Includes techniques and approaches for all types of buildings, from Classical architecture to continental buildings. Each picture is annotated in detail with practical techniques. This practical and inspirational book will help artists successfully capture the beauty and detail of urban landscapes and individual buildings in drawing media as well as watercolor. Drawing & Painting Buildings is a comprehensive guide to the subject, packed with practical advice, from simple exercises for perspective and color mixing for man-made materials to choosing one's composition and capturing and editing detail. This is an essential resource for painting and drawing buildings of all sorts, from townhouses to public buildings, each accompanied by stunning finished artworks and annotated with indispensable tips and techniques. -- Publisher details.
As you work through this book, you will look at materials and their qualities then move on to explore how to put these materials to best use when drawing specific types of building.
As you work through this book, you will look at materials and their qualities then move on to explore how to put these materials to best use when drawing specific types of building.
Step-by-step instructions explain how artists can create realistic three-dimensional effects when drawing or painting buildings.
Drawing and Painting Buildings
Drawing and Painting Architecture
In this book, sketching and painting expert Masao Yamada provides dozens of examples showing you how to establish accurate perspective guidelines and proportions for your initial pencil sketches, setting your drawings up to succeed right ...
This practical book explains the full depth of the subject, from first sketches to final presentation. Using a range of examples, it is packed with advice and information, and follows the riches of painting the built landscape.
Ames's illustration style and renowned drawing method has made him a leader in the step-by-step drawing manual, and the 31 books in his Draw 50 series have sold more than three million copies.
Buildings in Watercolor
The technique for painting weathered buildings in pen and ink and watercolor.