Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design

Description

The debate surrounding hand drawing versus computer-generated imagery has become a hot topic. Having grown up with computers, today's interior design and architecture students are extremely adept at creating computer imagery, but often lack confidence in their freehand sketching skills, or do not know how to sketch at all. Sketching, and the careful observation that it entails, is essential for the successful development of the next generation of designers. Forty-five step-by-step exercises take the student from the simple three-dimensional forms of furniture, to interiors, to complex building exteriors and cityscapes. Technical topics covered include tools, line weights, perspective, proportion, composition, shading, serial views, and context. Exercises are illustrated with beautiful sketches specially created by the author. Sketching for Architecture and Interior Design is an indispensable and practical guide for students wishing to master the art of looking and sketching. CONTENTS......Page 5 INTRODUCTION......Page 7 MATERIALS......Page 9 PEN WARM-UP......Page 11 MARKER WARM-UP......Page 12 CHAPTER 1: FURNITURE + LIGHTING......Page 14 PRELIMINARY STUDY......Page 15 ABSTRACTION......Page 17 NEGATIVE STUDY......Page 19 POSITIVE STUDY......Page 21 MIRROR IMAGE......Page 23 GUIDELINES......Page 25 LAYERS......Page 27 PERSPECTIVE BASICS......Page 29 PLAN, ELEVATION + 3D......Page 31 CIRCLES......Page 33 MULTIPLE VIEW POINTS......Page 35 APPLIED PATTERN......Page 37 INTEGRATED PATTERN......Page 39 SHADE + SHADOW......Page 41 COMPOSITION......Page 45 CHAPTER 2: INTERIORS......Page 50 TRANSITIONAL SPACE......Page 61 INTERIOR + EXTERIOR......Page 63 WINDOW FRAMES......Page 65 REPETITION......Page 67 CONTINUOUS LINE......Page 69 SCULPTURAL STUDY......Page 71 PEOPLE......Page 73 VIEWPOINTS......Page 75 CHAPTER 3: ARCHITECTURE......Page 86 SYMMETRY + PATTERN......Page 87 PUZZLE PIECES......Page 91 NEGATIVE SPACE......Page 93 EXPRESSION......Page 95 BUILDING MATERIALS......Page 97 BUILDING LAYERS......Page 99 BUILDING LEVELS......Page 101 LEFT-TO-RIGHT PERSPECTIVE......Page 103 BUILDING CURVES......Page 105 MULTI-POINT PERSPECTIVE......Page 107 PERIMETER VIEWS......Page 111 OPEN + CLOSED......Page 113 VEGETATION......Page 115 BUILDING SHADING......Page 117 FINAL STUDY......Page 121 THE AUTHOR......Page 125 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 127