How to Draw
The hardest book you will ever love. Strict, mathematical perspective construction for industrial design.
Tech Specs
- Author Scott Robertson
- Pages 208
- Focus Constructive Anatomy
Best For
The Good
- • Teaches you to draw 'through' the form
- • Demystifies complex curves in perspective
- • Includes video tutorials via QR codes
- • Essential for sci-fi and hard surface
The Bad
- • Extremely dense and technical
- • Dry reading (it's a textbook)
- • Steep learning curve
The Engineering of Art
Scott Robertson teaches drawing like engineering. There is no “feeling” here; there is only geometry. If you want to draw a spaceship and have it look like it can actually fly, this is the book.
X-Y-Z
The book drills the concept of the 3D grid into your brain. You stop seeing a blank page and start seeing a 3D volume. You learn to carve shapes out of that volume using mirroring, section views, and grids.
The Videos
One amazing feature is the companion app/videos. Robertson demonstrates the complex drafting techniques in real-time, which helps bridge the gap between the diagrams and the execution.
Verdict
It is not fun. It is work. But if you complete the exercises in this book, you will gain a superpower: the ability to draw anything, from any angle, from your imagination.