Drawing and Designing with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide (Hardcover)

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Readers of this book learn graphic rendering skills quickly with the proven how-to approach that has made Lin the most successful teacher in the field. His method emphasizes speed, confidence, and relaxation, while incorporating many time-saving tricks of the trade.

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The highly successful "Loose with Graphics" course—now available in book form for the first time! Mike Lin, ASLA Drawing and Designing with Confidence A Step-By-Step Guide Now, at a fraction of the cost of attending one of Mike Lin’s enormously popular graphic workshops, you can learn his uniquely successful drawing and designing techniques. In a short time, you will find your rendering and designing skills greatly improved, as you work quickly, confidently and effectively using Lin’s well-known "45 Principles of Good Graphics" and "Six Design Approaches." The book covers all aspects of design, graphic principles, media, types of drawings, lettering, entourage, sketching and perspective drawing techniques, and contains a wealth of rapidly absorbed information on:

• achieving a relaxed approach to drawing that uncovers your buried artistic skills
• the 45 fundamentals of good graphics, with common mistakes to avoid
• using 47 rendering techniques and types to their full advantage
• developing skills in pencil and marker lettering
• enhancing entourage techniques in people, vegetation, cars and furniture to create interest and realism
• quick and simple methods in one and two-point perspective drawing
• foolproof sketching methods
• a comprehensive design process with six design approaches and 23 design principles.

Lavishly illustrated with nearly 400 color illustrations…including extraordinary before and after student examples…printed in a high-quality, oversized format…and incorporating hundreds of timesaving tricks of the trade, this book holds the keys to developing outstanding drawing and design skills. It is the most detailed and comprehensive book on the topic available today, written by a professional whose acclaimed teaching methods are in demand throughout the world. Architects, landscape architects, interior designers, graphic artists, and illustrators will find that they are working at a much greater level of expertise with the tools and techniques found here. Join the thousands of your colleagues who have already incorporated them into their successful practices!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (August 2, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471283908
• ISBN-13: 978-0471283904
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,979 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, December 18, 2000

By	"kdlemon" (Urbana, IL United States) - See all my reviews

I think 'Drawing and Designing with Confidence' is an excellent book, especially for those students who are beginning with architecture and landscape architecture, and want more help with their budding abilities. It focuses largely on technique and fundamentals, which is a good basis to quality drafting and drawing, and ultimately convincing presentations. If you are a beginning student, or a more advanced individual who wants to sharpen up on your skills, then this is the book to get.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars master graphics, September 30, 2001

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A great book for both beginners and professionals. If you follow Mike Lin's graphic principles in this book, your drawings will improve dramatically. I took his one-day workshop and this book basically follows the workshop in written form.

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An integral part of the design library, December 12, 2001

By	Urban Planner, ASLA (washington d.c.) - See all my reviews

This book is a must for the design professional in the disciplines of landscape architecture, architecture, planning, interior design, and graphic design. Mike Lin is a master of graphic and design expression. The many techniques shown in this book are easy to learn and apply for those who are frustrated with their graphic and design capabilities. This book will definitely strengthen your confidence!