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 is sure to be the guide of choice for the next several generations of professionals and students. 128 pages.