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Drawing and Illustrating Architecture: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Art of Drawing and Illustrating Beautiful Buildings Paperback – March 19 2024

by Demi Lang (Author)
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An insightful and comprehensive guide to mastering the art of drawing and illustrating architecture.

Inspiring architecture and beautiful buildings are all around us. Artists often gravitate toward building facades, doors, windows, and roofs that tell a story, convey history, and contain intricate detail. But learning to successfully capture these works on paper can be quite a challenge.

Artist and illustrator Demi Lang has been creating beautiful architectural drawings for years. Working in ink and colored pencils and using reference photos in her studio, Demi specializes in creating artwork that is highly realistic, representational, and incredibly detailed. In this book, she shares her knowledge and techniques so that you, too, can learn to create and illustrate your own architectural drawings.

With inspiring illustrations, clear writing, and an encouraging tone, Demi makes the process of learning to draw architecture both approachable and enjoyable. Writing for artists of all levels, Demi first guides you step-by-step through her entire drawing process. You will learn:

    • How best to set up your workspace, and the materials you’ll need
      • The importance of building a photo reference library and choosing good images to work from
        • Three methods to use for transferring a reference photo to paper for the initial drawing
          • Techniques for achieving realistic tone, value, texture, shadow, and light in your drawings
            • How to add layer upon layer of color, lines, details, and highlights to create works that leap off the paper with exciting dimensionality and life


            In the second half of the book, Demi works through several complete projects from start to finish and provides the reference photos for each project so you can follow along and put your skills to the test! These projects help you work and practice in different ways with varied subject matter: a freehand black-and-white sketch; an intricate architectural detail; a monochrome study; a full-color drawing; and a drawing that features gold leaf gilding to really take your work to the next level!

            Throughout the book, Demi emphasizes the importance of practice and patience, and encourages you to not put too much pressure on yourself to complete a perfect drawing every time. If you take your time and work methodically, you will succeed! Whether you are an artist, a professional illustrator, or simply someone who loves to draw, this book provides you with the skills, techniques, and knowledge to draw stunning illustrations of buildings and architecture.


            TABLE OF CONTENTS
            Introduction
            Chapter 1: Art Materials and Workspace
            Chapter 2: Sketching and Building a Photo Reference Library
            Chapter 3: Art Theory and Techniques
            Chapter 4: Step-by-Step Process
            Chapter 5: Black-and-White Sketch
            Chapter 6: Focusing on Architectural Details
            Chapter 7: Monochrome
            Chapter 8: Full-Color Drawing
            Chapter 9: Full-Color Drawing with Gold
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              March 19 2024
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              20.32 x 1.91 x 25.4 cm
            6. ISBN-13
              979-8888140413
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            About the Author

            Demi Lang is an artist with a particular passion for architecture and buildings with beautiful character, which she draws in high detail, concentrating on the contrasts of light and shadow to create realistic finished drawings. She works in a variety of mediums, including Indian ink pen, pencil, watercolour, and gold leaf on paper. Each piece takes many hours to complete.

            Demi lives in the countryside in a small village in West Berkshire, UK, where she works as a full-time artist from her home studio at the end of her garden. The city of Oxford is nearby, as are the Cotswolds and Blenheim Palace, which often feature in her work. She gains most of the ideas and inspiration for her work whilst visiting her favourite places and while travelling.

            Demi has been selling her work online and locally in exhibitions for over twenty years, and she has work in private collections all over the world. She has a growing following on Instagram and Facebook where she shares her work, providing regular updates on the art process and progress of her drawings. Find her online at demilang.com and @demilangart.

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            • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BYV3ZLNQ
            • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rocky Nook
            • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 19 2024
            • Language ‏ : ‎ English
            • Print length ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
            • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8888140413
            • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 907 g
            • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.32 x 1.91 x 25.4 cm
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            • ClaSyl
              5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Book on Architecture Drawing
              Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2025
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              I have pre-ordered this book: Drawing and Illustrating Architecture by Demi Lang. I received it the day it was published and couldn’t have been more excited! It’s a fabulous book. I’m a huge fan of the author. Her art is brilliant. I am so impressed with the quality of her posts on Instagram and Facebook when I see her drawing and adding gold leafing to her drawings.
              The book is very well designed with topics such as what tools and paper to use, how to use them, etc. There are lots of samples to choose from to practice your new acquired skills in architecture. Happy drawing!
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            • Diamond Hill
              5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic learning aid and great reference book
              Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2024
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              About a year ago, I learned that Demi Lang was working on a book in which she would show and explain her style of realistic architectural drawing. Right away, I knew I needed a copy and, if you are reading this, chances are so do you.

              Demi's book Drawing and Illustrating Architecture is an amazing educational resource for beginners as well as advanced artists. Drawing a large building with unique features will be a challenge for many people. To help you learn and overcome this challenge, Demi presents her drawing style with the authority of an expert, yet at the same time with the encouragement and clarity of a teacher who wants to ensure her students’ success. To this end, the book contains many supporting photographs and step by step illustrations.

              Drawing on years of experience, Demi first discusses materials, workspace set up, and how to build a good photo reference library before explaining her techniques. With the basics all in place, she demonstrates in a detailed step by step process how to draw a sizable building from start to finish. In the second part of her book, Demi presents a number of small projects that focus on particular features of a building such as brick work, a window and a door. These are excellent practice pieces and very suitable for anyone who might want to start small. For the more advanced artist, Demi concludes her book with three additional ways, namely monochrome, full-colour and gilding, that will allow you to draw beautiful and varied pieces of art.
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            • Marlene
              5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE THIS BOOK
              Reviewed in Canada on September 29, 2024
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              Love all books, but this one was so well made. organized and interesting - and a favorite subject.
              Would highly recommend, if this was a topic of interest for anyone. Can't wait to get creative!
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            • Tam resimdeki gibi geldi ve çok hızlı geldi
              5.0 out of 5 stars Das Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen
              Reviewed in Germany on September 12, 2024
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              Das Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen
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              Tam resimdeki gibi geldi ve çok hızlı geldi
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              Das Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen

              Reviewed in Germany on September 12, 2024
              Das Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen
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            • willow
              5.0 out of 5 stars Très bon livre pour le dessin d'architecture
              Reviewed in France on June 18, 2025
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              Bonne qualité de papier et de reliure.
              Les chapitres sont clairs et détaillés.
              Plusieurs projets en pas à pas bien guidés et illustrés.
              Un livre à avoir dans sa bibliothèque,
              pour ceux qui veulent apprendre ou s'améliorer pour les dessins d'architecture.
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            • Patrick Hazley
              5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
              Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2025
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              I like this book. I find it very useful and has nice demonstrations.
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            • Client d'鶹
              5.0 out of 5 stars Très bien
              Reviewed in Belgium on February 13, 2025
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              Très bien
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            • antonio correia
              5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book !
              Reviewed in Spain on June 8, 2024
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              I'm very glad I got this book, so much information with step by step tips and lessons on so many topics , Demi is an awesome Artist, and this book it's a masterpiece in itself too !
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              Fantastic book !

              Reviewed in Spain on June 8, 2024
              I'm very glad I got this book, so much information with step by step tips and lessons on so many topics , Demi is an awesome Artist, and this book it's a masterpiece in itself too !
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