Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers
Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of architecturally and culturally significant buildings, bridges, towers, monuments, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring architects, artists, illustrators, and urban sketchers.

This contemporary step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art and architectural concepts like proportion, perspective, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a wide range of important residential, commercial, historic, and cultural buildings, bridges, towers, and other structures from all over the world and from ancient to modern—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.

Learn how to establish basic shapes; articulate lines for structure, forms, and shading; and add defining details by drawing these celebrated sites and many others:
  • Residential: Fallingwater in the US and the Silo in Copenhagen
  • Commercial: Dancing House in Prague and Sugamo Shinkin Bank in Tokyo
  • Monuments/Sacred: Stonehenge in the UK and the Cathedral of Brasilia
  • Bridges: Jade Belt Bridge in Beijing and the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms 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.

The books in the Draw Like an Artist series 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.
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Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers
Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of architecturally and culturally significant buildings, bridges, towers, monuments, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring architects, artists, illustrators, and urban sketchers.

This contemporary step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art and architectural concepts like proportion, perspective, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a wide range of important residential, commercial, historic, and cultural buildings, bridges, towers, and other structures from all over the world and from ancient to modern—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.

Learn how to establish basic shapes; articulate lines for structure, forms, and shading; and add defining details by drawing these celebrated sites and many others:
  • Residential: Fallingwater in the US and the Silo in Copenhagen
  • Commercial: Dancing House in Prague and Sugamo Shinkin Bank in Tokyo
  • Monuments/Sacred: Stonehenge in the UK and the Cathedral of Brasilia
  • Bridges: Jade Belt Bridge in Beijing and the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms 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.

The books in the Draw Like an Artist series 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.
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Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers

by David Drazil
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers

by David Drazil

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Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of architecturally and culturally significant buildings, bridges, towers, monuments, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring architects, artists, illustrators, and urban sketchers.

This contemporary step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art and architectural concepts like proportion, perspective, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a wide range of important residential, commercial, historic, and cultural buildings, bridges, towers, and other structures from all over the world and from ancient to modern—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.

Learn how to establish basic shapes; articulate lines for structure, forms, and shading; and add defining details by drawing these celebrated sites and many others:
  • Residential: Fallingwater in the US and the Silo in Copenhagen
  • Commercial: Dancing House in Prague and Sugamo Shinkin Bank in Tokyo
  • Monuments/Sacred: Stonehenge in the UK and the Cathedral of Brasilia
  • Bridges: Jade Belt Bridge in Beijing and the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms 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.

The books in the Draw Like an Artist series 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780760370773
Publisher: Quarry Books
Publication date: 08/02/2021
Series: Draw Like an Artist
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 11 MB
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About the Author

David Drazil is an architect who loves to sketch. Every day he shares his passion for the visual representation of architecture through drawings and tips on his website SketchLikeAnArchitect.com and on his popular Instagram account @david_drazil. Through creating educational resources on architectural sketching, David is focused on helping other architects, designers, and hobby sketchers to use sketching as a tool to improve their design process and presentation. A trained architect with international experience, David holds a BSc in Architecture and Building Engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague and an MSc in Architecture and Design from Aalborg University in Aalborg. He also collaborates as a featured artist with the iPad sketching apps Morpholio and ShadowDraw. He lives in Prague, Czech Republic.
David Drazil is an architect who loves to sketch. Every day he shares his passion for the visual representation of architecture through drawings and tips on his website SketchLikeAnArchitect.com and on his popular Instagram account @david_drazil. Through creating educational resources on architectural sketching, David is focused on helping other architects, designers, and hobby sketchers to use sketching as a tool to improve their design process and presentation. A trained architect with international experience, David holds a BSc in Architecture and Building Engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague and an MSc in Architecture and Design from Aalborg University in Aalborg. He also collaborates as a featured artist with the iPad sketching apps Morpholio and ShadowDraw. He lives in Prague, Czech Republic.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

