Architectural Designs

Drawing? (freehand drawing & Architectural drawing).I want to teach myself!?

I have a talent to draw but i'm not good in drawing real objects and figures,doing shades and shadows,blending colors e.t.c.I want to do a drawing exam to see if i will be able to pass in an art school but i must be able to master designs like this:(i want to teach myself because i can't afford to go to an art school) freehand drawing http://www.sxediosxedio.gr/photogallery.asp?gallery_cat_id=4&cats_id=2&subcat_id=12 Architectural drawing http://www.sxediosxedio.gr/photogallery.asp?gallery_cat_id=3&cats_id=1&subcat_id=3 and more difficult but i just don't know how to do it. Can anyone give me links with free info/or e-books/software about such types of drawing?Also how to do shadows e.t.c. Pls don't tell me to buy a book i have some but never being able to full read them.And they don't help me that much.

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1. practice shading. find high quality drawings of objects, print, then recreate. make simple objects then move on to complicated ones then practice observational drawings. if you spend a good amount of time you will learn by yourself.
2. for art school , you will want to draw more than design, you want to be able to draw on paper sketches, charcoal, colouring, painting type of art, the architectural aspect requires more accurate details, and proper technical tools, if you have access to local libraries, check there for books and manuals or tutorials for sketching, digital art, and design are a little bit different than drawing on paper, there are hardware tools like tablets and mouse devices that help in drawing, and the correct programs to use for either , http://www.rebekahlynn.com/free/tutorial/shading_tutorial.html http://www.elftown.com/_nathies%20pencil%20shading%20tutorial http://www.jdhillberry.com/how_to_draw_pg2.htm http://www.explore-oil-pastels-with-robert-sloan.com/perspective.html http://www.blazedent.com/drawingtutorials/tutorial_1_4.php http://www.khulsey.com/3_point_perspective.html http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/using-adobe-illustrator-to-draw-in-perspective/ there are others, check devinahtArt and Youtube as well, ____ ArtRage 2 http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html Gimp ~image editor, http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html Inkscape illustrator http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php?lang=en ..