Basic Rendering [RARE BOOKS]

Jost challenging aspect of the work of any artist or designer must be to repre sent convincingly a three-dimensional object or view on a two-dimensional surface that is, to master the technique of rendering. In this clear, step-by-step analysis of rendering, bestselling author Robert Gill demonstrates how to introduce the illusion of realism into pictorial representations, from a simple rendering of a cube to acknowledged masterpieces of artistic expression.

From the elementary principles of how we see, to the theories of perspective, light and shade, contrast, atmospheric effect and colour, rendering is shown to be the essential language of communication for all those in the graphic arts. In addition, this authoritative guide not only explains the theory of rendering, but gives clear and straightforward examples of its practical application. With the aid of easy-to-follow diagrams, the reader discovers the techniques of rendering basic geometric shapes, such as cylinders, cubes and spheres, and is shown how to give visual literacy to representations of innumerable different textures and surfaces, such as glass, water, stonework and fabrics.

Far more than just a way of reproducing what is seen, however, rendering allows artists and designers to produce representations of ideas that may as yet exist only in their imaginations, confirming every step in the design thinking process and giving pictorial reality to their inventions.

With more than 250 illustrations and including a series of skill-building exercises, This book is essential reading for all those in the fields of architecture, industrial design, interior design, illustration and landscape design. For those at the start of Their encounter with