Sketching the Countryside: How to Draw the Vanishing Rural Landscape

Both experienced and aspiring artists can benefit from this practical instruction book, which shows how to portray rustic settings from rural England to the American Southwest. More than 400 detailed illustrations trace the steps from composition drawings to final sketches. Author Frank J. Lohan introduces his guide:

Artist and author Eric Sloane (1905-85) portrayed by-gone rural America and its tools, structures, and way of life. He shared his honest appraisals and overwhelming affection for our rural heritage in more than twenty books and thousands of drawings and paintings.