Design media

Mastery of a full range of media is essential in order to develop and communicate design ideas effectively. Each of the four major media, watercolor, pen and ink, pastel and colored markers, offers a different avenue for exploring a design concept - with dramatically different results. With an emphasis on the context of design elements, Ron Kasprisin shows how to capitalize on the strengths of each medium, from the advantages of colored markers as preeminent diagramming tools to the use of pastels as a wonderful way to "paint" washes and color studies and add color accents to pen and ink…