Get the completely revised edition to mastering the visual language of architecture‎.‎ In his distinctive graphic style‎,‎ world‎-renowned author and architecture educator Francis D‎.‎K‎.‎ Ching takes us on another exciting journey through the process of creation‎.‎ In Design Drawing‎,‎ Second Edition‎,‎ he unmasks the basic cognitive processes that drive visual perception and expression‎,‎ incorporating observation‎,‎ memory‎,‎ and rendering into a creative whole‎.‎ This edition unites imaginative vision with fundamental architectural principles to cover the traditional basics of drawing‎,‎ including line‎,‎ shape‎,‎ tone‎,‎ and space‎.‎ Guiding the reader step‎-by‎-step through the entire drawing process‎,‎ Design Drawing also examines different types of drawing techniques such as multiview‎,‎ paraline‎,‎ and perspective drawings ‎-‎- and how they can be applied to achieve stunning results‎.‎ In addition‎,‎ this edition‎:‎ *Goes beyond basic drawing books Ching not only covers the principles‎,‎ media‎,‎ and techniques of drawing‎,‎ but also places these within the context of what and why designers draw‎.‎ *Features more than 1‎,‎500 hand‎-rendered drawings beautiful illustrations that reinforce the concepts and lessons of each chapter‎.‎ *Includes a supplemental CD‎-ROM viewers will gain a greater appreciation of the techniques presented in this book through the power of animation‎,‎ video‎,‎ and 3D models‎.‎ Twelve new modules are included‎,‎ as is a video of the author demonstrating freehand techniques in a step‎-by‎-step manner‎.‎ For professional architects‎,‎ designers‎,‎ fine artists‎,‎ illustrators‎,‎ teachers and students alike‎,‎ this all‎-in‎-one package is both an effective tool and an outstanding value‎,‎ demonstrating concepts and techniques in a visually stimulating format that transends comparable works in the field‎.‎