Drawing the Landscape - Softcover

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CHIP SULLIVAN is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. Numerous articles have been written by and about Mr. Sullivan, who continues to show his work in galleries across the country. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Rome Prize, and earlier in his career he taught at Harvard University and worked at Sasaki Associates.

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Tools, techniques, and inspiration for understanding and rendering the natural and built environment

This elegant Third Edition of Chip Sullivan s classic Drawing the Landscape shows how to use drawing as a path towards understanding the natural and built environment. It offers guidance for tapping into and exploring personal creative potential and helps readers master the essential principles, tools, and techniques required to prepare professional graphic presentations in landscape architecture and architecture.

From quick sketches to highly finished works, from convincing perspective drawings to innovative freehand techniques, Drawing the Landscape introduces a broad range of methods and media that help students and professionals communicate key design ideas as they express their own unique visions.

Outstanding features of this stunningly illustrated Third Edition include:

• Entirely new material on using computers in landscape drawing
• Scores of new exercises, techniques, and illustrations
• Strong emphasis on individuality and artistic experimentation
• Sixteen pages of full-color drawings
• Hundreds of practical examples and step-by-step exercises
• Solid advice on preparing design projects for professional competition

Landscape architecture professionals, architects, designers, artists, illustrators, and students turn to Drawing the Landscape for the skills and confidence to realize their creative potential.