PHOTOGRAMS
AND SKETCHES
BY THE AUTHOR
AND OTHER ARTISTS
NEW YORK, U.S.A.
G. GENNERT, 24 and 26 EAST THIRTEENTH ST.
LONDON, ENG.
DAWBARN & WARD, LIMITED
CONTENTS.
[CHAPTER I.—]Introduction.—Primitive illustrations—Art and illustration—Influence in photography—Illustrations from the Author's aspect—Some uses of illustration.
[CHAPTER II.—]A Neglected Field.
[CHAPTER III.—]Theory and Principles of Illustration.—Different kinds of illustration—Maps or plans—Scientific diagrams—Topographical views—In fiction—Author and Illustrator—Pictorial or artistic—Decorative—The "Two things."
[CHAPTER IV.—]Reproduction by Half-tone Process.—Processes other than photo-mechanical—The object of mechanical process—Intaglio, relief, and separate printing process—Description of half-tone process—The screen—Printing on the gelatine—Development—Etching—Inherent disadvantage of the screen—Cutting out lights—Comparative results.
[CHAPTER V.—]Preparation of Originals for Reproduction by Half-tone.—I.—Photograms—The best kind of Photograms for reproduction—Negative and print—Legitimate hand work—Relieving the shadows—Helping the high light and shadows—Application of photograms—"Stopping out"—Backgrounds not essential—Composition and arrangement—Decorative initials, &c.
[CHAPTER VI.—]Preparation of Originals for Half-tone. II.—Wash drawings, oil paintings, pencil and other drawings—Character of wash drawing or grey surface—Monochrome oil painting—Painting on a photographic basis—Mixed drawings—Pencil drawings—Coloured sketches for illustration—Thin reproduction.
[CHAPTER VII.—]Line Process.—Requirements of the process—The processes described: Gelatine, Albumen, and Bitumen—Copying, printing, developing, mounting—Description of the copy negative—Reduction—Diminishing glasses—Pencil marks, &c.—Non-photographic methods.
[CHAPTER VIII.—]Methods of Line Reproduction. I.—Pen-and-ink drawing—Character of line drawings—"Tone" interpreted into line—Various styles of line—Suggestion of colour, textures, &c.—The art of leaving out—What to copy and study—Line shading—Flat tints—Outlines—Reduction and thickening.
[CHAPTER IX.—]Materials for Simple Line Drawing.—Papers and cardboards—Inks and fluids—Pens.
[CHAPTER X.—]Comparison of Line Processes.—Some characteristics of each described, and results in each compared—The roulette.
[CHAPTER XI.—]Other Methods for Line Reproduction. The Materials Required.—Mechanical tints—Their application—"Splatter" work—How produced—Grained clay surface boards or "scrape" boards—Their use described—Pencil and chalk drawing for line reproduction.
[CHAPTER XII.—]Mechanical Aids to Drawing.—Methods of tracing from a photogram—Drawing on a photogram—Drawing on a "blue" print—Tracing on transfer paper—Drawing from nature—Conclusion.