A Beginner's Guide to Sketching Buildings & Landscapes: Perspective and Proportions for Drawing Architecture, Gardens and More! (With over 500 illustrations)

The right concept is the key to creating a powerful drawing. This book provides examples and step-by-step lessons to help beginners establish accurate perspective guidelines and proportions for their pencil sketches, setting up their drawings for success. With the help of this guide, you can create well-formed and well-balanced landscape and architectural illustrations of churches, castles, houses, mountains, bridges, waterways, gardens, and more.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 12 October 2023
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

The art of creating a powerful drawing lies in starting with the right concept! In this comprehensive guide, sketching and painting expert Masao Yamada shares invaluable insights and techniques to help you establish accurate perspective guidelines and proportions for your initial pencil sketches. By doing so, you set your drawings up for success right from the beginning, ensuring that your finished work exudes crispness and beauty.

However, if a sketch lacks proper perspective and proportions, the journey to correction can be frustrating, and the final outcome may never quite meet your expectations. That's where A Beginner's Guide to Sketching Buildings & Landscapes comes in to save the day! This indispensable guide is designed to guide you through the process of creating well-formed and well-balanced landscape and architectural illustrations.

With detailed step-by-step lessons, you will learn how to:

1. Establish the point of view of your composition correctly, ensuring that the horizon line is accurately located, dividing land and sky.
2. Break down complex scenes into simple component shapes, making them easier to visualize and draw.
3. Create the right relationship between foreground and background, adding depth and dimension to your illustrations.
4. Express 3D imagery using 2-point and 3-point perspective, bringing your drawings to life with a sense of realism.

Whether you're sketching churches, castles, houses, mountains, bridges, waterways, gardens, or any other architectural or landscape feature, this guide will empower you to create stunning illustrations that showcase your artistic talent. So, why wait? Unlock the secrets of creating powerful drawings with A Beginner's Guide to Sketching Buildings & Landscapes and embark on a journey of artistic fulfillment!

Weight: 510g
Dimension: 279 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780804856232