A practical guide to learning how to draw with pencils, charcoal, pens, and pastels, Artist's Drawing Techniques helps you develop skills in every medium. Begin with the basics—choose and observe a subject and then figure out the composition—and then continue to sketch your masterpieces as your skills and confidence develop.

After the basic principles are mastered, you will be inspired to move on to new challenges as your artistic talents blossom on your own terms. Artist's Drawing Techniques explains which tools, materials, and methods should be used, allowing you to master more than 80 techniques, from shading to blending to perspective to cross-hatching, as you follow inspirational drawing tutorials.