Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms

<b>Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of architecturally and culturally significant buildings bridges towers monuments and more <i>Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms </i>is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring architects artists illustrators and urban sketchers.</b> <p/> This contemporary <b>step-by-step guidebook</b> demonstrates <b>fundamental art and architectural concepts</b> like proportion perspective and spatial relationships as you <b>learn to draw a wide range of important residential commercial historic and cultural buildings bridges towers and other structures from all over the world</b> and <b>from ancient to modern</b>--all shown from a variety of perspectives and scales. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author David Drazil's classic drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come. <p/> Learn how to <b>establish basic shapes</b>; <b>articulate lines for structure forms and shading</b>; and <b>add defining details</b> by drawing <b>these celebrated sites and many others</b>: <ul><li><b>Residential: </b> Fallingwater in the US and the Silo in Copenhagen</li><li><b>Commercial: </b> Dancing House in Prague and Sugamo Shinkin Bank in Tokyo</li><li><b>Monuments/Sacred: </b> Stonehenge in the UK and the Cathedral of Brasilia</li><li><b>Bridges: </b> Jade Belt Bridge in Beijing and the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney Australia</li></ul><i>Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms</i> is a library essential for any artist or architect who's interested in learning how to draw and explore the underlying design principles of influential constructions. <p/> The books in the <b>Draw Like an Artist series</b> are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.