Drawing in Ink

"Here is a complete introduction to contemporary techniques of ink drawing for artist and illustrators, emphasizing today's bold drawing styles. In drawings, exercises, and step-by-step demonstrations, the author shows how to create a wide variety of expressive lines and textures, crosshatching, washes, and mechanical tones added by using printed textures. He goes into great detail on the following subjects: animals, airplanes, people, exotic landscapes, and food."

Presents 15 demonstrations that show the techniques of combining the line and tone; crosshatching with a pen; drawing with a bristle brush; pen line with brush accents; pen and brush drawing with ink wash; ink lines and Instantex; scratchboard used for realistic & decorative drawing; ink lines and Pentel washes; using an erasing shield; using the electric eraser; correcting a scratchboard drawing; making a graphite tracing sheet; and projecting the image of a drawing or photograph on paper.