This book illustrated with drawings in pencil charcoal pen & ink & brush & ink shows how to interpret subjects in terms of light & shade. Hogarth demonstrates how a dark silhouette on white paper can communicate form & space. He then shows how the silhouette is transformed into three
Dimensions with the addition of highlights. There is a chapter devoted to each of the five basic categories of light & shade: single-source light; double-source light; flat diffused light; moonlight; & sculptural light. Natural & artificial light sources are examined & the effects of the five types of light on a variety of subjects
- faces figures landscapes still lifes
- are illustrated. Hogarth also explains more complex light effects: how light & shade can create a sense of near & far; how light is affected by weather time of day & the changing seasons; how light reveals the surface qualities of forms; the effects of light passing through transparent materials like glass & water; & much more.