Product Description

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.

*Beautiful four color book!
*Learn the drawing and painting skills you need to express your costume, lighting, or scenery ideas
*Examples of drawings critiqued for improvement
*Samples of professional design renderings

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #385425 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
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

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.