With David R. Csont
By ICAA
May 12, 2020
Everyone has the ability to draw. As children, we all drew pictures to communicate how we perceived the world around us. As adults, many of us struggle with the fact that our drawing skills may not be at a level that are worth using. Drawing, however, is much like playing a musical instrument, so with practice, good tutelage and a positive attitude, we can all develop our skills.
David R. Csont is the Chief Illustrator and a principal at Urban Design Associates, an architectural design firm based in Pittsburgh. David developed his mastery of the form during 30 years of practical experience as an architectural illustrator. In this 10-episode series, David lays out practical, actionable methods for effective architectural drawing.
• Instructor background
• Development of instructor’s style
• Influences
• Short history of architectural drawing
• The power of using drawing as a communication tool
• Materials needed
• Breaking down complex forms into shapes
• Perspective basics
• Simple breakdown of tone shade and shadow
• The use of a preliminary drawing both digital and traditional
• Different types of reference and drawing bases
• SketchUp
• Photography
• Google Earth
• Animation still
• Freehand gestural sketch
• Demonstrate and process an overlay technique
• Using reference material
• People and cars
• The built world
• Drawing the landscape
• Trees, flowers and bushes
• Landforms and topography
• Shade and shadow
• Techniques for rendering
• Demo and examples
• Full demo: creating a drawing you can be proud of
• Scanning
• Digital editing
• Digital color
• Printing
• iPhone pictures and scanning
• Materials and techniques with short demo
• Software
• The iPad
• The Cintiq pad and Wacom
Tags: video, lecture, education, classicism at home, video course
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