Design Drawing

Design Drawing

<b>Get the completely revised edition to mastering the visual language of architecture.</b> <p>In his distinctive graphic style, world-renowned author and architecture educator Francis D.K. Ching takes us on another exciting journey through the process of creation. In <i>Design Drawing, Second Edition</i>, he unmasks the basic cognitive processes that drive visual perception and expression, incorporating observation, memory, and rendering into a creative whole. This edition unites imaginative vision with fundamental architectural principles to cover the traditional basics of drawing, including line, shape, tone, and space. Guiding the reader step-by-step through the entire drawing process, <i>Design Drawing</i> also examines different types of drawing techniques such as multiview, paraline, and perspective drawings -- and how they can be applied to achieve stunning results. In addition, this edition:</p> <ul> <li><b>Goes beyond basic drawing books</b>—Ching not only covers the principles, media, and techniques of drawing, but also places these within the context of what and why designers draw.</li> <li><b>Features more than 1,500 hand-rendered drawings</b>—beautiful illustrations that reinforce the concepts and lessons of each chapter.</li> <li><b>Includes a supplemental CD-ROM</b>—viewers will gain a greater appreciation of the techniques presented in this book through the power of animation, video, and 3D models. Twelve new modules are included, as is a video of the author demonstrating freehand techniques in a step-by-step manner.</li> </ul> <p>For professional architects, designers, fine artists, illustrators, teachers and students alike, this all-in-one package is both an effective tool and an outstanding value, demonstrating concepts and techniques in a visually stimulating format that transends comparable works in the field.</p>