Drawing Geometry

Drawing Geometry: A Primer of Basic Forms for Artists, Designers, and Architects

Geometry is both elegantly simple and infinitely profound. People in many professions find that they need to be able to draw geometric shapes accurately, regardless of artistic ability.

In Drawing Geometry, Jon Allen shows readers how to draw two-dimensional geometric shapes in simple step-by-step instructions and provides step-by-step instructions for constructing two-dimensional geometric shapes, which can be readily followed by a beginner.

The book also serves as an invaluable source book for students and professionals.

Contains 26 color and 118 line drawings.

C O N T E N T S:

Foreword by Keith Critchlow

1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
3. Triangle: Three-sided Figure
4. Square: Four-sided Figure
5. Pentagon: Five-sided Figure
6. Hexagon: Six-sided Figure
7. Heptagon: Seven-sided Figure
8. Octagon: Eight-sided Figure
9. Enneagon: Nine-sided Figure
10. Ten-, Eleven-, Twelve-, and Thirteen-sided Figures
11. Dividing a Line
12. Miscellany

Appendix
Afterword: Explorers in Geometry
Further Study

About the Author

Jon Allen has been a practicing architect for twenty-five years. He has worked closely with Keith Critchlow, a world authority on geometry, and has developed a particular interest in the application of geometry in architectural design. He lives in London.