A comprehensive and practical guide full of advice and inspiration for
anyone wishing to capture the beauty of the urban landscape.
The wonderful thing about drawing buildings is that, wherever you travel
around the globe, you will never be short of subjects to inspire you.
From the most elaborate of Renaissance cathedrals, through to the humble
garden shed, you will always be able to practise your skills and learn a
few techniques in the process.
This hands-on and inspirational book will encourage you to meet the
exciting challenges of drawing and painting buildings using a variety of
media and a wide range of techniques, including pencil, pen, graphite
powder, watercolour, water-soluble pencils and Indian ink. 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. You will be led gently through levels of
learning, with easy and more challenging exercises progressing your
knowledge and developing your skills.
As the book is divided into discrete sections, you can dip in to a
particular type of building that you wish to draw, and use the
information and illustration provided, while extended teaching exercises
take you through the way the author approaches composing and completing
a drawing. Fully annotated paintings, working drawings and extended
projects reveal how each effect was achieved.
Detailed artworks in a range of styles and media are thoroughly
annotated to demonstrate key techniques and important details and there
are invaluable exercises for understanding perspective, negative and
positive space, tone, choosing details and constructing large-scale
images.
The book includes thorough studies of a wide range of different
architectural styles, from town houses to rural cottages and barns, from
churches and and classical architecture to continental cafes and street
scenes. Taylor's exquisite drawings and paintings demonstrate the
quality of the results that can be achieved by following his helpful
guidance and advice.
