Manual of Rendering With Pen and Ink (The Thames and Hudson Manuals)

Right-On...Strictly an architect instructional book- nothing else! If you're looking to add this to your library of pen and ink books highlighting the famous pen/ink illustrators that captivated the pages of books, magazines, etc. this isn't something you would want to set side-by-side with the likes of Gibson, Remington, Kent, Pyle to mention a few including Pitz illustrations to draw inspiration from.It's for the student who perhaps 30+ (plus is more like it) years ago having the spark to work in designing buildings, homes and communities, etc. and utilizing rendering techniques of that time period over a drawing board. So this book is where it once was, before the keyboard and mouse and beyond. Great manual..a dated manual. Although I did find some pages of great value in regarding something other than a feel for architecture- There's a great section on trees, something that gives plenty of ideas if you ignore the fact that within this large manual, and in this time period of manuals when this was compiled, there was a "rub-down" transfer sheet of patterns the artist could work with for the various textures. This clear transfer sheet of patterns was helpful back in the 70's for an artist as he "rubbed-down" (...adhered the texture) the desired various patterns thereby transferring a section onto his pen/ink drawing. The tree section in my estimate has clear clean ideas and shapes of trees- good for referencing the pages for inspiration. Another impressive section- although small, is a section on the use of a "stipple" brush for various textures. These are just a few pages/sections here, and do give credence to P/I renderings if one inspirers illustrations such as Pyle, Kent, etc. And, yes once upon a time this would have deserved 5 stars for a architect instructional manual. Times and techniques and dated ways of working with a T-square over a drawing board are a thing of the past.

This book shows how designers and architects used to work with pen and paper.The skill required to draw plans or objects using these techniques are being lost to computer work.I believe all designers should know how to produce drawings without CAD.One book for the library and a great reference manual A +

Excellent, on time and worth it!

There are a lot of books on how to draw on the market, I have a shelf full of them. The frustrating thing is when you actually try to reproduce the work to develop your skill; somehow it isn't as easy as it looks. What I enjoy about this book is it shows step by step progression of different people in different poses, from stick figure to fully clothed all by using a easy grid system. Likewise, as it takes you through a house and community it shows you grid layout then development. The layout is almost as if you were watching a cartoon being drawn, while a lot of other books do step by step, this book breaks drawing into smaller bites. I find it very helpful.Please note, this comment is for the Revised and Enlarged Edition with the same ISBN, but my copy is the 1994 reprint (which shouldn't matter as long as you also purchase "Revised and Enlarged").

I trained as a draftsman back in the days of manual drafting - shortly before the profession went digital. So everything in this book is familiar to me. I sort of miss the days when everything was done by hand and with physical drafting tools and instruments. Yeah it's faster and better looking to build it in CAD and then render it - and then make it look even prettier with Photoshop. But back in the day is took a bit more skill to make something that looked great.Anyway - this book is very informative and goes into depth on the subject - and some subjects tangential to creating hand-drawn architectural elevations and renders. Thing is, it was originally published in 1973, and then revised in 1984 - with this edition being reprinted in 2015. Which means that the illustrations and examples are very retro looking - and make for being a great source for that vintage 1970's architectural and internal design look. Pretty much all of the illustrations and drawings are black & white (which is typical for these sort of manuals). The book is actually a bit small in size IMO (HxW) - the American Institute of Architects' "Architectural Graphic Standards Handbook" is considerably larger, but that is more of a technical reference book than this one is.I'm happy with my purchase. Makes me what to dig out my old drafting tools and set up my drafting table again.

Used this when I went to college, still very relevant now. A must have manual for pen and ink artists.

This is a great book, I was looking for this book for a long time.My disappointment was about the delivery time (almost 1 month for a primer member - it wasn't an overseas delivery) and then the book arrived with a damage. Very poor packaged e damage product is a result. Very disappoint with this delivery

This needs to be on your shelf if you study art or architecture.

However, a lot of dated information about drawing and rendering equipment is there (about 80 pages). I bought this to replace one I had lost. Great rendering works by Helmut Jacoby and Davis Bite, about nine in all, and these make this a worthy buy. David Gill was an Aussie practitioner and himself very good.

Lots of references are given which is a good thing. But has very less details about drawing different objects. It is best only for architecte students. And an okay book for industrial design students