James Richards（詹姆斯·理查茲）是美國景觀建築師協會理事（FASLA），城市設計顧問公司Townscape的聯閤創始人和首席設計師，得剋薩斯大學阿靈頓建築學院副教授。他還是一位獲得眾多奬項的設計師、作傢和插畫師，所從事的工作涵蓋景觀設計、城鎮規劃和城市設計。理查茲先生是“城市速寫者”（www.urbansketchers.org）組織的博客通訊員，這是一場國際手繪運動。他經常在全球各地旅行並組織麵嚮學生和專業人士的手繪工坊。

Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, Freehand Drawing and Discovery uses an array of cross-disciplinary examples to help readers develop their drawing skills. Taking a "both/and" approach, this book provides step-by-step guidance on drawing tools and techniques and offers practical suggestions on how to use these skills in conjunction with digital tools on real-world projects. Illustrated with nearly 300 full color drawings, the book includes a series of video demonstrations that reinforces the sketching techniques.