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Hieveryone!
I
’m gl
adyoumadei ther
e!
Y
ouar
eonepageawayf
rom yourdream:learni
nghow t
odr
aw sket
chesasanar
chi
tect
.

I
’
m amast
erofar
chi
tect
ure.
Ihavegr
aduat
edi
n201
9.
There ar
e people who can dr
aw good sket
ches wi
thout
prepar
ati
onandthi
sistal
ent
.
Butthat’
snotaboutme.Atuni
ver
sit
yIdidn’
thavetimetol
earn
sket
ching and Ial
ways want
ed tolearn how t
o draw cool
sket
ches.
Butyouhave anoppor
tuni
tytolear
nthisri
ghtnow t
oimpr
ove
yoursket
chesski
l
lswhi
l
ealreadyatuni
versi
ty.

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Necessar
ytool
s

Let
'sst
art
!
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Const
ruct
ionofgeomet
ricshapes
Star
tingt
odr
aw sket
chesi
tisi
mpor
tantt
ohaveani
deaoft
hewayobj
ect
sar
ein
space.
Flatshapescomposi
ti
oni
sthesimplestki
nd.
Thel
ear
ningpr
ocessi
nar
chi
tect
ural
schoolsbegi
nswit
hplaneshapes.

You should easi

ly have an idea of di
ffer
ent geomet
ric vol
umes i
n bot
h
2-di
mensionaland3-di
mensionalfor
m.

Geomet
riccomposi
ti
oni
soneoft
heexam t
opi
csatmostuni
ver
sit
ies.
Composi
ti
ontrai
ningbeginswi
thsi
mpl
epl
anef
igur
est
hatyoucanuset
ocr
eat
e
thr
ee-
dimensi
onalfi
gures.

We wi
llf
ocusont he basi
cgeometri
cshapes:ci
rcl
e,squar
e,r
ect
angl
e,t
riangl
e,
t
rapezoi
d,el
l
ipse,
r hombusandhexagon.

Youneedt
olear
nhow toeasi
l
ydraw theseshapeswi
thoutanyhel
pimmediatel
y
wit
hapenormar ker
.Butt
ogetst
art
edyoucanuset hebasetomakeiteasier.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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Geomet
ricshapes,
par
t1
Squar
e 5mi
n
ur
ourt
Y n!

Ci
rcl
e
ur
ourt
Y n!

Rect
angl
e
ur
ourt
Y n!

El
l
ipse
ur
ourt
Y n!
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Сonst
ruct
ionofvol
umet
ricshapes
I
n orderto wor k on embedded geometr
ic shapes,you need to have a good
underst
anding oft hei
r pr
operti
es,as wellas have ski
ll
si n perspect
ive and
axonometry.
I
tisgoodtobeabletoimagi
neshapesandhaveconfi
dentski
l
lsownusi
ngapencil
becauseal
lstepsoftheworkarecompletedwi
thoutusi
nganyothertool
s.Just
fl
awlessmovementofthehandandyourtool
.

Youcanproceedtot
hegeomet ri
cshapesi
ncut
sonl
yaf
teryouhavemast
eredt
he
ski
ll
sofworkingoni
ndi
vidualshapes.
Y
oucanbegintomast
erconnect
edshapesifyouareconfi
denti
nit
sconst
ruct
ion,
i
ncl
udi
ngthei
rposi
ti
oninspace,
perspect
ive,
axonometryandangl
e.
Therefore,
inthi
sunitwewillexplor
et hewaysofconstruct
ingvar
iousgeomet
ric
shapes:bal
l,par
all
elepi
ped,
cylinder,pyr
amid,pr
ism,et
c.

