[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here are the steps I use to create an architectural image for a client. They are the same steps for drawing/painting any urban environment.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3183″ media_width_percent=”100″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3185″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]Reference photo. Second attempt ( first was a bad angle) A challenging subject… what to leave and what to cut?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3186″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]First Sketches (later colored with prismacolor pencils for painting reference) Note non-straight lines, forced perspective, opening and closing doors, moving cars. Aesthetics trump reality![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3187″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]Final pencil drawing. Traced with light box onto watercolor paper.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3188″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]Aborted ink drawing. Line of far building’s roof sagged too much. I draw freehand and want “organic” lines- that one was a bit TOO organic[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3189″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]Finished ink drawing with crosshatch shading and photoshop clean-up. Client will use this version in some applications.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3190″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]Aborted ink drawing used as color test.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media=”3191″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]Final watercolor. Note deeper contrasts and slight changes in this drawing.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]