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FreeHand Drawing and Discovery - by James Richards (Hardcover)

FreeHand Drawing and Discovery - by  James Richards (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Features access to video tutorials!</b><br /><br />Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, <i>Freehand Drawing and Discovery</i> 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 color drawings, the book includes a series of video demonstrations that reinforces the sketching techniques.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>"The things we learn about our environment when we draw on location help us as we imagine, draw, and design the future."<br><b>--Francis D.K. Ching</b> <p>While computer-aided design has changed the way designers explore and communicate their visions, freehand drawing remains an essential skill for capturing a flow of visual ideas and developing them on the spot. <i>Freehand Drawing & Discovery</i> takes an updated and practical approach to using hand sketching in a digital world, employing a "both/and" philosophy that shows you how to rapidly capture ideas with hand sketching that can then be further explored and refined using digital tools. <p>Created by an urban designer and blog correspondent for Urban Sketchers, this resource-rich, user-friendly guide provides step-by-step instruction on drawing tools and techniques. It offers practical suggestions on how to use freehand sketching skills in conjunction with digital tools on real-world projects. <i>Freehand Drawing & Discovery</i> <ul> <li>Crosses disciplinary boundaries, from architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture to the widely diverse Urban Sketching community</li> <li>Covers sketching tools and techniques, location sketching, concept sketching, and digital sketching</li> <li>Includes nearly 300 full-color drawings, including contributions by Michael Vergason, Kevin Sloan, Christine Ten Eyck, Luis Ruiz, Gabriel Campanario, Liz Steel, Kim Perry, Bob Hopewell, and a special contribution on digital design sketching by Robert Chipman</li> <li>Features access to video tutorials in which the author demonstrates techniques for creating sketches from your imagination, sketching on location, sketching on a digital tablet, and painting with watercolors</li> </ul> <p><i>Freehand Drawing & Discovery</i> is a must-have handbook for students and professionals in urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture. It is also a rewarding resource for general artists, sketchers, and anyone interested in the Urban Sketching phenomenon.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>JAMES RICHARDS, FASLA, </b> 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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