PEN DRAWING
AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE

BY CHARLES D. MAGINNIS

F.A.I.A., LL.D.
FELLOW AM. ACAD. ARTS AND SCIENCES
FORMERLY INSTRUCTOR IN ILLUSTRATION, COWLES ART SCHOOL
INSTRUCTOR IN PEN DRAWING, BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL CLUB

SEVENTH EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

To Mr. David A. Gregg and to Mr. Bertram G. Goodhue, who have generously made special drawings for this little book, and to the Publishers who have courteously allowed me to make use of illustrations owned by them, my thanks and my cordial acknowledgements are due.

C. D. M.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE

1. JOSEPH PENNELL. From The Century Magazine (The Century Co: New York)
2. MAXIME LALANNE. From "La Hollande à Vol d'Oiseau," by H. Havard (A. Quantin: Paris)
3. MAXIME LALANNE. From "La Hollande à Vol d'Oiseau," by H. Havard (A. Quantin: Paris)
4. RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER, ENGLAND. Drawing from a Photograph
5. JOSEPH PENNELL. From "Highways and Byways in North Wales" (Macmillan Co: London)
6. BERTRAM G. GOODHUE. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
7. HERBERT RAILTON. From "Coaching Days and Coaching Ways," by W. Outram Tristram (Macmillan & Co: London)
8. BERTRAM G. GOODHUE. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
9. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
10. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
11. MARTIN RICO. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana
12. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
13. DANIEL VIERGE. From "Pablo de Ségovie," by Francisco de Quevedo (Léon Bonhoure: Paris)
14. MARTIN RICO. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana
15. ALFRED BRENNAN. From St. Nicholas (The Century Co: New York)
16. LESLIE WILLSON. From Pick-Me-Up (London)
17. DRAWING FROM PHOTOGRAPH. From Harper's Magazine (Harper & Brothers: New York)
18. JOSEPH PENNELL. From "The Sâone: A Summer Voyage," by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (Seeley & Co: London)
19. JOSEPH PENNELL. From "The Sâone: A Summer Voyage," by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (Seeley & Co: London)
20. JOSEPH PENNELL. From Harper's Magazine (Harper & Brothers: New York)
21. E. DANTAN. From L'Art (Paris)
22. J. F. RAFFAËLLI. From Gazette des Beaux-Arts (Paris)
23. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
24. D. A. GREGG. From "Architectural Rendering in Pen and Ink," by D. A. Gregg (Ticknor & Co: Boston)
25. DANIEL VIERGE. From "Pablo de Ségovie," by Francisco de Quevedo (Léon Bonhoure: Paris)
26. DANIEL VIERGE. From "Pablo de Ségovie," by Francisco de Quevedo (Léon Bonhoure: Paris)
27. HARRY FENN. From The Century Magazine (The Century Co: New York)
28. REGINALD BIRCH. From The Century Magazine (The Century Co: New York)
29. JOSEPH PENNELL. From The Century Magazine (The Century Co: New York)
30. BERTRAM G. GOODHUE. From The Architectural Review (Bates & Guild Co: Boston)
31. JOSEPH PENNELL. From "Charing Cross to St.  Paul's," by Justin McCarthy (Seeley & Co: London)
32. LEONARD RAVEN HILL. From Pick-Me-Up (London)
33. DANIEL VIERGE. From "Pablo de Ségovie," by Francisco de Quevedo (Léon Bonhoure: Paris)
34. P. G. JEANNIOT. From La Vie Moderne (Paris)
35. PORCH OF AN ENGLISH CHURCH. From a Photograph
36. D. A. GREGG. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
37. 37. NORMANDY MOAT-HOUSE. From a Photograph
38. 38. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
39. STREET IN HOLLAND. From a Photograph
40. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
41. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
42. GEORGE F. NEWTON. From "Catalogue of the Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Co." (Boston)
43. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
44. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
45. FRANK E. WALLIS. From The Engineering Record
46. HARRY ALLAN JACOBS. From The Architectural Review (Bates & Guild Co: Boston)
47. D. A. GREGG. From "Architectural Rendering in Pen and Ink," by D. A. Gregg (Ticknor & Co: Boston)
48. D. A. GREGG. From The Brickbuilder (Rogers & Manson: Boston)
49. HERBERT RAILTON. From "Coaching Days and  Coaching Ways," by W. Outram Tristram (Macmillan & Co: London)
50. D. A. GREGG. From The American Architect (The American Architect and Building News Co: Boston)
51. WALTER M.CAMPBELL. From The American Architect (The American Architect and Building News Co: Boston)
52. HERBERT RAILTON. From "Coaching Days and Coaching Ways," by W. Outram Tristram (Macmillan & Co: London)
53. A. F. JACCACI. From The Century Magazine (The Century Co: New York)
54. CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON. From The Brickbuilder (Rogers & Manson: Boston)
55. HARVEY ELLIS. From The Inland Architect (The Inland Publishing Co: Chicago)
56. C. E. MALLOWS. From The British Architect (London)
57. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
58. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
59. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
60. C. D. M. Drawn for "Pen Drawing"
61. A. B. FROST. From Scribner's Magazine (Charles Scribner's Sons: New York)
62. ALFRED G. JONES. From a Book Plate
63. WALTER APPLETON CLARK. From Scribner's Magazine (Charles Scribner's Sons: New York).
64. A. CAMPBELL CROSS. From Quartier Latin (Paris)
65. MUCHA. From a Poster Design
66. HOWARD PYLE. From "Otto of the Silver Hand," by Howard Pyle (Charles Scribner's Sons: New York)
67. WILL H. BRADLEY. From a Poster Design for The Chap-Book (Herbert S. Stone & Co: Chicago)
68. P. J. BILLINGHURST. From a Book Plate
69. "BEGGARSTAFF BROTHERS." From a Poster Design
70. EDWARD PENFIELD. From a Design for the "Poster Calendar" (R. H. Russell & Son: New York)
71. LOUIS J. RHEAD. From a Poster Design for "Lundborg's Perfumes"
72. J. W. SIMPSON. From a Book Plate

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.—Style in Pen Drawing
CHAPTER II.—Materials
CHAPTER III.—Technique
CHAPTER IV.—Values
CHAPTER V.—Practical Problems
CHAPTER VI.—Architectural Drawing
CHAPTER VII.—Decorative Drawing

CHAPTER I

STYLE IN PEN DRAWING

Art, with its finite means, cannot hope to record the infinite variety and complexity of Nature, and so contents itself with a partial statement, addressing this to the imagination for the full and perfect meaning. This inadequation, and the artificial adjustments which it involves, are tolerated by right of what is known as artistic convention; and as each art has its own particular limitations, so each has its own particular conventions. Sculpture reproduces the forms of Nature, but