The Art of the Line in Drawing is an attractive and informative book on the deceptively simple art of line drawing. As French artist Frédéric Forest notes, the line is "one of the earliest forms of mark-making in human history." It's a technique that's been used by everyone from Keith Haring, "one of the most well-known and celebrated line artists of the modern world," to today's fashion designers. In this amply illustrated book, Forest teaches the basic techniques of line art; describes the effects created by fine, smooth, brushed, and colored lines; and demonstrates how he uses each technique to draw everything from the body to portraits to swans. The result is a fun, useful guide intended to bring out the inner artist in readers. --Michael Magras, freelance book reviewer