5-Minute Sketching: Architecture

Chapter 1: How to see
Find your story, See simple shapes, Outline the basic volumes, Set out the basic structure, Easy measuring, Basic thickness and depth, Nail the eyeline, Simple one-point perspective, Quick tips for foreshortening, Play with distortion, Simple context

Chapter 2: Quick on the draw
Focus on doors and windows, Simplify details and styles, Have fun with walls, Rapid roof shapes, Simple houses, Capture historic buildings, Easy religious buildings, Quick modern buildings, Rapid tall structures, Simple skylines, Sketch famous landmarks, Capture public spaces, Sketch streetscapes, Simplify shops, cafes and pubs, Capture construction sites, Quick sketch bridges, Simple exterior spaces

Chapter 3: Time-saving techniques
Work small, Use minimal lines, Rapid restated lines, Try thick lines, Explanatory contour drawing, Map light and dark, Simple tonal values, Shade quickly, Hatch and cross-hatch with speed, Catch the light, Play with contrast, Just use paint, Coloured lines and minimal paint

Chapter 4: Speedy supplies
Quick ink, Quick pencil, Quick coloured pencil, Quick markers, Quick paint
Quick watercolour pencils, Sketch first, colour later, Play with paper, Go digital for speed, Sketch off the page

Index

About Liz Steel

Liz Steel is an artist, teacher, illustrator and architect based in Sydney, Australia. She has 20 years' experience working on residential and commercial projects, specializing in media. She is a fast but accurate sketch artist with a passion for architecture of any era, but especially Baroque buildings.

She has combined her architecture training with many years of urban sketching around the world to develop specific strategies for drawing buildings. Liz teaches sketching courses online at sketchingnow.com and hosts workshops around Australia, where she is the Australia coordinator for the global online community, Urban Sketchers.

Find out more about Liz on her Instagram @lizsteelart or on her popular blog at lizsteel.com.

Amazon Customer Review

Very clear, step-by-step guide which should improve anyone's ability to draw this subject.

I really like the way it helps you to see your subject more clearly and work out where to start and how to build your drawing up logically. You can dip into any of the chapters to learn and refresh your memory as you draw. It makes something that I found a very complicated process much more manageable. The tips on perspective and using light and shadow really help you to capture the whole scene, while the section on key architectural elements is great for quick practice sketches and helping you to hone in on the details.