Architectural Drawing Specialization: From Sketching to Digital Visualization

Overview

“Any successful creative work, irrespective of its field, genre, or origin, is carried by a strong conceptual foundation, great execution, and compelling storytelling. You layout the idea, make it clear and infuse it with magical tactility which makes your work descriptive, penetrating, and purposeful. In the visual art of drawing, that magical tactility is the use of color. Along with adding a beautiful artistic dimension to your work, color is an incredibly subtle tool of clarity, graphical distinction, and visual engagement. Color distills, informs, and inspires. It elevates the quality of your drawing to a level of a unique visual experience. In this lesson, you will learn how to apply color to your work so it becomes vivid and distinct. You will learn how to think, see and define color based on what you want to accomplish with your work rather than making it merely colorful. Above all, you will learn how to be fearless and clear in your approach to using it in your drawing.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Colors, which is part of the Domestika online course: Architectural Drawing Specialization: From Sketching to Digital Visualization. Learn conceptual architectural sketching, translating abstract ideas into coherent, creative drawings using freehand techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“Now we come to shading and coloring part. Shading and coloring are basically two separate elements, but they're also extremely interrelated. Shading is about creating a light situation. and the light you need in order to express the design. in the most sort of vivid three-dimensional situation. Coloring is important. in order to create readability and clarity. So you have all those different structural components that you want to bring forward. and we're going to use color to highlight some of those components because clearly you want to communicate the important and integral part of your s...”

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Course summary for: Architectural Drawing Specialization: From Sketching to Digital Visualization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (6)
• 566 students
• 7 units
• 98 lessons (19h 26m)
• 46 downloads

• Category

  Architecture & Spaces

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Architecture, Digital Architecture, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketching