庫斯·埃森是代夫特理工大學的副教授,主講工業設計工程的徒手繪圖能力課程。

Koos Eissen is an associate professor at the Delft University of Technology and teaches freehand drawing classes at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

羅薩琳·史都爾是烏得勒支藝術學院的視覺藝術和設計係講師。

Roselien Steur teaches at the Faculty of Visual Art and Design, Utrecht School of the Arts.

在2011年,繼驚人的全球範圍內獲得成功的Sketching,銷量超過六萬本的兩年裏,作者Koos Eissen和Roselien Steur首次在前傳裏分享手繪基礎。事實上,前傳將是一個新書的更好的名字,因為它的目的是針對新手設計師。而且嚮你展示瞭如何繪製草圖各方麵的形狀和形式,更像是工具書,本書帶來更詳細的解釋,引導讀者的手,帶領他一步一步通過所有來自各方麵的手繪問題。

本書釋義清晰全麵,采用循序漸進的插圖,例子和技巧。你將學習使用不同的技術和掌握和如何應用在設計過程中。

它對於剛接觸手繪的人是一本完美的書,比如對於藝術與設計第一學年的學生,或者那些希望鞏固自己手繪基礎的人;它是一種簡單而有效的學習方式，所有你曾經想要知道,但從來沒有為你解釋過得問題將會得到解答（譯By：Scatkevin）。

（EN介紹）In 2011, following the phenomenal global success of Sketching, which has sold over sixty thousand copies in two years, authors Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur debut the sequel entitled Sketching: The Basics. In fact, prequel would be a better word for this new book, since it is aimed towards the novice designer. Whereas Sketching shows you how to draw various aspects of shape and form, and serves more as a reference book, The Basics explains things in more detail, taking the reader by the hand and guiding him step by step through all the various aspects of drawing that novice designers come up against.

The Basics explains the rudiments of learning to draw both clearly and comprehensively, using step-by-step illustrations, examples, and strategies. You will learn to use and master the different techniques and also how to apply sketches in the design process.

It is the perfect book for those just starting out in sketching, for the first years of art and design courses, and for those who wish to revise the basics of good sketching; it is a simple and efficient way of learning all you've ever wanted to know but have never had explained to you.