Sketch Like An Architect Handbook V2

60 Pages·016.579 MB·English

by  David Drazil

Handbook
© 2017 by David Dražil. All rights reserved.
Thank you!
Thank you very much for joining my online course
Sketch Like an Architect. I hope that both the course
and this PDF Handbook will offer you valuable and
useful information, which will help you to practice,
achieve better results, and be inspired while sketching.
Enjoy!

All the best!

- David Drazil -
#SketchLikeAnArchitect
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Reading Guide
This Handbook is created as an interactive PDF.
It means, that you can, for instance, click on the
chapters on the Contents page and you‘ll be
instantly directed to the corresponding page of the
book. The same applies for buttons on the contact
pages (p. 3 and 60) and external links to websites.
The Worksheets for practicing always have the
PRINT ME! sign with a little printer icon on the top
right corner of the page. These Worksheets are meant
to be printed out, so you can physically practice new
techniques and skills.

Happy sketching!
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Contents
How It Works p. 6
Step 01 Lines & 2D Objects p. 7
Step 02 Basic Perspective Rules p. 17
Step 03 Shadows, Textures & Materiality p. 25
Step 04 Populating Your Sketch p. 34
Step 05 Adding Vegetation p. 39
Step 06 Awesome Perspective Sketch p. 46
Final Thoughts p. 57
References and Resources to Explore p. 58
About the Author p. 59
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How It Works
The main body of this Handbook consists of 6 Steps. Each of these
Steps is divided into 4 parts (as seen below). First, I explain you what
we are going to learn and why. Then, I show you the techniques and I
give you some crucial tips & tricks. After that, you can learn by practicing
on the provided worksheets. Finally, there is an exercise for each of the
Steps, so you can apply and test your newly acquired skill or technique.
What & Why Tips & Tricks Learning Applying
What we are going to Techniques and advice on what Practice makes perfect, right? It is Time for a final exercise, where
learn and why this skill to do and what to avoid. It is applicable for sketching, too. You you can apply the techniques
or technique is important for more of a guideline since any can use the prepared worksheets we have practiced. This is the
architectural sketching. rule can be broken... ;) to help you start. part you should upload to your
project gallery :)
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Step 01
Lines & 2D Objects
If you look at most architectural sketches, they are made of a number
of different lines. Some of them are wavy, jagged, zig-zag, and some
are straight. They are used not only for contours, but also for guide-
lines, constructional lines, shading, hatching and texturing - pretty
much almost everything in a drawing!
As the first step, we´re going to learn to draw different types of lines.
We start with relaxing our hand, getting familiar with the right posture
and correct movement of our arm, and drawing various types of lines. Different types of lines
Basic 2D objects
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Line Types
Wavy
Staggered
Zig-Zag
Jagged
Dotted
Dotdash
Solid
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PRINT ME!
WORKSHEET 01.a
Wavy
Your turn!
Staggered
Your turn!
Zig-Zag
Your turn!
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PRINT ME!
WORKSHEET 01.b
Jagged
Your turn!
Dotted
Your turn!
Dotdash
Your turn!
Solid
Your turn!
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