Introduction to Freehand Architectural Design
Texture and color
A course by Héctor López , Architect and Draftsman
About the video: Texture and color
Overview
“Now you will learn to add texture and color to the drawings that you have already finished, we will use the famous hatched to represent some textures in the drawings. So far I have only worked with my Rolling Ball, but now I will use some alcohol based markers to make the drawings look spectacular without losing the sketch .”
In this video lesson Héctor López addresses the topic: Texture and color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Freehand Architectural Design. Learn how to illustrate a custom architectural space with layouts, perspectives, and human scale.
Partial transcription of the video
“Texture and color In this last lesson we will add some texture and color to our perspective. This last step is very important, because thanks to the texture and color we are going to finish visualizing our project and probably dazzle our client. Here I have already erased some reference lines that helped generate the composition. Now I'm going to add some texture to generate new environments and more detail. The first thing I will do is think that the lines that make up the bar, that as I mentioned are wooden strips... I will generate vertical lines that evoke some pieces of wood, a little ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Freehand Architectural Design
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Category
Architecture & Spaces, Illustration -
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture

Héctor López
A course by Héctor López
Héctor López is a graduate of UNAM, Mexico, who found his true calling in the art of freehand drawing for architectural design projects, after working for architectural firms.
From architectural drawings to botanical illustrations, from small notebooks to big murals, Héctor has learned to live through his own drawings, artistically delineating his professional journey as a creative.
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