Book Description
This book focuses on the exciting possibilities for representing the built environment with techniques ranging from pencil sketching to computers. It teaches students the following skills: how to draw using a range of media, the basic rules of making effective spatial images, and how to express ideas through appropriate media and forms of communication.
Following a revised and expanded introduction, the book is divided into three sections: Media, Types, and Places. Each section is illustrated with exemplary drawings and accompanying commentaries. Step-by-step sequences and practical tips will further help students to make the most of their newly acquired skills.
The second edition includes more on a variety of techniques, particularly digital, and new artworks from practicing architects, making it an indispensable practical and inspirational resource.
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
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Media
- Introduction
- Line
-
Render
- Case studies
- Step by step: Pencil crayon
- Step by step: Charcoal
- Step by step: Watercolour interior sketch
- Step by step: Photoshop: Finishing a computer-generated image (CGI)
- Step by step: Photoshop: Creating shadows for people
- Step by step: Photoshop: Colour-correcting a photograph
- Step by step: AutoCAD to 3ds Max
- Mixed Media
-
Types
- Introduction
- Sketches
- Diagrams
- Plans
- Sections and elevations
- Axonometric and isometric projections
-
Perspectives
- Case studies
- Step by step: Drawing a one-point perspective
- Step by step: Drawing a two-point perspective
- Step by step: Making rapid perspective sketches by hand
- Step by step: Correcting perspective distortion
- Step by step: Creating a lathe model
- Step by step: Creating a loft model
- Step by step: Polygon model editing
- Step by step: Solid model editing
- Step by step: Creating a spline surface model
- Step by step: Using After Effects for animation
- Places
- Glossary
- Further reading
- Index
- Picture credits
- Author’s acknowledgements