Borough Johnson: 2 books

An award-winning artist and teacher demonstrates how to draw the human figure with shading and texture, using pencil, chalk, and charcoal. With easy-to-follow advice and 82 magnificent illustrations, he covers proportion, anatomy, composition, motion, drawing from memory, and capturing emotion and character with an economy of line. Includes an 8-page color insert.

Advice on everything from the correct method of holding the pencil and making an outline to developing individuality awaits within this essential guide. Artists at every level of experience will appreciate its wealth of information on shading, outdoor sketching, and figure drawing. Numerous drawings illuminate the text.