Drawing in Pen & Ink

FIRST STEPS

SERIES

Drawing in Pen & Ink

CLAUDIA NICE

NORTH LIGHT BOOKS

Cincinnati, Ohio

www.artisttsnetwork.com

Acknowledgments

This book is the result of many who have helped me on my way. Susan Scheewe and Tony Murray who encouraged my beginning efforts. Greg Albert, David Lewis, Rachel Wolf, Kathy Kipp and my numerous friends at F + W Publications who have smoothed my pathway and made authorship a joy. Thank you.

Drawing in Pen and Ink. Copyright © 1997 by Claudia Nice. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by North Light Books, an imprint of F + W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. (800) 289-0963. First edition.

Other fine North Light Books are available from your local bookstore, art supply store or direct from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nice, Claudia

Drawing in pen and ink / by Claudia Nice.

    p.  cm.—(First step series)

ISBN 13: 978-0-89134-717-0 (pbk.: alk. paper)

ISBN 10: 0-89134-717-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Pen drawing—Technique. I. Title. II. Series: First step series (Cincinnati, Ohio)

NC905.N523 1997 96-52947

741.2’6—dc21

96-52947

CIP

Edited by Joyce Dolan

Production edited by Kathleen Brauer and Bob Beckstead

Designed by Brian Roeth

Cover photography by Pamela Monfort Braun/Bronze Photography

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my students, who have inspired me more than they know. May their enthusiasm take them far and the joy of creation shine often upon their faces.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One

MATERIALS

All about the materials you need to start drawing right away.

Chapter