Draw It: Tools, Techniques and Methods

A compact, portable drawing resource book of over 200 highly illustrated pages of sketching and drawing techniques, the book is crafted to be a companion tool which is tucked in your travel gear and referred to regularly. The book is durable with helpful colour-coded pages to cross reference with demonstrated drawing tools. The book is organised into three Drawing Chapters: First, Tools +Techniques, from black and white to colour drawings: Second, Methods, where perspective drawing rules are established, followed by Learning from The Masters to learn colour theory and composition, then drawing Cityscapes + Landscapes, Aerial Perspectives, with demonstrations of Quick Draw and Slow Draw techniques: Third, Drawing as a Way of Thinking where Analytical Sketching, Sequential Serial View drawings and Developing Design Proposals Using the Story Board Method are illustrated. AUTHOR: A nationally recognised design teacher and award winning architect, Professor Lynn Craig, FAIA, RIBA, teaches Freehand Drawing as a vehicle to visually analyse and communicate urban design, architecture and landscape projects to design students and professionals. Prof. Craig is an alumnus of Clemson University, and Washington University, St. Louis, with a Master of Architecture and Urban Design degree. A member of the AIA and the RIBA, having practiced internationally for ten years, receiving International Design awards, returning to South Carolina in 1981 to practice architecture and teach at Clemson University, School of Architecture. A former student of Lynn Craig's while at Clemson University, Cary Perkins is a practicing architect and Associate at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture with over ten years of experience in commercial and community-based design. Ms. Perkins also teaches architectural design as an adjunct instructor at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. Prior to receiving her Master of Architecture at Clemson, Ms. Perkins completed a BFA with a focus on oil painting from Converse College in Spartanburg, SC and spent several years working in marketing and advertising. Her love for graphic design and visual communication developed during this time and still plays a heavy role in her work.