Youneedtolear
nhow todraw theseshapeseasi
l
ysi
ncei
twi
l
lbei
mpor
tantt
o
draw t
heembeddedf
igurescor
rectly.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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Vol
umet
ricshapes,
par
t1 Bal
l Par
all
elepi
ped
1
0mi
n

Step1.Draw aci
rclekeeping Step2.Eraseexcess, St
ep1.Keep St
ep2.Hi
ghl
ightthefor
egr ound,
t
hesamedi stances. sel
ectthenearestborders. equaldi
stances l
eavethebackdot ted.
I
nthemi ddl
edraw twoelli
pses Done! f
rom oppositesides Done!

Y
ourt
urn! Y
ourt
urn! Y
ourt
urn! Y
ourt
urn!

Y
oucanr
epeatonpage1
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Composi
ti
onalst
ruct
ure
I
ncut
sar
evol
umet
ricspat
ialcomposi
ti
onsofgeomet
ricshapes.
One of the f
eatur
es of t
he i
ncut
sist hat they are cr
eated accordi
ng t
o
i
magi
nationthatr
equir
escomplet
eunder
standingofitsdesignfeat
ures.

Theoutcomeoft heseexer
ciseswi
llbetheabi
li
tyt
oment al
l
yfor
m acl
eari
mage
off
inalproj
ectandunderst
andingofthedesi
gnofsect
ions.

Thebasisforthecreat
iveconstructi
onofar chi
tect
uralfor
msisavisualsear
ch
forexpressi
ve f
orms.Atthe i
nit
ialphase sucha searchconsi
tsofa sket
chof
planef
ormsandacomposi ti
onofpl aneshapes.
Nextt
hesel
ect
edopt
ioni
sexpandedi
ntoat
hree-
dimensi
onali
mage.
Wehaveal readypracti
cedplaneshapes,now l
et'
shavealookatbasi
copti
ons
forconnect
edgeomet r
icshapesthatar
eusefulforshapi
ngthei
mageofbui
l
ding
volumesespeci
all
y.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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T
ypesofper
spect
ive

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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Fr
ont
alper
spect
ive,
par
t1
1
5mi
n

St
ep1.Defi
net
hebasi cel
ements: St
ep2. Draw thef
rontpl
ane St
ep3.Connecttheendsoftheli
neswit
h
hori
zonli
neandvanishi
ngpoint, f
iguresthatwewant apoint
descent,
draw t
helateral
,
draw l
i
nesfrom t
hecenter topictureinper
specti
ve upperandlowerpl
anes.Done!

Y
ourt
urn! Y
ourt
urn! Y
ourt
urn!
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Sket
chpl
anes

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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I
nsi
mpl
eaxonomet
ry,
par
t1
1
5mi
n

Step1.Det
erminet
helightsource: St
ep2:
Sel
ectthemi
ddlet
one St
ep3.Sel
ecttheoppositeplane
i
nthiscaseiti
sontopandt heleft. penumbrapl
ane wi
thadarkt one:
Leavetheplaneofl
ighttransparent t
hisi
stheshadow plane.Done!

Y
ourt
urn! Y
ourt
urn! Y
ourt
urn!
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Rol
eofhandgr
aphi
csi
nsket
ch
Gr
aphi
csi
saf
orm ofar
tbasedont
hei
mageofl
i
nes,
str
okes,
spot
sanddot
s.
I
tisi
mpor
tantt
ochooset
hecor
rectl
i
net
hickness.
Averysmal
li
magemadewi
thathickl
i
newi
l
llookunt
idyandal
argei
magewi
tha
t
hinl
i
nemaybelostont
hesheet
.
Somewherethe l
i
ne maythi
n and t
hicken.Somet
imesi
tisnecessar
ythati
tis
const
antandevenal
ongtheenti
relength.
Tocreateperspecti
veandvolumeint hefi
gureitisnecessar
yt owi
thstandt
he
di
fferencei
nplans.Thef
oregroundshoul
dbecl earandmadewi t
hathickli
net
he
backgroundshoul
dbeblurryandwithathinl
ine.
Thel
i
neshoul
dbeexecut
edqui
ckl
yandconci
sel
ywi
thaf
irm hand.
I
fyoutr
ainalotyouwil
ldefi
nit
elybeabl
etodet
ermi
net
hecombi
nat
ionofst
rokes
andhat
chingi
nsketches.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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Li
net
ypes Wit
houtturni
ngthesheetr
epeatall
t
helineshori
zont
all
yandvert
ical
l
y!
1
5mi
n
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Si
mpl
ehat
chi
ng
Ver
ticalf
requent Hor
izont
alf
requent 1
5mi
n

n!
n!

