Drawing and Rendering for Theatre: A Practical Course for Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Designers / Edition 1

by Clare Rowe

Overview

As a theatrical designer, it is vital for you to be able to develop your drawing skills to create renderings that can effectively communicate your visual idea. Drawing and Rendering for Theatre starts with the fundamentals of drawing, moves to the types of media, and finishes with specific exercises in each section that will make you more proficient. By the end of this book, you will be versatile enough to be able to create renderings in all areas of theatrical design!

Drawing and Rendering will teach you:
.How to develop good drawing habits from the start
.About composition
.How to draw in one, two, and three point perspective
.About color
.Techniques for different types of media including colored pencils, pastels, watercolor, and more
.How to draw digitally

This gorgeous full-color book is loaded with color examples of both student drawings that are analyzed and critiqued for areas that need improvement, and design renderings by professional theatrical designers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780240805542
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	8.62(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clare Rowe is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Theatre Arts. She teaches scenic painting, theatre graphics and scene design and supervises scenic production in properties and paint for all department productions.

Table of Contents

1. The Benchmark Drawing
2. The Sketchbook
3. Composition and Elements of Design
4. Perspective
5. Three-Dimensional Modeling
6. Figure Drawing
7. Drawing Exercises
8. Introduction to Color
9. Colored Pencil
10. Marker
11. Pastels
12. Watercolor
13. Gouache
14. Mixed Media
15. Designer Renderings
16. Digital Drawing
17-23. Digital Drawing Exercises

Editorial Reviews

This is a one-of-a-kind book and I am delighted to be able to use it.

D. Glen Vanderbilt Jr.
Professor and Designer
Department of Theatre & Dance
Ohio Wesleyan University

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