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Freehand Drawing and Discovery

Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers
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Freehand Drawing and Discovery is a practical guide designed for architects, planners, and landscape architects who want to enhance their ability to quickly and creatively generate design concepts through freehand sketching. The book combines step-by-step instructions on drawing tools and techniques with real-world applications, encouraging a complementary use of both traditional sketching and digital tools. Featuring nearly 300 full-colour drawings and access to video tutorials, it offers a cross-disciplinary exploration to develop essential drawing skills.
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Ideal for professionals and students in architecture, planning, and landscape architecture seeking to improve their freehand drawing skills for creative design development.

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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.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description
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-colour drawings, the book includes a series of video demonstrations that reinforces the sketching techniques.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118232101

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 February 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 211.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1021g

Pages: 288

About the Author

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.

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