Drawing and Perceiving: Real-World Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design [With CDROM]

By Douglas Cooper

Book Overview

A complete guide to drawing, perception, and analysis for architects and designers

The observation and drawing of real objects are the starting points for the designer's visionary constructions and inspirations. A longtime favorite of architectural students, Douglas Cooper's Drawing and Perceiving: Real-World Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design instills an understanding of the basic principles of drawing that are universal to all design disciplines-mass, volume, form, contour, texture, shadow, and more-as it explores the knowledge, rational thought, and expressiveness that designers rely on to create successful drawings.

Now including a CD featuring Cooper's own dynamic instruction, this new Fourth Edition combines theory and technique to prepare students of architecture and design to carry on a dialogue between their perceptions of the physical world and their understanding of the elements of design.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047004716X
• ISBN13: 9780470047163
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.7" x 8.2"