Understanding Perspective (The Urban Sketching Handbook): Easy Techniques for Ma

Description: Understanding Perspective (The Urban Sketching Handbook) by Stephanie Bower Learn how to put the 3D world on the 2D page with Understanding Perspective (The Urban Sketching Handbook). Learn about depth, scale, contrast, composition, and more. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A good sketch starts with good bones.Often challenging and overwhelming to sketchers, the fourth book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series uses drawings and simple steps to explain the concepts of perspective in practical and useful ways for on-site sketching. Most books are either too abstract or dont provide enough information that relates to what you actually do when youre out in the busy, wide world about to start a drawing. Where do you start? How do you edit what you see to flatten and shrink it onto your paper? How does perspective work?Understanding Perspective (The Urban Sketching Handbook) helps you learn to think like an architect, to draw buildings and spaces by reducing what you see to simple, basic shapes, then adding layers in simple steps, and finally finishing your sketch with detail, tone, and colour - in accurate perspective. Full of helpful tips, architect and illustrator, Stephanie Bower even de-constructs sketches to show you how to create them! Once you understand perspective, it will change the way you see the world - youll see perspective everywhere.Some of the key concepts explored in this volume are:Basic TermsBasic Spatial PrinciplesTypes of PerspectiveBuilding a Sketch in LayersSpecial Conditions Author Biography Stephanie Bower is a Seattle-based architectural illustrator, teacher, watercolorist, and travelling Urban Sketcher. Stephanie worked as a licensed Architect in New York City before gravitating to professional architectural illustration and concept design. In Seattle, she produces pencil and watercolour images for many renowned architecture and design firms. For over twenty-five years, Stephanie has taught the how-tos of architectural sketching. People around the world follow her sketches online via Flickr, her blog Drawing Perspectives, and as blog correspondent for Urban Sketchers. She is also a signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society. Stephanie continues to learn about architecture through her sketches, pursuing her lifelong dream of seeing the world, sketching, teaching and encouraging others to see their world through the magic of drawing. Table of Contents About this Series Introduction KEYS I BASICS Tools Terms Proportions and Measuring II BASIC SPATIAL PRINCIPLES Diminishing Converging Foreshortening III TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES View Eye Levels "Eye Level" Aerial or Birds-Eye Level Worms-Eye Level View Angles One-Point Perspective Two-Point Perspective Multiple Vanishing Points IV BUILD A SKETCH IN LAYERS Shape of the Face Shape of the Space Shape of the Box V MORE PERSPECTIVE Circles and Ellipses Arches Domes Reflections GALLERIES Wide-Angle in Perspective Texture in Perspective Painting in Perspective Learning in Perspective Contributing Artists About the Author Acknowledgments Long Description Learn how to put the 3D world on the 2D page with Understanding Perspective (The Urban Sketching Handbook) . Learn about depth, scale, contrast, composition, and more. A good sketch starts with good bones. Often challenging and overwhelming to sketchers, the fourth book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series uses drawings and simple steps to explain the concepts of perspective in practical and useful ways for on-site sketching. Most books are either too abstract or dont provide enough information that relates to what you actually do when youre out in the busy, wide world about to start a drawing. Where do you start? How do you edit what you see to flatten and shrink it onto your paper? How does perspective work? Understanding Perspective (The Urban Sketching Handbook) helps you learn to think like an architect, to draw buildings and spaces by reducing what you see to simple, basic shapes, then adding layers in simple steps, and finally finishing your sketch with detail, tone, and colour - in accurate perspective. Full of helpful tips, architect and illustrator, Stephanie Bower even de-constructs sketches to show you how to create them! Once you understand perspective, it will change the way you see the world - youll see perspective everywhere. Some of the key concepts explored in this volume are: Basic Terms Basic Spatial Principles Types of Perspective Building a Sketch in Layers Special Conditions Details ISBN1631591282 Author Stephanie Bower Short Title URBAN SKETCHING HANDBK UNDERST Pages 112 Language English ISBN-10 1631591282 ISBN-13 9781631591280 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Imprint Quarry Books Subtitle Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location Country of Publication United States DEWEY 741.2 Series Urban Sketching Handbooks AU Release Date 2016-06-15 US Release Date 2016-06-15 Publication Date 2016-06-15 UK Release Date 2016-06-15 Audience General Publisher Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc NZ Release Date 2016-07-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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