Drawing for Printers. / A practical treatise on the art of designing and illustrating in connection with typography. Containing complete instruction, fully illustrated, concerning the art of drawing, for the beginner as well as the more advanced student.

by Ernest Knaufft

Again, much of our instruction has been given using the human face as a basis of study; but it is not for a moment to be surmised that the study of drawing should be limited to the human face. We have intended only to suggest a process of study; this process may be

“HAWKS DINNA PIKE OUT HAWKS’ EEN.” J. C. DOLLMAN, R.I. Pen drawing from the artist’s water color, made for an exhibition catalogue. This cut shows an excellent style of newspaper drawing, consisting of outline, and a gray got by parallel lines, without crosshatching.

applied to anything under the sun. Hence we give the Forain and the Le Roux outline to portray still life and landscape. And it is worthy of note that still life need not be circumscribed to mere drill; on the contrary, it is very frequently introduced into drawing—much to the perfecting of the composition. The dishpans, pots {140}

ON THE BANKS OF THE ISOLE. BY E. LE ROUX. Pen drawing by the artist from his painting.

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Mask of Béranger. Drawing by Geoffroy de Chaume. Drawn by the sculptor from his model, with (lithographic) crayon, on grained paper with a specially prepared tooth.

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