Architecture in Watercolour - Hardcover

Schaller, T.Wells

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442234848 ISBN 13: 9780442234843

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1990

Synopsis

This is a work on architectural illustration. Watercolour has increased in popularity as a vehicle for architectural presentation, despite the advances in computer technology, due to its painterly qualities and its ability to express subtlety and drama.

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From the Back Cover:

"The informative text, supported by the many marvelous illustrations, makes the reader aware of the careful preparation and experiential methods which are so essential to the creation of a first-rate perspective drawing. Timothy Lingard, Royal Institute of British
Architects Journal. Thomas Schaller, the foremost watercolorist in architecture in the world and winner of the prestigious Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize, has now revised and expanded his classic, award-winning Architecture in Watercolor for this paperback edition.
Watercolor is enjoying a renaissance in architecture because of its unsurpassed drama, emotion, and subtlety, and its marvelous painterly qualities. No medium excels watercolor's power to enhance competition
entries and convey the qualities of unbuilt buildings. This uncommonly beautiful book takes you through basic and advanced watercolor techniques, illustrated by the works of some of the medium's modern masters. Highlights include: new, in-depth discussion of the modern materials and techniques; comparisons of the use of such essential
tools as pastels and colored pencils, opaque inks and paints, and brushes and water; covers the fundamentals and value of color; describes the varies uses of architectural perspectives for detailing design for commercial presentations and competition submissions.

About the Author:

Thomas Wells Schaller (New York, N.Y.) is the principal of Schaller Architectural Illustration with a prestigious international clientele, past president of the American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, recipient of six honors from that Society, and a registered architect and member of the AIA. His award-winning work has been exhibited throughout the world. Schaller has lectured at Harvard, the Japanese Architectural Rendering Association, and

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0442234848
• ISBN 13: 9780442234843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248