Rendering in Pen and Ink: The Classic Book On Pen and Ink Techniques for Artists, Illustrators, Architects, and Designers - Arthur L. Guptill Review & Synopsis

 Synopsis

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 instruct anyone who draws with pen and ink, from the professional artist to the amateur and hobbyist. It is of particular interest to architects, interior designers, landscape architects, industrial designers, illustrators, and renderers. 

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, 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; examination of outstanding examples of architectural rendering; solving perspective and other rendering problems; handling interiors and their accessories; and finally, special methods of working with pen including its use in combination with other media. 

The book is profusely illustrated with over 300 drawings that include the work of famous illustrators and renderers of architectural subjects such as Rockwell Kent, Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg, Willy Pogany, Reginald Birch, Harry Clarke, Edward Penfield, Joseph Clement Coll, F.L. Griggs, Samuel V. Chamberlain, Louis C. Rosenberg, John Floyd Yewell, Chester B. Price, Robert Lockwood, Ernest C. Peixotto, Harry C. Wilkinson, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and Birch Burdette Long. Best of all, Arthur Guptill enriches the text with drawings of his own.

Review

Arthur L. Guptill (1891-1956) who co-founded Watson-Guptill Publications and was co-editor of American Artist magazine, was an architect, a painter, an art director, an author, and a teacher. Born in Gorham, Maine, he graduated with a degree in architecture from Pratt Institute in 1912, and then studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A partner in Bearse & Guptill, architectural designers and illustrators, from 1919 to 1925, Mr. Guptill was a freelance specialist in design, freelance advertising artist, and advertising agency consultant from 1916 to 1937. The founder, president, and director of activities of the Amateur Artists Association of America, Mr. Guptill wrote numerous art instruction books. He taught at Pratt and the Brooklyn Museum and was a member of the Art Directors Club of New York and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in England. Susan E. Meyer was born and raised in New York City. She was graduated from the University of Wisconsin and attended the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy. Ms. Meyer has had a long history of involvement with Arthur Guptill's work. For over seven years, as managing editor of Watson-Guptill Publications, the company he co-founded, she compiled and edited his books. In that capacity, she also compiled, edited, and collaborated on a number of other books on watercolorists and their techniques, painting portraits, and designing with type. In addition, Ms. Meyer was editor of American Artist magazine, where Guptill himself was once co-editor. She is the author of over a dozen books and is currently the director of Roundtable Press, Inc. in New York City.

Rendering in Pen and Ink

Originally published as: Drawing with pen and ink.

Originally published as: Drawing with pen and ink."

American Artist

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The Classic Guide to Sketching and Drawing with Pencils: Retro Restored Edition

This is a book designed to delight and instruct anyone who draws with pen and ink, from the professional artist to the amateur and hobbyist."

New Pencil Points

It will be found exceedingly useful by architects and draftsmen , as well as by the architectural student , the artist and the teacher of art . . $ 5.00 200 pages , hundreds of illustrations . Cloth .. DRAWING WITH PEN AND INK Arthur L ."

Architecture and Building

The illustrations show a great many interiors and ornamental features such as ceilings , paneling , fireplaces and stairways . DRAWING WITH PEN AND INK . By Arthur L . Guptill . New York : Pencil Points Press , Inc. Cloth , 9 by 12 ..."

Progressive Architecture

A famous teacher shows you how to achieve powerfully expressive results with pen - and - ink ! ... this great book is again a " must " for everyone who wants to master this truly dynamic art . by ARTHUR L . GUPTILL Revised Edition by ..."

School Arts

Reinhold books that rate " A " with Artists COLOR IN SKETCHING AND RENDERING by Arthur L . Guptill This volume offers a vast fund of ... practical and profusely illustrated text and reference book on pen and ink drawing ever published ."

Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University

 Architectural drawing and detailing , including rondering in pen and ink and landscaping ; a text and reference book on and general practico and technique , by J. Ralph Dalzell James McKinney Chicago , American technical society ..."

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Reference Book Review

Photographs , many in color , appear on nearly every page illustrating techniques , materials , and the like . Stress is placed on how to ... Guptill , Arthur L . RENDERING IN PEN AND INK . ... Guptill , an artist , architectural renderer 7."

The Artist

( A. ) You would find Andrew Loomis ' book on pencil drawing most useful . This is entitled Successful Drawing , and is published by Chapman & Hall at 30s . Two very suitable books on wood carving are published by Sir Isaac Pitman ."

The Reference Book Review

Photographs , many in color , appear on nearly every page illustrating techniques , materials , and the like . Stress is placed on how to restore ... Guptill , Arthur L . RENDERING IN PEN AND INK . ... Guptill , an artist , architectural 7."

Art Direction

-and demonstrates techniques for rendering such complicated subjects as the human figure , architecture ... 160 pages , 200 illustrations , $ 8.95 | NAME DRAWING WITH PEN AND INK , by ARTHUR L . GUPTILL , revised by Henry Pitz , guides ..."

ARTnews

The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Merchandise Mart in Chicago recently announced a jointly maneuvered ... FREE EXAMINATION Drawing with Pen and Ink by Arthur L . Guptill We do not hesitate to say that Mr. Guptill has provided ..."

Art School Self-taught

 Technique of Still - Life Painting by Leonard Richmond , Pitman Publishing Corporation , New York , N. Y. A ... by Frank M. Rines Design and Construction in Tree Drawing by Frank M. Rines Drawing with Pen and Ink by Arthur L . Guptill ..."

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