Title & Author:

Architectural sketching and rendering : techniques for designers and artists / edited by Stephen Kliment ; foreword by Cesar Pelli.

Publication:

New York : Whitney Library of Design, 1984.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.
[Table of Contents] -- Foreword / Cesar Pelli -- PART ONE: MAKING A START -- 1. Your Studio -- 2. Pencil Exercises -- Sharpening the Pencil -- Types of Points -- Holding the Pencil -- Practicing Lines -- Tone-Building Exercises -- 3. Pen and Brush Exercises -- Exercise 1. Shapes and Lines -- Exercise 2. Lines and Textures -- Exercise 3. Pen Lines -- Exercise 4. Ruling with a Pen and Brush -- Exercise 5. Brush Lines -- 4. Creating Tones and Rendering -- Obtaining Tones in Pen Drawing -- Making Value Scales -- Building Gray Values -- Grading Tones -- Exercise 1. Tonal Value with a Pen -- Exercise 2. More Pen Lines and Textures -- 5. Freehand Perspective -- Two Important Principles -- Typical Geometric Forms -- Architectural Examples -- Interiors -- A Few More Hints -- PART TWO: CAPTURING BUILDINGS, INTERIORS, AND SURROUNDINGS: TECHNIQUES AND EXAMPLES -- 6. Buildings -- Building a Drawing -- Technique -- Depth and Dimension -- Detail and Texture -- Sunlight and Shadow -- EXAMPLES: -- A Traditional Approach to Drawing / Julia Morgan -- Evoking Atmosphere / Turner Brooks -- Portraying Character / James Coote -- Drawing for Reproduction / Raymond Hood -- Drawing for Reproduction / Eliel Saarinen -- Expressing the Romantic Essence of the Skyscraper / Cesar Pelli -- Integrating Old and New / Henry Meltzer and Richard Oliver -- Delineating "Skin and Bones" Architecture / Mies van der Rohe -- A Versatile Line Technique / Gerald Allen -- Creating Rhythm from Line / Eero Saarinen -- Evoking Monumentality by Simple Means / Whitney Warren -- Power through the Conceptual Sketch / Henry Hobson Richardson -- Portraying a Rich Variety of Materials / Frank Furness -- Dry Brush Creates Drama / Samuel Chamberlain -- Interpreting Materials / Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue -- Drawing in Stages / Venturi Rauch Scott-Brown -- Exploring Character through Sketches / Michael Graves -- Rendering Detail and Texture / Arthur Guptill -- Indicating Brick and Stonework / Arthur Guptill -- Simplifying Detail / Ernest Peixotto -- Capturing Depth without Perspective / Schell Lewis -- Expressing Materials and Ornament / Leopold Eidlitz -- Modeling Detail / Welles Bosworth -- 7. Interiors and Furniture -- Interiors Are Still-Lifes -- Perspective -- Interior Lighting -- Lighting and Composition -- Textures and Details -- Individual Pieces of Furniture -- Drawing for Practice -- Several Examples -- Drawing Elevations and Plans -- Pen and Wash -- EXAMPLES: -- The Power of One-Point Perspective / P.M. Letarouilly -- Creating Scale through Texture / F. Mackenzie -- Evoking Tall Spaces / Helmut Jacoby for Philip Johnson -- Exercises in Imagination / Walter Gropius -- Interpreting a Feeling / Paul Hogarth -- Effects with Natural Light / Paul Rudolph -- Exploring a Change of Direction / James Coote -- Capturing Movement with Line / Le Corbusier -- When Plan and Section Are Not Enough / Barholomew Voorsanger and Edward Mills -- Swift Strokes Capture Space and Scale / Alvar Aalto -- The Thumbnail Sketch / Norman Diekman -- Linking Space, Art, and Furniture / Florence Knoll Bassett -- 8. Landscape and Cityscape -- Drawing Trees -- Exercise 1. Broadleafs -- Exercise 2. Conifers -- Exercise 3. Palms -- Drawing Water -- Drawing Skies -- Drawing Fog -- Drawing Snow and Ice -- Drawing Cityscapes -- Exercise 4. Cityscapes -- EXAMPLES: -- Handling Large Landscapes / Robert Lockwood -- Generous Use of Tone / Richard Powers -- Using Soft Pencil to Test Ideas / Mark Simon -- Tying a Building to Its Site / Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue -- Conveying a Sense of Place / Charles Moore -- Bird's-Eye View / Eliel Saarinen -- Bird's-Eye View / Walter Burley Griffin -- 9. Drawing from Photographs -- Some Practical Suggestions -- A Simple Demonstration -- Exercise 1. St. George Tucker House -- Exercise 2. The Governor's Palace -- PART THREE: PERSONAL APPROACHES -- 10. Creating Order with Drawing / Norman Diekman -- 11. The Art of Caricature / Paul Hogarth -- 12. Power and Drama / Hugh Ferriss -- Credits -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

"Do you want to become more confident sketching buildings with a pencil or pen? How about refining your skill in rendering the projects you are designing? Whether you are a designer, an architect, an artist or a student interested in architecture, this volume, filled with a broad range of sketching and rendering techniques and styles, offers the complete intermediate level of instruction that you need. How to achieve effects with pencils and pens is covered in Part 1. The various types of media, including charcoal and ink brushes, are discussed in detail, as well as the different papers, boards, and accessories you'll need. A series of exercises shows you how to draw lines, shapes, textures, and tones and then combine them in renderings. A special sequence is included on how to do freehand perspective drawing. Techniques and examples of capturing buildings, interiors, and land- and cityscapes are thoroughly explored in Part 2. For instance, drawings of such highly respected architects as Henry Hobson Richardson, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Raymond Hood, Julia Morgan, Eliel Saarinen, Mies van der Rohe, Robert Venturi, and Michael Graves are included in the section on buildings. Different types of furniture for the home are shown in the section on interiors, with a special emphasis on the traditional to meet today's renewed interest in historic styles. The array of interior spaces ranges from the S. Maria Maggiore in Rome to Paul Rudolph's Chapel for Tuskegee Institute. Drawing trees (from palms to pines), water, skies, clouds, snow are covered in the section on landscapes, and a special demonstration sequence shows you how to draw cityscapes from photographs. Three personal approaches are given an in-depth review in Part 3. Hugh Ferriss is known for the soaring skyscrapers he so dramatically rendered during the 20s when they were first being built. The process that the designer goes through in creating a finished project is shown in Norman Diekman's work, while the wit and whimsy of Paul Hogarth's caricatures show you how to make even tired wooden buildings sag with interest. Profusely illustrated with 325 illustrations, Architectural Sketching and Rendering is required reading if you want to learn how to create your own successful drawings." -- Dust Jacket.

ISBN:

0823070522
9780823070527
0823070530 (soft)
9780823070534 (soft)

Subject:

Architectural drawing Technique.
Architectural rendering Technique.
Rendu d'architecture Technique.
Architekturzeichnung

Added entries:

Kliment, Stephen A., editor.
Pelli, Cesar, writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109117
Call No.: ID:86-B21986
Status: Available