Dynamic Light and Shade

Become an expert in harnessing light and shade in your artwork with this comprehensive guide from the acclaimed cartoonist hailed as the “Michelangelo of the comic strip.”

Mastery of light and shade—rendered with accuracy and expressive power—is the key to three-dimensional form in drawing and painting. In Dynamic Light and Shade, Burne Hogarth begins with the simplest light and shade, showing how a dark silhouette on white paper can communicate form and space. He then shows how the silhouet...