Freehand Drawing and Discovery: Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers

Table of contents

1. Foreword
2. Preface
3. A Note on the Contributors
4. Acknowledgments
5. Part 1: Learning a Language
   1. Chapter 1: The Freehand Renaissance
      1. Influences
      2. Art and Technology
   2. Chapter 2: Nine Keys to Exploratory Drawing
      1. Simplify Tools
      2. Simplify Message
      3. Work Small
      4. Simplify Technique
      5. Attack the Drawing
      6. Draw People First
      7. Pull It Together with Darks
      8. Leave It Loose
   3. Chapter 3: Elements and Entourage
      1. People
      2. Vehicles
      3. Trees, Shrubs, Groundcovers
      4. Rock and Landforms
      5. Water
      6. Furnishings
      7. Sky
   4. Chapter 4: Creating Believable Worlds
      1. Perspective: What You Really Need to Know
      2. Creating Depth: Foreground, Middle Ground, Background
      3. Building Up Color
6. Part 2: Urban Sketching
   1. Chapter 5: Urban Sketching as Creative Fuel
   2. Chapter 6: Capturing the Place
      1. Tools
      2. Subject Matter
      3. Editing
      4. To Color or Not to Color?
7. Part 3: Concept Sketching
   1. Chapter 7: Capturing the Idea
      1. Sketching over Digital Bases
   2. Chapter 8: Digital Sketching—Drawing Without Limits
      1. The Vision
      2. The Reality
   3. Chapter 9: What’s Next?
      1. Practice
      2. Collect
      3. Copy
      4. Keep the Well Filled
8. Index