| Introduction to the Basics of Scenery Drawing | |
| Choosing a "Bounded Space" for a Scene | 1 |
| The Horizontal Rectangle | 1 |
| "Commanding" the Observer's Attention | 2 |
| The Focal Point | 2 |
| The Focal Area | 2 |
| The Relation of Boundaries to the Interior | 3 |
| The Ways of Dividing Space | 4 |
| The Principles of Good Space Division | 5 |
| Creating a Travel Experience for the Eye | 6 |
| Charting the Eye's Course | 7 |
| Principles that Help in Scenery Drawing and Painting | 8 |
| Relating Three Shapes-One to the Other | 9 |
| The Principle of "The Threes" | 10 |
| Telling the Picture Story | 11 |
| The Entering Point in a Picture | 11 |
| "Follow-through" in a Picture | 12 |
| Basic Follow-throughs | 12 |
| Follow-through and Depth Perception | 13 |
| Interior Parenthesis | 13 |
| Overcoming the Blank Page (More on Good Space Division) | 14 |
| Comprehension Factors in a Picture | 16 |
| Co-active Follow-through | 17 |
| Experiment in Comprehension | 18 |
| Emotional Response | 18 |
| Pencils and Papers | 20 |
| The Importance of Form | 22 |
| Base Lines of a Picture | 24 |
| Ground Value Variances | 25 |
| Uneven Earthen Contours | 26 |
| Principle of the "Take-up" Line | 27 |
| Cross-sectioning | 28 |
| "Creating" Distance | 30 |
| Depth and Distance | 32 |
| Contrasting Values | 34 |
| Expectations from Different Values | 36 |
| Putting Subject Matter out of Mind | 38 |
| Leaning Toward the Abstract | 40 |
| The Willingness to Explore | 41 |
| Drawing Trees and Foliage | |
| Tree Trunks | 42 |
| Tree-a Bold Beginning | 43 |
| Tree Pointers | 43 |
| "Painting" with a Pencil | 44 |
| Tree Talk with Illustrations | 46 |
| Base Lines | 48 |
| Struggling Trees | 50 |
| Twenty Drawings of the Same Tree | 52 |
| Trees and Their Appearance | 54 |
| Drawing Rocks and Mountains | |
| Edges and Surfaces in Rock Drawing | 56 |
| Drawing Larger Sections of Rock | 57 |
| Field Trips for Rock Sketching | 58 |
| Drawing Rocks Within a Given Space | 59 |
| Variations Inside the Same Outline | 60 |
| Rock Drawing in Other Media | 61 |
| Simple "Flat Lead" Sketches | 62 |
| Creating Rocky Landscapes in Miniature | 63 |
| Elementary Rock Compositions | 64 |
| Interesting Patterns in Rock | 65 |
| Rock-the Unchangeable Model in Art | 66 |
| The Stone Colossus | 67 |
| Drawing Mountain Ranges-an A-B-C Method | 68 |
| Construction Experiment with Mountain Peaks | 70 |
| A Mountain Abstraction | 71 |
| Drawing Clouds and Skies | |
| Simplifying Cloud Drawing | 72 |
| Cloud Treatments | 74 |
| Cloud Formations | 76 |
| Sunsets and Sunrises | 78 |
| Morning and Evening Skies | 80 |
| Diagram of Cloud Types | 81 |
| Dramatic Cloud Backgrounds | 82 |
| Semi-abstract Skies | 83 |
| More Cloud Effects | 84 |
| Giving Clouds Dimension | 85 |
| Moonlight Scenes | 86 |
| Strong Winds | 88 |
| Wind and Snow | 88 |
| The Upsweep Wind | 89 |
| Wind and Sand | 89 |
| Drawing Water: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers and Falls | |
| Reflections in Water | 90 |
| Reflections Under Various Conditions | 91 |
| Drawing Water Surfaces | 92 |
| Puddles and Reflections | 93 |
| Nighttime Reflections | 93 |
| Lighthouses and Water | 94 |
| Lake and Ocean Reflections | 95 |
| Water Talk | 96 |
| Charting the Course of a Wave | 98 |
| Analyzing Waves | 99 |
| Great Waves of the Sea | 100 |
| Where There's Water | 102 |
| Angry and Peaceful Waters | 104 |
| Drawing Waterfalls | 105 |
| More on Waterfalls | 106 |
| Niagara Falls and Stairstep Falls | 107 |
| Drawing Snow and Ice | 108 |
| Drawing Buildings, Large and Small | |
| Houses in Scenery Drawing | 110 |
| A House Is Built in a Minute | 111 |
| Planes, Values and Forms | 112 |
| A Few Suggested Techniques | 113 |
| Putting Buildings Together | 114 |
| Drawing Towns and Villages | 115 |
| Loose Sketching and Tonal Drawing | 116 |
| Crowded Shacks in a Slum | 117 |
| Different Approaches to Structural Drawing | 118 |
| Recording Planes and Values | 119 |
| Index | 120 |