ur
ur

ourt
ourt

Y
Y

Ver
ticalr
are Hor
izont
alr
are

n!
n!

ur
ur

ourt
ourt

Y
Y

I
ncl
i
nef
requent I
ncl
i
nef
requent

n!
n!

ur
ur

ourt
ourt

Y
Y

I
ncl
i
nedr
are I
ncl
i
nedr
are
n!

n!
ur

ur
ourt

ourt
Y

Y
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T
ext
uresofmat
eri
alsi
nsket
ch
Themaint
hingi
nsket
chingistoconveythefeat
uresoft
heareaandemphasi
ze
them.
Themorecomplexthesket
cht hemoretri
cksar
eused.
Youcandr aw sketchesusingl
inesasyoulear
nedinthepreviouschapt
eroryou
canaddt ext
uret otheobjectandtheenvi
ronment
.Asaresultyougetacompl
ete
pict
ure.
Thebestwaytoemphasizevi
sualappear
anceoft
heext
eri
ori
stol
ear
nhow t
o
draw eacht
ext
uresepar
atel
y.
I
nt hi
suni tyouwil
lseedi
fferentt
ext ur
es:from pl
ast
ertoceramicti
les,pavi
ngof
str
eet s:f
rom sandtograss.Youwilll
earnhow todraw t
ransparentplanesofan
objectsuchasglassaswellaswat ersurfaceandothertext
ures.
For vi
vidtext
ures use the same l
aws oft
he i
mage ofobj
ect
sin space —
perspect
iveandtonali
ty.

Thecl
osertheplanethegr
eat
ert hetext
ureoft
hebuil
dingmat
eri
alsandpavi
ng
oft
hestreets,
thefur
thert
heplanethesmall
erthet
exture.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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T
ext
uresofbui
l
dings,
par
t1
Wood Woodenl
amel
l
as 25mi
n

n!

n!
ur

ur
ourt

ourt
Y

Y
Masonr
y Masonr
y

n!
n!

ur
ur

ourt
ourt

Y
Y

Br
ickwor
k Br
ickwor
k
n!

n!
ur

ur
ourt

ourt
Y

Y
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Envi
ronmenti
nsket
ch

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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Sky,
par
t1
Cl
ear 20mi
n

ur
ourt
Y n!
Wi
thcumul
uscl
ouds

ur
ourt
Y n!
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T
ypesofst
aff
agei
nsket
ch
St
affage i
s an i
mage ofpeopl
e,animals,vehi
cles and ot
herel
ements oft
he
envi
ronment.St
affagecr
eatesbackgroundandenvi ronmenti
nforegr
oundand
middl
eground.
The abil
i
tyto draw st
affage i
sone ofthe necessaryelementsofthe graphic
preparati
onofarchi
tectsbecausei
tisthedetai
lsthataccompanythesketchthat
helpst
or evealt
heideaoft heproj
ect.

Thegoal
softhestaff
ingimageint hesket
ch:
1
.Indi
catethe rel
ati
onship of t
he object wi
th nat
uralenvi
ronment
,ie gi
ve
nat
ural
nesstot
hepr oject
.
2.
Det
ermi
net
hescal
eoft
hedesi
gnedobj
ect
s.

3.Emphasizethefeat
ur esofobject
s,forexample,air
iness,dynami
sm orst
ati
c,
andalsorefl
ectthenatureoftheera,styl
eandfashion.

