Architectural Studies: A Step-By-Step Guide to Rendering and Drawing Techniques

This guide demonstrates how to create professional quality architectural renderings with little or no drawing experience. Starting with the basics of lines and shading, the book offers a range of felt-tip marker techniques that build progressively to three-dimensional perspective drawings. And the author shows how his minimalist approach can be adapted to any personal drawing style - without wasting time or resources. Architects, interior designers and drafters will find job-tested tips for: creating casual, but effective architectural renderings; using a matrix for perspective drawing; deciding on the medium and approach; incorporating key building blocks into rendering; using entourage effectively; and working with tracings. Comprising exercises and progressing easily from simple to advanced concepts, the book offers foolproof methods for drawing any subject, from an intricate office complex to an elevation sketch.