Freehand Drawing and Discovery

Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Features access to video tutorials!Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, Freehand Drawing and Discovery uses an array of cross-disciplinary examples to help readers develop their drawing skills. Taking a "both/and" approach, this book provides step-by-step guidance on drawing tools and techniques and offers practical suggestions on how to use these skills in conjunction with digital tools on real-world projects. Illustrated with nearly 300 full color drawings, the book includes a series of video demonstrations that reinforces the sketching techniques.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-02-01
Mått211 x 279 x 20 mm
Vikt1 021 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
Upplaga1
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9781118232101

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JAMES RICHARDS, FASLA, is cofounder and Principal of Townscape, Inc., an urban design consultancy, and an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington's School of Architecture. He is a national award-winning designer, writer, and illustrator whose work spans landscape architecture, town planning, and urban design. Mr. Richards is a blog correspondent for Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), an international drawing movement. He travels globally conducting drawing workshops for both students and professionals.

Foreword by Francis D.K. Ching xPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xviiPart 1: Learning a LanguageChapter 1: The Freehand Renaissance 2Influences 8Art and Technology 12Reintegrating Work and Play 16Drawing and Discovery with Michael Vergason 20Chapter 2: Nine Keys to Exploratory Drawing 24Simplify Tools 27Simplify Message 29Work Small 31Simplify Technique 32Attack the Drawing 36Draw People First 39Pull It Together with Darks 43Leave It Loose 44Annotate Everything 45Drawing and Discovery with Kevin Sloan 46Chapter 3: Elements and Entourage 50People 52Vehicles 55Trees, Shrubs, Groundcovers 58Rock and Landforms 62Water 69Furnishings 72Sky 76Buildings 83Drawing and Discovery with Christine Ten Eyck 92Chapter 4: Creating Believable Worlds 98Perspective: What You Really Need to Know 99Creating Depth: Foreground, Middle Ground, Background 111Building Up Color 115Pulling It Together 119Drawing and Discovery with Luis Ruiz 122Part 2: Urban SketchingChapter 5: Urban Sketching as Creative Fuel 130Drawing and Discovery with Gabriel Campanario 140Chapter 6: Capturing the Place 144Tools 145Subject Matter 147Editing 150To Color or Not to Color? 152Working Fast 154Drawing and Discovery with Liz Steel 162Part 3: Concept SketchingChapter 7: Capturing the Idea 170Sketching over Digital Bases 173Sketching over Aerial Photographs 173Concepts and Character 192Drawing and Discovery with Kim Perry 204Chapter 8: Digital Sketching - Drawing Without Limits 208The Vision 210The Reality 213Tablet Sketching Gallery 215Drawing and Discovery with Robert Chipman, ASLA 232Chapter 9: What’s Next? 238Practice 240Collect 241Copy 242Keep the Well Filled 243Drawing and Discovery with Bob Hopewell 254Endnote 261Index 263