Freehand Drawings PA

by Yanes,Magali Delgado

• ISBN13: 9780393731798
• ISBN10: 0393731790
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

It covers basic tools, materials, and techniques for producing therough sketch, the dimensioned sketch, and the final drawing and showshow to apply these to accurately render plans, elevations, and interiorand exterior views.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Materials, Tools, and Graphic Resources	p. 8
The materials, instruments, and accessories	p. 10
Graphite. Stroke and intent	p. 12
Ink. Precision and shading	p. 16
Paper. A universal support	p. 18
Accessories and useful complements	p. 20
The hand, the gesture, and the observer	p. 22
The gesture and the hand	p. 24
Position and body posture	p. 28
The graphic alphabet. Its richness and complexity	p. 30
Line and the graphic alphabet	p. 32
Shading through the juxtaposition of lines	p. 34
Textures. A specific application for shading	p. 38
Shading. The perception of light	p. 40
Atmosphere and surroundings	p. 44
Dimensioning, lettering, and composition of the drawing	p. 48
The Dimensioned Sketch. Capturing Geometry and Measuring Reality	p. 52
Basic principles of the dimensioned sketch	p. 54
Systems of representation	p. 56
Fundamentals of axonometry	p. 60
The dimensioned sketch in axonometric perspective	p. 62
Scale and level of detail	p. 64
Taking the measurements of a space	p. 66
The dimensioned sketch step by step	p. 70
The dimensioned sketch in architecture	p. 72
Using the dimensioned sketch	p. 76
An interior space in the dimensioned sketch	p. 78
An exterior space in the dimensioned sketch	p. 82
A dimensioned sketch of traditional architecture	p. 84
The Idea Sketch. Analysis of Architectural Forms	p. 90
Architectural views	p. 92
Fundamentals of linear perspective	p. 94
Layout and measuring of architectural forms	p. 100
Layout and choice of views	p. 104
Sketching shadows. Basic concepts	p. 106
Shadows in orthographic projection	p. 108
Shadows in linear perspective	p. 110
The idea sketch in architecture	p. 112
The creative idea sketch. From the mind to the paper	p. 114
Idea sketch analysis. Architectural description	p. 116
Using the idea sketch. Analysis and simulation	p. 120
Suggesting volume with shadows	p. 122
Views of the ensemble	p. 124
Project, site, and placement	p. 126
Relationship of spaces on different levels	p. 128
Frontal views of the space	p. 130
Visual analysis of an interior environment	p. 132
View of an interior-exterior space	p. 134
Visual simulation of a building	p. 136
The Thumbnail Sketch. Intuition and Intention in Architectural Drawing	p. 138
The thumbnail sketch, the drawing of architectural intentions	p. 140
The drawing and expression of architectural concepts	p. 142
Thumbnail sketches for travel	p. 148
Space in architecture	p. 150
The interior architectural space	p. 152
Architecture and its surroundings	p. 156
The urban space	p. 158
Architecture and nature	p. 162
The Use of the Architectural Drawing	p. 164
By way of a summary	p. 166
Learning from a master	p. 168
The idea sketch. Proposals based on an idea	p. 174
Berlin. Sketches from a trip	p. 182
Glossary	p. 188
Bibliography and acknowledgments	p. 191
Index	p. 192
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