A beginner's guide to sketching buildings & landscapes : perspective and proportions for drawing architecture, gardens and more! / Masao Yamada

Depicting facades -- Choosing and placing close-up and distant landscapes in a sketch -- Division of ground and sky -- Expressing depth in one direction -- Determining a 3D expression with the first two directional diagonal lines -- The first sketch lines determine the look of a landscape viewed from above or below -- Defined by the first few lines: bridges, steps, mountains and rocks.

"In this book, sketching and painting expert Masao Yamada provides dozens of examples showing you how to establish accurate guidelines and proportions for your initial pencil sketches - setting your drawings up to succeed right from the start. If your sketched perspective and proportions are right, your finished work will look crisp and beautiful. But if not, you'll have a frustrating time trying to correct the problem at a later stage--and the finished work will never look quite right. A Beginner's Guide to Sketching Buildings & Landscapes is here to help you avoid those frustrations and set up your composition for a finished piece that will make you proud"--Publisher's description.