The pencil is the most widely used sketching tool. It is inexpensive, easy to transport and extremely versatile. The pencil allows the designer or artist to create a multitude of strokes and a wide spectrum of tones and textures. For these reasons, the pencil is almost always used as the first medium for learning to sketch. This new edition of Pencil Sketching has been updated in terms of content, technique, style, and materials in order to better illuminate for the reader the marvels of this important artistic tool.