Arthur L. Guptill's classic Rendering in Pen and Ink has long been regarded as the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject of ink drawing. This is a book designed to delight and instructs anyone who draws with pen and ink, from the professional artist to the amateur and hobbyist, and is profusely illustrated with over 300 drawing that include the work of famous illustrators and renderers of architectural subjects.
Contents include: a review of materials and tools of rendering, handling the pen and building tones, value studies, kinds of outline and their uses, drawing objects in light and shade, handling groups of objects, basic principles of composition, using photographs, the study of the work of well-known artists, on-the-spot sketching, representing trees and other landscape features, drawing architectural details, methods of architectural rendering, solving perspective and other rending problems, handling interiors and their accessories, and finally, special methods of working with pen including its use in combination with other media.