How to Use This Book 6

Tips on Architectural Sketching & Drawing 8

Residential

Barcelona Pavilion Barcelona, Spain 10

Farnsworth House Plano, Illinois, USA 11

Villa Tugendhat Brno, Czech Republic 12

Fallingwater Mill Run, Pennsylvania, USA 13

Villa Savoye Poissy, France 14

Weissenhof Estate Stuttgart, Germany 15

Reflection of Mineral Tokyo 16

House in Abiko Abiko City, Japan 17

Victorian Painted Ladies San Francisco, California, USA 18

Markthal Rotterdam, Netherlands 19

Robie House Chicago, Illinois, USA 20

High Line at 520 West 28th Street New York City 21

Rietveld Schröder House Utrecht, Netherlands 22

Villa Mueller Prague, Czech Republic 23

Bay window detail Copenhagen, Denmark 24

Qiyunshan Tree House Hotel China 25

The Silo Copenhagen, Denmark 26

Valley Villa Vilnius, Lithuania 27

Tree House Cape Town, South Africa 28

Beirut Terraces Beirut, Lebanon 29

Dyeji Luanda, Angola 30

Rimrock Spokane, Washington, USA 31

Rural House La Garrotxa, Spain 32

Concrete Box House Houston, Texas, USA 33

Marble House Bangkok, Thailand 34

Five Terraces and a Garden Quarteira, Portugal 35

Sharifi-Ha House Tehran, Iran 36

Commercial (Offices / Administrative)

Dancing House Prague, Czech Republic 37

The Gherkin London 38

Chrysler Building New York City 39

Oculus, World Trade Center New York City 40

The Flatiron Building New York City 41

Central Radio & TV Tower Beijing 42

Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, California, USA 43

Sugamo Shinkin Bank Kawaguchi, Japan 44

Selfridges Building, Birmingham Birmingham, England 45

VitraHaus Weil am Rhein, Germany 46

Learning Hub Singapore 47

Antwerp Port House Antwerp, Belgium 48

Antinori Winery (staircase detail) Bargino, Italy 49

Institutional / Educational

Bauhaus Dessau, Germany 50

Tietgenkollegiet Copenhagen, Denmark 51

Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, USA 52

Innovation Center, University of Chile Santiago, Chile 53

Historic / Sacred / Monuments

Giza Pyramid Complex Giza City, Egypt 54

Hagia Sofia Istanbul 55

The Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens Athens 56

Taj Mahal Agra, India 57

Colosseum Rome 58

Sainte Marie de La Tourette L'Arbresle, France 59

Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp, France 60

Leaning Tower of Pisa Pisa, Italy 61

Cathedral of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil 62

Sagrada Familia Barcelona, Spain 63

Stonehenge Wiltshire, England 64

The Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Nara, Japan 65

Prague Castle Prague, Czech Republic 66

Lotus Temple Delhi, India 67

Cultural (Museums / Galleries / Libraries)

Ribbon Chapel Hiroshima, Japan 68

Notre-Dame de Paris Paris 69

Centre Georges Pompidou Paris 70

Louvre Pyramid Paris 71

Vessel New York City 72

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York City 73

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao, Spain 74

Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 75

Experiments Building Heilbronn, Germany 76

Heydar Aliyev Center Baku, Azerbaijan 77

Oslo Opera House Oslo, Norway 78

Hoki Museum Midori-ku, Chiba, Japan 79

Oscar Niemeyer Museum Curitiba, Brazil 80

Niterói Contemporary Art Museum Rio de Janeiro 81

The Twist Gallery Jevnaker, Norway 82

Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin 83

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany 84

Harbin Opera House Harbin, China 85

Enzo Ferrari Museum Modena, Italy 86

ArtScience Museum Singapore 87

Bridges

Tower Bridge London 88

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, California, USA 89

Charles Bridge Prague, Czech Republic 90

Sheikh Zayed Bridge Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 91

Brooklyn Bridge New York City 92

Millau Viaduct Millau, France 93

Pont du Gard Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France 94

Stari Most Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 95

Rialto Bridge Venice, Italy 96

Ponte Vecchio Florence, Italy 97

Erasmus Bridge Rotterdam, Netherlands 98

Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney, Australia 99

Jade Belt Bridge Beijing 100

Towers / High-Rises / Skyscrapers

Burj Khalifa Dubai, United Arab Emirates 101

Eiffel Tower Paris 102

Big Ben London 103

Space Needle Seattle, Washington, USA 104

Nakagin Capsule Tower Tokyo 105

Axel Towers Copenhagen, Denmark 106

Hearst Tower New York City 107

Sports Facilities

Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest) Beijing 108

Landscape Architecture

Stage of Forest Jilin, China 109

Acknowledgments 110

About the Author 111

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