Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop

Shading in Perspective

A course by David Drazil , Architect

100% positive reviews (38)

2,048 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Shading in Perspective

Overview

“Shading is important as it can make an object look more plastic and 3D, and it creates an illusion of depth. Here I'll show you how you can add shade and shadows to objects that are in perspective.”

In this video lesson David Drazil addresses the topic: Shading in Perspective, which is part of the Domestika online course: Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop. Learn fundamental drawing techniques to create hand-drawn architectural sketches and bring them to life in Photoshop with color and texture.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Shading in Perspective In this lesson, we'll look at shading in perspective. Shading is important as it can help us make our objects look more plastic and 3D, and we are again supporting that illusion of depth. To practice shading and to apply some of the knowledge, we'll do an exercise together. In this exercise, we'll apply parallel shading. That means that the sunrays or the light rays are considered parallel because of the distance of the sun. It makes life easier for us and we can more easily construct the shadows in perspective. Let's dive in. This is an example of the exercise we'l...”

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Course summary for: Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (38)
2048 students
5 units
22 lessons (3h 54m)
17 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration

David Drazil

A course by David Drazil

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Architect

David Drazil is an architect who loves to sketch. Through his social media platforms, he shares his passion for the visual representation of architecture with over 233K followers. By creating educational resources on architectural sketching, David is focused on helping other architects, designers, and hobby sketchers to use sketching as a tool to improve their design process and presentation.
As a trained architect with international experience, David holds a degree in architecture and building engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague and a master’s in architecture and design from Aalborg University in Aalborg, Denmark. He also collaborates as a featured artist with the iPad sketching apps like Morpholio and ShadowDraw.