Understanding Architecture Through Drawing
3.2 (left) Kinlochmoidart House, designed in 1884 by William Leiper and drawn here in 1999 by Nick Hirst as part of his Philip W ...
your subject and preferably at an angle rather than straight on. This brings out any sculptural modelling or surface relief, all ...
Sketching should be both enjoyable and educational; and both may be helped by a little contemplative peace. As such you are like ...
3.6 (below) Façade study of National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, designed in 1958 by Le Corbusier. 3.7 (bottom) Façade study o ...
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Part Two Techniques ...
Chapter 4 Perspective An understanding of perspective is essential in order to gain a full appreciation of the aesthetic quality ...
4.1 The axis of this garden in Siena exploits single-point perspective. The garden walk is terminated at one end by a gateway an ...
Indeed, for most subjects it is only necessary to understand the basic rules of perspective – that parallel lines focus upon van ...
4.5 The widely set vanishing points of this sketch of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House near Glasgow allow the rambling com ...
two-point perspective (unlike single-point) and hence the artist has to concentrate a little harder on the drawing. A drawing wi ...
4.9 These high office blocks in Chicago exploit perspective in a vertical rather than horizontal direction. Perspective 43 ...
only gives the townscape sketch a certain subtlety, but helps reinforce the sense of perspective established by the angled lines ...
Diagonals can also be used to establish the centre of a wall or building in perspective. By striking both diagonals lightly in p ...
Chapter 5 Line and shade Sketching the outline of objects can lead to rather featureless and abstract drawing. Although one may ...
(a) (b) (c) (d) 5.2 a, b, c and d These four sketches of a Victorian terrace of seaside flats in Dovercourt, Essex, show how a l ...
Many eighteenth- or nineteenth-century buildings employ cornices, string courses and window margins in order to create panels of ...
5.6 The use of shade and shadow enhances the sculptural qualities of this coal mine at the Snowdown Colliery in Kent. 5.8 (left) ...
Chapter 6 Composition An appreciation of composition is particularly important when drawing buildings and cities. The abstract n ...
Composition 51 ...
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