Pencil, Ink and Charcoal Drawing Pencil, Ink and Charcoal Drawing Four Volumes Bound as One CHARLES X. CARLSON DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineola, New York Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2007, is an unabridged republication in one volume of the following four books: Simplified Drawing , originally published in 1952 by House of Little Books, New York; Simplified Pencil Drawing , originally published in 1943 by Melior Books, New York; Simplified Ink, Pen and Brush Drawing , originally published (n.d.) by Melior Books, New York; and The Simplified Essentials of Charcoal Drawing , originally published in 1944 by Melior Books, New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carlson, Charles X., 1902— Pencil, ink and charcoal drawing / Charles X. Carlson. p. cm. Originally published: New York : Melior Books, 1943–1952. eISBN-13: 978-0-486-14578-5 1. Drawing—Technique. 2. Drawing materials. I. Title. NC845.7.C37 2007 741.2—dc22 2007016081 Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y 11501 CONTENTS Foreword Elementaey Lines Elementary Shapes Elementary Forms Houses Elementry Forms Buildings Elenentary Forms in Various Objects Wagons And Carts Elementary Forms in Autos Trucks Elementary Forms in Construction Of Trains Shape and form of - Aeroplanes Ships Fruit Three Dimensional Block forms in Vegetables Shapes and forms of Flowers Two Dimensional Flat Shapes in Leaves Stems Three Dimensional of Tubukar Forms Elementary Forms in Trees Clouds Shapes and Forms of Fish Shapes and Forms of Amphibians Angular Forms in Birds Birds and Fowl Construction and Contrasts FOWL Block Forms in Small Animals Animals Cats And Kittens Pet Animals The Horse Cow Animals Construction of Pigs, Sheep, Kids etc. Monkeys Elephant The Simple Block Forms of Bears