Hand Drawing Course | How to Sketch Like an Architect

Lesson 1 – Overview (1:45). A quick introduction from David to talk you through what the course entails, who it’s for and what you’ll get from it. After watching this video, you’ll be invited to download the PDF handbook to follow along and print off your own worksheets to help with your training.

Lesson 2 – Linework & 2D Drawing (7:53). In the first step of the drawing process, we teach you all about proper hand drawn line work and creating 2d objects. The lesson finishes with a study on a city skyline.

Lesson 3 – Perspective Drawing (5:41). The next lesson of the course explains the basics rules of perspective. Key components of a perspective drawing, top tips, and bad habits to avoid are all covered here to build a solid foundation for your drawing skills.

Lesson 4 – Shadows (6:45). Textures, shadows, and materials are up next in lesson 4. This class covers all you need to know on adding depth and realism to your drawings to bring them to life. We show you some working examples on how to create your own accurate shadows and textures, finishing the lesson with a detailed perspective.

Lesson 5 – Populating Drawings (6:00). Populating your drawings with people is a great way to bring a sense of scale to your drawings. In this lesson we give you a few quick ways to add figures to your perspectives and how to use correct anatomical proportions for convincing drawings every time!

Lesson 6 – Vegetation (7:29). Building on the previous lesson, another great way to breathe life into your drawings is by adding trees, bushes, and other forms of vegetation. It’s a tricky one to get right, but we’ve got you covered with this detailed lesson on how to draw vegetation and how to correctly work them into your perspective drawings.

Lesson 7 – Awesome Perspectives (6:05). In this final step of the process, we bring all the previous teachings together into a set of awesome perspective sketches. With the details covered in previous classes under our belt, we provide a way of looking at the bigger picture in this lesson, including composition, depth, and focal points.

Lesson 8 – Final Thoughts (0:52). In the last video of the main section of the course, we invite you to share your work by tagging us and we’ll be sure to provide feedback to help with the progression of your newfound skill. Keep sketching, keep practicing and don’t worry about those imperfections – they’re what make your drawings unique to you!

Bonus Lesson 1 – Title Cover Sketch (7:04). The bonus lessons show you a full workflow of how David has created some of his fantastic drawings. The first one is how the cover sketch of the book is created. Sit back, relax, and watch how the master does it. Here, you’ll learn his full process and understand how to apply it to your own projects.

Bonus Lesson 2 – Vertical 2 Point Perspective (5:15). Do you ever wonder how to draw tall buildings effectively? In this lesson we provide another full process video on how to create vertical 2-point perspectives to showcase how to draw towers, skyscrapers and similar tall buildings.

Bonus Lesson 3 – Open Chest Sketch (3:51). To bring the course to a close, we show you something less architectural, but no less important. The open chest drawing technique demonstrates how to draw objects on various angles, adjusting your mindset and skillset to a place where you can draw almost anything in perspective form. This workflow video also shows to add shadow to a complex object. 

The book Sketch like an Architect provides you with a proven road map to improving your sketching skills. 40+ important and to-the-point tips & tricks, 15 sketching worksheets for practicing, and countless examples of finished sketches explaining key techniques and concepts.

You will learn not only the sketching technique, but also about the thinking behind the process – e.g. why and how to add people to your sketches, how to create a sense of depth in an image, and much more.

This Handbook is perfect for anyone interested in sketching or drawing. Whether you’re an architecture student or professional architect, whether you’d like to capture the moments from your holidays, spaces around you, or you just like to doodle, then this Handbook is just for you!