Drawing and Designing with Confidence : A Step-by-Step Guide

by Lin, Mike W.

• ISBN13: 9780471283904
• ISBN10: 0471283908
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-08-30
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The highly successful " Loose with Graphics" course-- now available in book form for the first time! Mike Lin, ASLA Drawing and Designing with Confidence A Step-By-Step Guide Now, at a fraction of the cost of attending one of Mike Lin' s enormously popular graphic workshops, you can learn his uniquely successful drawing and designing techniques. In a short time, you will find your rendering and designing skills greatly improved, as you work quickly, confidently and effectively using Lin' s well-known " 45 Principles of Good Graphics" and " Six Design Approaches." The book covers all aspects of design, graphic principles, media, types of drawings, lettering, entourage, sketching and perspective drawing techniques, and contains a wealth of rapidly absorbed information on: achieving a relaxed approach to drawing that uncovers your buried artistic skillsthe 45 fundamentals of good graphics, with common mistakes to avoidusing 47 rendering techniques types to their full advantagedeveloping skills in pencil and marker letteringenhancing entourage techniques in people, vegetation, cars and furniture to create interest and realismquick and simple methods in one and two-point perspective drawingfoolproof sketching methodsa comprehensive design process with six design approaches and 23 design principles.Lavishly illustrated with nearly 400 color illustrations... including extraordinary before and after student examples... printed in a high-quality, oversized format... and incorporating hundreds of timesaving tricks of the trade, this book holds the keys to developing outstanding drawing and design skills. It isthe most detailed and comprehensive book on the topic available today, written by a professional whose acclaimed teaching methods are in demand throughout the world. Architects, landscape architects, interior designer

Author Biography

About the Author Mike W. Lin, ASLA, is a recognized leader in architectural rendering methodology. He is the founder and director of the Mike Lin Graphic Workshop in Manhattan, Kansas, which has travelled to more than one hundred universities and many cities around the world under the sponsorship of many universities, and the AIA, ASLA, ASID, ALCA and other professional organizations. Mr. Lin holds both architecture and landscape architecture degrees and was formerly a professor at Kansas State University. He is the author of the bestselling Architectural Rendering Techniques: A Color Reference.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(1)
Acknowledgments	x
1. Loose vs Tight	1	(4)
2. Principles of Good Graphics	5	(18)
Line	6	(2)
Composition	8	(2)
Color	10	(13)
3. Rendering Techniques	23	(10)
How to See	23	(1)
How to Draw	24	(1)
How to Apply	25	(8)
4. Rendering Types	33	(42)
Pencil	33	(4)
Colored Pencil	37	(4)
Pastel	41	(4)
Pen and Ink	45	(4)
Marker	49	(7)
Watercolor	56	(5)
Tempera	61	(4)
Airbrush	65	(3)
Media Comparison	68	(6)
Matrix Chart	74	(1)
5. Lettering	75	(4)
Pencil Lettering	75	(2)
Marker Lettering	77	(2)
6. Entourage	79	(31)
People	79	(5)
Vegetation	84	(7)
Cars	91	(5)
Furniture	96	(4)
Skies	100	(3)
Water	103	(2)
Glass	105	(1)
Building Materials	106	(4)
7. Perspective Drawing	110	(29)
Height in Perspective	111	(2)
Width in Perspective	113	(1)
Depth in Perspective	114	(2)
One-Point Perspective	116	(5)
Two-Point Perspective	121	(3)
Using Perspective Charts	124	(11)
Paraline Drawing Technique	135	(1)
Perspective Transferring Methods	136	(3)
8. How to Sketch	139	(10)
Sketching Exercises	139	(2)
Keeping a Journal	141	(8)
9. Design Process	149	(40)
Establish a Program	150	(1)
Set Up Bubble Diagrams	150	(2)
Conduct a Site Analysis	152	(3)
Develop Design Concepts	155	(2)
Choose a Design Approach	157	(10)
Present Design Solutions	167	(18)
A Case Study	185	(4)
Appendix A: Time-Saving Techniques	189	(1)
Appendix B: Model Materials	190	(1)
Appendix C: Drawing Paper and Boards	191	(1)
Appendix D: Recommended Markers List	192	(1)
References	193	(1)
Credits	194	(1)
Index	195