James Richards 
Freehand Drawing and Discovery [PDF ebook] 
Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers

Foreword by Francis D.K. Ching x
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Part 1: Learning a Language
Chapter 1: The Freehand Renaissance 2
Influences 8
Art and Technology 12
Reintegrating Work and Play 16
Drawing and Discovery with Michael Vergason 20
Chapter 2: Nine Keys to Exploratory Drawing 24
Simplify Tools 27
Simplify Message 29
Work Small 31
Simplify Technique 32
Attack the Drawing 36
Draw People First 39
Pull It Together with Darks 43
Leave It Loose 44
Annotate Everything 45
Drawing and Discovery with Kevin Sloan 46
Chapter 3: Elements and Entourage 50
People 52
Vehicles 55
Trees, Shrubs, Groundcovers 58
Rock and Landforms 62
Water 69
Furnishings 72
Sky 76
Buildings 83
Drawing and Discovery with Christine Ten Eyck 92
Chapter 4: Creating Believable Worlds 98
Perspective: What You Really Need to Know 99
Creating Depth: Foreground, Middle Ground, Background 111
Building Up Color 115
Pulling It Together 119
Drawing and Discovery with Luis Ruiz 122
Part 2: Urban Sketching
Chapter 5: Urban Sketching as Creative Fuel 130
Drawing and Discovery with Gabriel Campanario 140
Chapter 6: Capturing the Place 144
Tools 145
Subject Matter 147
Editing 150
To Color or Not to Color? 152
Working Fast 154
Drawing and Discovery with Liz Steel 162
Part 3: Concept Sketching
Chapter 7: Capturing the Idea 170
Sketching over Digital Bases 173
Sketching over Aerial Photographs 173
Concepts and Character 192
Drawing and Discovery with Kim Perry 204
Chapter 8: Digital Sketching – Drawing Without Limits 208
The Vision 210
The Reality 213
Tablet Sketching Gallery 215
Drawing and Discovery with Robert Chipman, ASLA 232
Chapter 9: What’s Next? 238
Practice 240
Collect 241
Copy 242
Keep the Well Filled 243
Drawing and Discovery with Bob Hopewell 254
Endnote 261
Index 263

JAMES RICHARDS, FASLA, is cofounder and Principal of Townscape, Inc., an urban design consultancy, and an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Architecture. He is a national award-winning designer, writer, and illustrator whose work spans landscape architecture, town planning, and urban design. Mr. Richards is a blog correspondent for Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), an international drawing movement. He travels globally conducting drawing workshops for both students and professionals.