of different textures, as well as the finer points of pictorial composition and drawing from nature.
Based on the author's years of experience teaching art students at all levels, this book is ideal for home or class use. Its thirty-six evocative sketches range from English castles to American bridges, with a few detailed close-ups showing how to surmount some of the problems of depicting rocks, roofs, standing water, or leafy tree branches. The accompanying text describes how artists at every level of experience can develop their own pencil technique by employing fundamental rules.

Genres: Art

64 pages, Paperback

First published May 12, 2006

Reviews

[Denise · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice collection of the artist's work and some good tips. Overall, not a very helpful book.

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This short book contains valuable basic information for anyone who enjoys drawing from nature. Good tips on techniques for using pencils for varied effects and also on framing a scene and organizing (or reorganizing) elements to create an aesthetically pleasing drawing. Also covers technical information like how to sharpen pencils to use them to best advantage, and how to erase without making a mess. Who knew you needed three different erasers to get the best result?

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book started off well with practical tips on use of the pencil and eraser.
However, the book soon turned into a gallery of the artist’s work, which are very good, by the way.
I bought the Kindle edition; the illustrations were out of sync with the text and some of them were sideways on, so rather annoyingly you have to keep spinning your device round to in an attempt to view them.

[Chuck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Masterpiece sketches.
As an instructional book, it’s far from comprehensive. Mainly uses his sketches to hammer home composition, atmospheric perspective, and line variety.
I thought it was very interesting that almost all his pencil points are blunt.
Such a simple but revolutionary tip for me.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

a nice little book, not too costly I will try a few of the techniques.

[grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

Excellent. Learned a lot of new tricks. The drawings are well done. He explains his stategy step by step. Leaves lots of white space which is effective.