Practice time: those long stretches between practice sessions can make drawing buildings harder than it needs to be. Your ability to measure proportion, arrange spaces, and draw buildings doesn’t disappear, but it does get harder to access if it’s not practiced on a regular basis. Many beginners fail because they set up a practice routine […]
If you ask yourself this question, it is probably because you are drawing everything with the same importance. If all the lines are of the same importance and if all the surfaces are drawn with the same importance, then there is no hierarchy, no distance, no space. An architectural drawing should always convey depth, otherwise, […]
As a student, showing a drawing that isn’t done yet is difficult. When every proportion that is off sticks out like a sore thumb when someone else looks at it. But getting feedback early on is one of the best ways to improve as an architect, because it shows you what you have become blind […]
When you’re new to sketching architecture, the page can be a daunting place. You’re afraid to make a mistake. You worry about proportions. You try to draw buildings. And the drawings suck. At least, mine did. I think I know why. When you try to draw a building, you’re really trying to draw a picture […]
