Freehand Illustration for Artistic Architectural Design
Tonal values: volume and tonal organization
A course by Eduardo Bajzek , Illustrator and Sketching Teacher
About the video: Tonal values: volume and tonal organization
Overview
“In order for us to enhance the three-dimensional aspect of something, we need to apply tonal values to surfaces (or faces) in order to create a sense of volume. In this class we will see the gray scale and the sequence of application of tonal values. ”
In this video lesson Eduardo Bajzek addresses the topic: Tonal values: volume and tonal organization, which is part of the Domestika online course: Freehand Illustration for Artistic Architectural Design. Learn how to turn technical drawings into enchanting watercolor illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Tonal Values Volume and Tonal Organization In this lesson, we’ll work with tonal values. What are tonal values? It’s the degree of light or dark of a tone or color. How much a surface is light or how dark it is. When we work with tonal values, we can increase the three-dimensional aspect of an object or a scene by giving it volume, especially on objects. Let's work on this drawing that we made in the previous lesson, in which we developed the solid. We’ll apply shades of gray to get volume, so it becomes more tactile, more palpable. To do that, we have to define the direction of light. Usua...”
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Course summary for: Freehand Illustration for Artistic Architectural Design
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Architecture & Spaces, Illustration -
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture, Pencil Drawing

Eduardo Bajzek
A course by Eduardo Bajzek
Discovering new places with a sketchbook in hand is one of Eduardo Bajzek's greatest pleasures. He has a degree in architecture and urban planning from the Universidade Mackenzie and over twenty years' professional illustration experience.
Awarded by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators and winner of a Jabuti Aaward in the Illustration category for Rio Sketchbook, Eduardo's portfolio contains over two thousand illustrations to date. He is also cofounder of the Urban Sketchers Brasil collective and has been teaching drawing since 2010.
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