Sketching Interiors From Traditional to Digital

by Ding, Suining

• ISBN13: 9781563679186
• ISBN10: 1563679183
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-28
• Publisher: Fairchild Books

Summary

While written and oral communication skills are important, to be truly successful a designer must be able to express ideas graphically. Sketching Interiors: From Traditional to Digital covers basic freehand sketching skills with different media including pencils, inks and markers. Interior designers must employ quick freehand graphic sketches such as perspectives, elevations, plan views and details in the design process to record their emerging ideas and explain their intent to others. Since digital media and communication technologies are bringing new tools to design, this book also presents the technique of transformation of freehand sketching to digital drawing with Photoshop. It is important for designers to understand when to use hand drawing techniques versus digital, as well as how to use one to boost the advantages of the other. The edited drawings represent the characters of both freehand sketching and digital drawing. Therefore, the ability to draw and sketch becomes an important skill. Features: - Covers basic freehand sketching with different media, including pencil, ink and marker - Techniques for transforming freehand sketching to digital formats with Photoshop - Easy to follow instructions and a variety of illustrative examples - Visual literacy is emphasised through exercises that hone one's drawing skills for communication with clients - Drawing problems and assignments/exercises for each chapter - Includes both black and white sketches and colour renderings with marker and in Photoshop - Inspiration for sketching from field study and photo analysis - Includes drawing examples of interiors, exteriors, furniture and accessories Instructor's Resources: - Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom

Author Biography

Suining Ding is based at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne.

Table of Contents

Sketching Interiors: A Few Words Before Starting
Perception of Edges
Perception of Spaces
Perception of Light and Shadow
Perception of Spatial Relationships
Texture
Presenting Materials with Markers
Interior Rendering with Markers
Freehand Sketching for Presentations
Transforming Hand Drawing to Digital Drawing