Table of Contents
Foreword for the Modern Reader Jeff A. Menger ix
Preface James Hall xii
Introduction, including Materials James Hall xiii
Decorative Pen Drawings
First Problem To draw in pure outline a typical leaf or other nature subject 3
Second Problem To utilize pure outline in decorative arrangements applied to initials, head and foot pieces, and book plates 7
Third Problem To draw plant forms in outline and solid black 9
Fourth Problem To apply outline and black to decorative arrangements of the types considered in the second problem 13
Fifth Problem To apply outline and black to a simple architectural subject 15
Sixth Problem To apply outline and black to a figure subject with accessories 18
Seventh Problem To make a cover design in outline and black, using a decorative floral panel with the necessary lettering 21
Eighth Problem To make a cover design in outline and black by surrounding the panel containing the necessary lettering with a border varying in width to correspond with the margins of the type page 23
Ninth Problem To draw flowers in outline, black, and middle value 27
Tenth Problem To render still life or still life with plant forms in several values 29
Eleventh Problem To render typical landscape subjects in several values 33
Twelfth Problem To render a figure subject in several values 35
Pictorial Pen Drawings
General Statement 40
Thirteenth Problem To render simple still life forms in light and shade 41
Fourteenth Problem To render still life in a free manner 46
Fifteenth Problem To render plant life pictorially 47
Sixteenth Problem Simple outdoor subjects 51
Seventeenth Problem The rendering of trees in winter and in summer 53
Eighteenth Problem The drawing of buildings 57
Nineteenth Problem The sketching of figures 61
Twentieth Problem Studies of heads 63
Twenty-First Problem Complete figure sketches 66
A Short List of Books 69
List of Illustrations Decorative Pen Drawings
1 Outlines of plant form 5
2 Initials, book plates, and panels in outline 6
3 Plant drawings in outline and black 11
4 Initials, book plates, and still life compositions in outline and black 12
5 Six renderings of an old house in outline and black 17
6 Four renderings of a figure composition in outline and black 19
7 Cover design embodying a floral panel in outline and black 20
8 Cover design embodying a floral border in outline and black 25
9 Flowers rendered in outline, black, and gray 26
10 Still life and plant form rendered in several values 31
11 Landscapes rendered in several values 32
12 Figure compositions rendered in several values 37
Pictorial Pen Drawings
13 Still life 43
14 Still life 45
15 Various plant forms 49
16 Outdoor subjects 50
17 Trees 55
18 Buildings 59
19 A page of small figure sketches 60
20 Typical heads 65
21 A young woman 67
22 An old lady 68
New Gallery of Illustrations (following page 70, see additional source material on pages 69-70)
23 "Summer Morning," F. H. Ball, from Pen, Pencil, and Chalk 71
24 "The Pirate," Monro Orr, from Pen, Pencil, and Chalk 72
25 "Love, Youth, and Death," A. Garth Jones, from Modern Pen Drawings 73
26 "The Vision of St. Agatha," Harold Nelson, from Modern Pen Drawings 74
27 "Grass Cutting," Lucy Kemp-Welch, from Modern Pen Drawings 75
28 "Rustum and the Simoorg," Patten Wilson, from Modern Pen Drawings 76
29 "Are not you he …," Arthur Rackham, from A Midsummer-Night's Dream 77
30 "Portrait of Moffat P. Lindner," Fred Pegram, from Pen Drawing and Pen Droughtsmen 78
31 Illustration for Quevedo's Pablo de Ségovie, Daniel Vierge, from Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen 79
32 "The Modest Rose Puts Forth a Thorn," Louis Fairfax-Muckley, from Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen 80
