Become better at sketching - learn how to Sketch like an Architect!

With this book you'll learn a step-by-step process of how to master the basics of architectural sketching.

The Handbook contains chapters focused on:

• Lines & 2D Objects


• Basic Perspective Rules


• Shadows, Textures & Materiality


• Populating Your Sketch


• Adding Vegetation


• Awesome Perspective Sketch

It begins with the very basics of making straight lines and progresses to gradually more complex compositions of sketched perspectives. Along the way, architect David Drazil shares important tips and tricks, drills, and techniques to achieve sketches with architectural look, strong character, and story within.



You will learn not only the sketching technique, but also about the thinking behind the process - e.g. why and how to add people to your sketches, how to create a sense of depth in an image, and much more.

This Handbook is perfect for anyone interested in sketching or drawing. Whether you re an architecture student or professional architect, whether you d like to capture the moments from your holidays, spaces around you, or you just like to doodle, then this Handbook is just for you!

On top of that, it also includes:

• 40+ important and to-the-point Tips & Tricks for each chapter,


• 15 sketching Worksheets for practicing,


• many finished examples of sketches explaining key techniques,


• further resources to explore.

You don t have to be great to start, you have to start to be great! So don t worry, if you re not super confident at sketching and give it a chance with this popular Handbook.

How to improve my imagination drawing?How to compose better images?How to draw complex/curvy/organic forms in perspective from any point of view?How to get the proportions and depth right in perspective?

This second book in the Sketch Like an Architect book series focuses exactly on answering these questions to help you improve your perspective drawing skills and to help you become a better visual artist.

How to put your ideas on paper - and present them in beautiful and understandable way.How to improve your imagination drawing - practice your imagination with provided exercises.You'll master advanced perspective concepts - so you'll be able to show your ideas from any point of view.You'll learn 1-,2-,3-,4-, 5- & Multi-point perspective - you'll learn when and how to use each of these types.How to draw complex & organic forms in perspective - nothing will be too hard to draw anymore.

This book includes:

118 pages20+ Worksheets for practicing200+ IllustrationsStep-by-step tutorialsDo's & Dont's (Common mistake to avoid)Correct solutions to the WorksheetsFinished Examples of Sketches Explaining Key Techniques, Recommended Analog & Digital Tools for SketchingFurther Resources to Explore.

Let this book be a useful and easy-to-follow guide on your drawing journey, helping you become more confident, precise, and convincing in sketching & drawing. It's an ideal companion for architecture & design students and professionals as well as hobby sketchers who love urban sketching and pen & ink drawing.

This contemporary step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art and architectural concepts like proportion, perspective, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a wide range of important residential, commercial, historic, and cultural buildings, bridges, towers, and other structures from all over the world and from ancient to modern--all shown from a variety of perspectives and scales. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author David Drazil's classic drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come.

Learn how to establish basic shapes; articulate lines for structure, forms, and shading; and add defining details by drawing these celebrated sites and many others:

• Residential: Fallingwater in the US and the Silo in Copenhagen
• Commercial: Dancing House in Prague and Sugamo Shinkin Bank in Tokyo
• Monuments/Sacred: Stonehenge in the UK and the Cathedral of Brasilia
• Bridges: Jade Belt Bridge in Beijing and the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia

The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.