Observation and Performance - Guidelines for Landscape and Architectural Sketching

Author: Yao Bo
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book advocates understanding the linguistic essence of painting through practical sketching. It further enhances the perceptual qualities of artistic vision by encouraging learners to rationally contemplate and master the language. Therefore, the demonstration and explanation of sketching techniques are not only based on considerations of form or representation but also emphasize the pursuit of personalized aesthetic qualities in the language of form. This approach presents "skill" and "art" as two indispensable aspects of artistic learning and creation in a rational and intuitive manner to readers. The book is divided into nine parts and forty sections, detailing the principles of observation and expression in sketching landscapes and architecture. It serves as a reference for students and teachers in art academies, architecture, urban planning, environmental art, and for all art enthusiasts in teaching and learning.