Freehand Sketching

Paul Laseau

Overview - Table of Contents - Introduction

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Basic Skills
CONTOUR DRAWING
Negative Space
Getting Comfortable with Sketch Media
Building Sketches

CHAPTER 2 Environment: Sketch Construction
Sketch Building Example
Grids, Frames, and Shapes

CHAPTER 3 Environment: Sketch Tone and Detail
Tone
Texture
Color
Shade and Shadow
Shape and Volume
Detail and Pattern Approach to Detail

CHAPTER 4 Sketching in the Field
View Selection
View Framing
Observation
Editing
Responding to Context
Trees
People
Keeping a Journal
Equipment

CHAPTER 5 Sketching in the Studio
Redrawing
Experiments in Styles
Digital Editing
Pencil Rendering
Digital Rendering

CONCLUSION
Credits
Recommended Reading
Index

ISBN: 0-393-73112-X
Winter 2004
112 pages, paper, 200