Sketching birds : pen, pencil, and ink wash techniques / Frank J. Lohan
- Author:
- Lohan, Frank
- Published:
- Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2012.
- Physical Description:
- 135 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.TOOLS AND MATERIALS -- Essential Tools and Materials -- Optional Tools and Materials -- Reference Materials -- Pens -- Pencils -- Erasers -- Brushes and Washes -- Papers -- 2.SKETCHING TECHNIQUES -- Pen-and-ink Drawing -- Ink Wash Techniques -- Achieving the Tonal Range -- Working Drawings -- 3.LONESOME, A BABY ROBIN -- Lesson 1 Tracing and Transferring an Outline -- Lesson 2 Pencil Approach to Lonesome -- Lesson 3 Pen-and-ink Approach to Lonesome -- Lesson 4 Other Pen Approaches -- Lesson 5 Ink Wash Approach to Lonesome -- Lesson 6 Other Considerations -- 4.HUNGRY, A SUBJECT WITH SOME ACTION -- Lesson 7 Pencil Drawing of Hungry -- Lesson 8 Pen-and-ink Drawing of Hungry -- Lesson 9 Ink Wash Drawing of Hungry -- Lesson 10 Other Baby Birds -- 5.TWO HOUSE SPARROWS -- Lesson 11 Pencil Drawing of the Two Sparrows -- Lesson 12 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Two Sparrows -- Lesson 13 Ink Line and Ink Wash Drawing of the Two Sparrows -- Lesson 14 Using the Same Composition to Draw Other Birds -- 6.GREAT BLUE HERON -- Lesson 15 Pencil Drawing of the Great Blue Heron -- Lesson 16 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Great Blue Heron -- Lesson 17 Drawing on Toned Paper with Ink and Gouache -- Lesson 18 Pencil Drawing of the Least Bittern -- Lesson 19 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Green Heron -- 7.FLYING MALLARD -- Lesson 20 Pencil and Gouache Drawing on Toned Linen Paper -- Lesson 21 Ink Stipple Study of the Mallard -- Lesson 22 Ink and Ink Wash Drawing of the Mallard -- Lesson 23 Pencil Study of the Mallard in Level Flight -- Lesson 24 Pencil and Felt-Tip Pen Drawings of the Mallard -- 8.CANADA GOOSE -- Lesson 25 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Swimming Canada Goose -- Lesson 26 Pencil Drawing of the Swimming Canada Goose -- Lesson 27 Ballpoint Pen Drawing of the Swimming Canada Goose -- Lesson 28 Pencil Drawing of the Flying Canada Goose -- Lesson 29 Ink Stipple Drawing of the Flying Canada Goose -- 9.BALTIMORE ORIOLE -- Lesson 30 Pencil on Gray Linen Paper -- Lesson 31 Ink and Ink Wash Drawing of the Baltimore Oriole -- Lesson 32 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Baltimore Oriole -- Lesson 33 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Baltimore Oriole and Nest -- 10.DOWNY WOODPECKER -- Lesson 34 Fine-Point Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Downy Woodpecker -- Lesson 35 Pencil Drawing of the Downy Woodpecker -- Lesson 36 Ink Wash Drawing of the Downy Woodpecker -- Lesson 37 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Pileated Woodpecker -- Lesson 38 and 39 Two Drawings of the Flicker -- 11.BLUE JAY -- Lesson 40 Heavy Ink Line Drawing of the Blue Jay -- Lesson 41 Fine Ink Line Drawing of the Blue Jay -- Lesson 42 Ink Stipple Drawing of the Blue Jay -- Lesson 43 Quick Tone Studies of the Blue Jay with Coarse Pens -- 12.MEADOWLARK -- Lesson 44 Pencil Drawing on Gray Paper with Gouache Highlights -- Lesson 45 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Meadowlark -- Lesson 46 Pencil Drawing on Tracing Vellum and an Ink Wash Drawing -- 13.SANDPIPERS -- Lesson 47 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Willet -- Lesson 48 Pencil Drawing of the Willet -- Lesson 49 Ink Stipple Drawing of the Sanderling -- Lesson 50 Pencil Drawings of the Sanderling -- Lesson 51 Ink Stipple Drawing of the Least Sandpaper -- 14.FLYING OSPREY -- Lesson 52 Pen-and-ink Study of the Flying Osprey -- Lesson 53 Pencil Drawing on Tracing Vellum of the Flying Osprey -- Lesson 54 Another Pencil Drawing of the Flying Osprey -- Lesson 55 Another Pen-and-ink Study of the Flying Osprey -- 15.OTHER STUDIES -- Lesson 56 Small Pencil Study of the Osprey -- Lesson 57 Pencil Drawing of the Screech Owl -- Lesson 58 Pencil and Pen Study of the American Kestrel (Sparrow Hawk) -- Lesson 59 Pen-and-ink Drawing of the Goshawk -- 16.MAKING YOUR OWN NOTEPAPER -- Reducing Ink Drawings -- 17.ON YOUR OWN.
- Summary:
- "A renowned artist and expert instructor shows how to depict birds of all kinds, from a baby robin to a flying osprey. Accompanied by more than 350 easy-to-follow illustrations, the nearly 60 lessons begin with basic line drawings, advancing to the use of pen, pencil, and ink wash techniques to produce texture and movement in realistic sketches"--
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780486490762 (pbk.)
0486490769 - Note:
- This Dover edition, first published in 2012, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Contemporary Books, Inc., Chicago, in 1990.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of (manifestation): Lohan, Frank Chicago : Contemporary Books, c1990. 135 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 132) and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2012
View MARC record | catkey: 9185397