Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink

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Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink provided by Domestika is a comprehensive online course. Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink is taught by Alex Hillkurtz. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Domestika. The course is taught in Englishand is $9.00. Visit the course page at Domestika for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Combine loose ink sketching with watercolor to create beautiful buildings that leap off the page

    • Introduction
    • Preparation
    • Production
    • Putting it All Together
    • Variations of Style and Presentation
    • Final project
    Architectural sketching is a wonderful way to truly experience a place, discovering new details in each glance. Renowned storyboard artist Alex Hillkurtz finds a sense of fulfillment in discovering the hidden corners of the city that sketching allows. You can find some of his storyboarding work in films like Argo, Almost Famous, and It's Complicated, among many others.

    In this course, Alex will show you his approach to capturing the depth and feeling of a place using watercolor and ink and translating that onto your page, because it’s one thing to depict a scene accurately and another entirely to portray the character and mood of a place. Learn to sketch and use watercolors to infuse your paintings with new life.

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • What we will do on the course
    • Influences
    • Finding the Horizon Line
    • Where are the Vanishing Points?
    • Creating Dynamic Compositions
    • The Basics of Perspective
    • Presentation of Materials
    • Choosing the right view/picture
    • Creating a Thumbnail Sketch
    • Color Mixes
    • Creating Textures with Color Washes
    • The Pencil Sketch
    • Sketching with Fountain Pen and Ink
    • Watercolor! The First Wash
    • Watercolor! Shadows and Details 1
    • Watercolor! Shadows and Details 2
    • Watercolor! Shadows and Details 3
    • Work presentation
    • Style and Finding your Voice
    • Architectural drawing with watercolor and ink