Detailed Architectural Illustration with Realism and Richness
Enhancing the Shadows 1
A course by Preeti Dubey , Architectural Illustrator and Structural Engineer
Joined May 2022
About the video: Enhancing the Shadows 1
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to create further shadows and depth in your drawing. This is the stage where we give the final touches to our illustration!”
In this video lesson Preeti Dubey addresses the topic: Enhancing the Shadows 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Detailed Architectural Illustration with Realism and Richness. Discover how to transform a building into artwork filled with realism and learn how to highlight each detail in both monochrome and full color.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Enhancing the Shadows In this lesson, I'll talk about how to add shadows and give the final touches to your illustration. We will start that by studying our reference picture again. Here you can see that we have deep dark shadows in some of the parts. For example, here, shadows cast by this line of the tiles, which is here. Then we have deep shadows inside. We have some slanted shadows because of these parts of the spire. Similarly, these small shadows. Other than that, you will see that there is a big dark patch here, then shadows cast by this window here, which is very deep dark black, ...”
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Course summary for: Detailed Architectural Illustration with Realism and Richness
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Category
Architecture & Spaces, Illustration -
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture, Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

Preeti Dubey
A course by Preeti Dubey
Preeti Dubey is a structural engineer and self-taught architectural illustrator based in Dubai. She has a post-graduate degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute Of Technology–Roorkee in India, and is a licensed structural engineer in Dubai.
Preeti’s wide-ranging career has seen her work with Atkins, one of the world’s most famous design and engineering consultancy firms, and international clients for projects involving the Delhi Metro system and the London Olympics. She sells artwork via her self-named studio, and shares her sketches with over 35K followers on Instagram.
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