Drawing and perceiving : life drawing for students of architecture and design

3rd ed. Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200) and index. "From Leonardo da Vinci to Louis Kahn, the world's great designers and architects have used the observation and drawing of real objects to inform and inspire visionary constructions. This book prepares students of architecture and design to carry on a similar dialogue between their perceptions of the physical world and their understanding of the elements of design. It instills an understanding of the basic principles of drawing that are universal to all designdisciplines-mass, volume, form, contour, texture, shadow, and more-as it explores the knowledge, rational thought, and analysis that design professionals rely on to create successful drawings. This combination of technique, theory, and analysis equips the designer with a powerful set of tools, crucial to both the creative process and the successful career."--The publisher. 1 Engaging the Visual World 6 -- Touching and Moving Provide the Foundation 8 -- Nicolaides and Contour 10 -- Contour exercises 16 -- Contour and Composition 28 -- Nicholaides and Mass 34 -- Mass exercises 36 -- Drawing and Making 42 -- Gesture 44 -- Gesture exercises 46 -- Spaces and Voids 48 -- Space exercises 50 -- Space in Practice 60 -- 2 Order of Appearance 63 -- Gibson and Textural Gradient 64 -- Textural Gradient and Form exercises 72 -- Gibson and Depth Cues 82 -- Freehand Perspective exercises 104 -- Movement and Perspective 112 -- 3 When Order Is Imposed 115 -- When Order Is Imposed 116 -- Imposing Perspective exercises 122 -- Light and Dark and Color 130 -- Light and Dark exercises 132 -- Color exercises 136 -- Light and Dark and Composition 146 -- Appendix A Perspective Projection 148 -- Appendix B Shade and Shadow in Isometric Projection 176 -- Appendix C Shade and Shadow in Orthographic Projection 186.