I
ti s necessar
yt or emember a degr ee of remoteness of st
affing.Inthe
background people are depicted in si
lhouet
te.Int he middle i
mages ar e
complemented bylarge det
ail
sofcl othi
ng.Inthe backgr
ound the f
igure,f
acial
feat
uresandcl ot
hingaccessori
es.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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T
rees,
par
t1
Spr
uce 20mi
n

St
ep1.Weoutl
i
nethemainaxi
s St
ep2.Dr
aw thefol
i
age St
ep3.
Hatchtheshadow T
ryi
t
Y
ourt
urn!
andvol
umeofthet
ree andtreetr
unk par
t s.
Done! wi
thmyhel
p!

Appl
etr
ee

St
ep1.Weoutl
i
nethemainaxi
s St
ep2.Dr
aw thefol
i
age St
ep3.
Hatchtheshadow T
ryi
t
Y
ourt
urn!
andvol
umeofthet
ree andtreetr
unk par
ts.Done! wi
thmyhel
p!
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Shadowsi
nsket
ch
Foracompletesket
chyouneedtodr
aw shadowsf
rom var
iousobj
ect
s:bui
l
dings,
trees,
peopl
eandot herel
ement
s.
Shadowsareusual
lydivi
dedint
of orm shadowsandcastshadows.Form shadow
i
st he one f
rom the obj
ectit
selfand t he castshadow i
sthe resul
toft he
obstr
ucti
onofli
ghtintheobj
ect.Theshadow "fall
s"ont
henearestsur
face.
Castshadow r
epeat
st he shape ofan obj
ect
.Butthe shape oft
he shadow i
s
di
stor
tedanddoesn’
trepeatt heexactcont
oursoft
hesubj ect
.

Theshapeoft
hecastshadow isimpor
tantast
heobser
verget
sani
deaoft
he
shapeoft
heobjectf
rom i
tsshape.
Thedegr eeofi
ll
umi
nationofanobj
ectdependsonl
ight
ing,t
heangl
eofinci
dence
ofther aysandtheli
ghtsource,t
hedist
ancebetweent heobj
ectandtheli
ght
source.
We wil
lconsi
deropt
ions f
orconst
ruct
ing shadows f
rom a l
i
ne orby a gi
ven
di
rect
ion.

I
fyouhaveneverbui
ltcastshadowsbef
oreitwil
lbedi
ffi
cul
tatf
irstbutl
ateryou
wil
lunder
standt
hesystem f
orconstr
uct
ingshadows.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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Shadowsf
rom t
hel
i
nei
naxonomet
ry,
par
t1
Exer
cise1 20mi
n

ur
ourt
Y n!
Step2. Markthepointswher
et herays
i
nter sect
.Connectthem wit
halineandget
theout l
ineofthefall
i
ngshadow. Done!

Exer
cise2

ur
ourt
Y n!

Step2. Markthepointswher
et herays
i
nter sect
.Connectthem wit
halineandget
theout l
ineofthefall
i
ngshadow. Done!
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Sket
chdesi
gn
Sket
ch i
sa qui
ckand vi
sualnot
ethatdi
spl
aysi
mages,i
deasand t
hought
son
paper.
T
odesignasket
chinapr
ojecti
tisi
mpor
tantaddi
ngwor
dsandexpl
anat
ionsof
t
hedrawnobj
ects.

Therefor
e, ever
y archi
tect and desi
gner shoul
d have sever
al beaut
iful
archi
tect
uralf
ontst
hatmakesanysketchamazinganduni
que.

Mostl i
kelyever
yarchi
tectduri
nghi
sfi
rstyearofstudi
eslear
nedar chi
tect
ural
font(whichisnumber1inthi
schapt
er)
.Thi
sf onti
sa basi
soft he ar
chi
tect
ural
sketch.
Butyoualsoneedt
obeabl
etouseanot
herf
ont
ssot
hisuni
tincl
udessomegood
opti
ons.

I
nthi
suni
tyouwi
l
lfi
ndsever
alf
ont
sthatyoual
sowi
l
lbeabl
etopr
act
ice.

Af
ew exampl
esoft
heexer
cises:
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