Architectural Rendering Techniques: A Color Reference (Hardcover)

by Mike W. Lin (Author)
Key Phrases: diazo print paper, yellow tracing paper, graphic workshop, Kansas City, Dick Sneary, Kansas State University (more...)

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Product Description
Architecture and drafting students and professionals alike will find a rich range of instructional and ready reference materials in this source. The author demonstrates proven techniques for clearly expressing a wide variety of architectural forms - from loose sketches and easy line drawing, to detailed renderings and final presentations.

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Architectural Rendering Techniques/A Color Reference Mike W. Lin, ASLA Producing impressive architectural color renderings in the least amount of time possible requires patience and expertise. Architectural Rendering Techniques: A Color Reference will help you turn out high-quality architectural illustrations quickly, easily, and confidently. It demonstrates proven techniques for clearly expressing a wide variety of architectural forms that satisfy client preferences. This portfolio of nearly 300 traceable or easily imitated professional illustrations will save you time in developing superior rendering skills, architectural concepts, and finished drawings. Identification of each drawing by artist, location, medium, size, paper type, and rendering time provides practical artistic insight into expert rendering methods. A range of rendering types is presented here, from easy line drawings to final presentations, and from loose sketches to detailed renderings. Illustrated explanations of tested techniques and approaches to graphic methods allow you to choose the best style for a particular job. This invaluable resource demonstrates the rendering of plans, site analyses, elevations, and sections, and includes both interior and exterior illustrations. It illustrates the use of various media—including pencil, ink, colored pencil, pastel, marker, acrylic, watercolor, and airbrush—to help you select the most appropriate medium for each of your drawings. When you turn to Architectural Rendering Techniques: A Color Reference for assistance, the key to high-quality graphics is literally at your fingertips. Professionals in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, horticulture, graphic design, and illustration will be able to produce impressive renderings in less time than ever.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 252 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (October 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471289396
• ISBN-13: 978-0471289395
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #135,115 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Description misleading, October 23, 2005

By	Amy S. Poole "Mural Artist" (Winston--Salem, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just want to emphasize to someone interested in purchasing this book...there is NO verbal technique given on how to render any drawings. There is a drawing only...with a description of paper, medium, etc...but no "how to" on reproducing it. I am a professional artist and I was hoping to learn from this book how someone else might create a drawing with certian papers, paints, etc....but, there is no information of the steps taken...just the end result.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful when learning rendering skills, January 21, 1999

By A Customer

Very good book. Many styles and techniques of rendering and architectural drawing. Many pictures to trace and learn techniques. Very little text. Text is not necessary

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No techniques, just references, September 20, 2005

By	D. DeWitt - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Overall, a feeling of disappointment. The title claims techniques but there is absolutely no guidance, no comments, and no insight for the reader. This is a picture book filled with a collection of renderings with minimal captions noting materials used and acknowledgements. Flipping page after page the reader begins to recognize the styles of the recurring artists. This book may help you identify a style (although dated) to pursue but it ultimately becomes the reader's burden to try to reproduce selected rendering through trail and error.