Pencil Sketching, 2nd Edition,   ISBN:9780471399193

Customer Rating: 

As a drawing instructor and a professional sketch artist I am always on the look out for information on this topic. This book has a lot of useful information and quality art. Wang has written many good books about drawing over the years. "Pencil Sketching" is one more thoughtful effort from a very knowledgeable guy. I share his passion for making graphite marks on a "toothy" paper.

Customer Rating: 

I recommend this book for any artists library and for schools that teach drawing, sketching, illustration, etc.. It deals with the topic of "Depth and Perspective" better than most sketching books I've seen.

Customer Rating: 

I was recommended this book by an instructor and I was not disappointed. It focuses on physical sketching technique (great for beginners/people returning to sketching) and a casual but effective style that is perfect for quick landscape/plant sketches. Not intimidating at all!

Customer Rating: 

A great book.

So many art books give long-winded descriptions of what to do, and even how to do it, yet they fail to capture the essence of what makes a drawing good. Wang concentrates on simple elements and rules of thumb, providing a wealth of wisdom in a few words and pictures.

If you're looking for long descriptions of techniques, this is not the book for you. The author quickly notes the salient points and demonstrates with sketches.

This book has beautiful drawings and covers a variety of techniques: how to hold a pencil, line, composition, values and shading, etc. The author also leads you through how to make specific elements: landforms, trees, water, and more.

Customer Rating: 

39 of the 111 pages consist of full page printed sketches, wich are beautiful. But the text, which is very rare in this book, is sometimes missing, and throughout this book very superficially. Thomas C. Wang describes one (1) pencil technique, which he is using for his sketchings, other methodes are not discussed or even mentioned. I could not recommend this book to anyone, perhaps for very beginning artist, whom are uncertainly in leading a pencil, but even then there are better books.