Artistic Architectural Drawing with Ink
Adding Light and Shade 1
A course by Luke Adam Hawker , Artist
About the video: Adding Light and Shade 1
Overview
“Let's bring some realism to the piece! I will demonstrate how to incorporate shadows into the cityscape. This will give an indication of the main light source and add unity to the various shapes. ”
In this video lesson Luke Adam Hawker addresses the topic: Adding Light and Shade 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Architectural Drawing with Ink. Learn to create fictional landscapes through observational drawing, focusing on perspective, lighting, and shading.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll be looking at shading and creating shadow and adding tone to this scene that we have here. So what this will do, it will just bring the scene to life. and add a lot of depth to the image. as well as just giving us a chance to kind of really have a look at are seen. And how we want it to feel. So to do that, we want to look at the light source. I'm going to imagine our light source being like up to the far left. Hand side of this arrangement. But you can actually use your objects at home, use a lamp to kind of cast shadows and play around with it and make it really dram...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Architectural Drawing with Ink
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Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Luke Adam Hawker
A course by Luke Adam Hawker
Luke Adam Hawker is a professional artist based in Surrey, England. Growing up, he was always drawing and went on to study interior architecture at Nottingham Trent University. After graduating, he began his design career in London, alongside selling limited edition prints at markets and galleries.
In 2015, he left his job as an interior designer to focus on his own work and has since collaborated with clients including Annabels London, Soho House, Article 25, and Penhaligons Fragrance. Luke’s drawing of Big Ben was selected to be a permanent part of the Parliamentary Art Collection, and he also published a graphic novel, Together, which sold over 130K copies worldwide and became a Sunday Times Best Seller.
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