Architectural Illustration: Capture a City’s Personality
Open-Air Sketch
A course by Carlo Stanga , Illustrator and Architect
About the video: Open-Air Sketch
Overview
“I will speak about open-air sketching, the first step to begin the practical process of a city illustration, in this case, of the Holy Trinity Church in Mexico City. You will learn how to face directly an urban environment in its complexity, using sketches, photographs and information previously collected.”
In this video lesson Carlo Stanga addresses the topic: Open-Air Sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Architectural Illustration: Capture a City’s Personality. Depict a cityscape using digital and analog techniques to find your own illustration style.
Partial transcription of the video
“OPEN AIR SKETCH In the previous lesson we spoke about how to discover the personality of a city. Of course, the best way to find out this main characteristic of a city is to visit it. Yesterday we went to the historic center of Mexico City to find the best place to illustrate in this course. It was a very interesting visit. We began from the Zócalo, the very center of the historic center and of the city itself. It is the place where the main Aztec pyramids were rising in the center of the capital. We began right in the place where these great monuments were standing. For example, the Templo...”
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Course summary for: Architectural Illustration: Capture a City’s Personality
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Carlo Stanga
A course by Carlo Stanga
Italian artist Carlo Stanga’s illustration career combines his three passions: architecture, illustration, and travels. After studying Architecture in the Politecnico di Milano, he furthered his studies in Art and Design, which led him to work with major Italian magazines and newspapers, as well as international clients in Europe and the U.S.
After several years working in Architecture and Illustration separately, Carlo merged his two professions and became a leading expert in Architectural Illustration. He recently published a series of books with Moleskine, telling the illustrated story of 3 major cities: I am New York, I am Milan, and I am London, where he takes the reader on an immersive journey through each city, with illustrations of architecture, anecdotes, and the character that defines each city.
In 2019, he was a runner-up in the Creative Quarterly 55 for his illustration work in the book I am New York, and obtained the American Illustration Award 38. He holds a large number of awards for his work and has held personal exhibitions in New York and Milan. His long list of clients includes Trussardi, Moleskine, Lufthansa, Nestlé, Missoni, and more.
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