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    CoursesMega Video CourseArchitectural Drawing Mastery
    • Freehand Drawing 29

      • Lesson #1 Freehand Drawing 1.0 – Fundamental Box Perspectives 25 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Lesson #2 Freehand Drawing 1.1 – Cube And Prism Building Sketches 01 hour 32 min
      • Lesson #3 – Inner Game Of Architectural Drawing 32 min
      • Lesson #6 Freehand Drawing 1.2 – Simple Volumes Composition 01 hour 24 min
      • Lesson #11 Freehand Drawing 1.4 – Real Life Objects Composition 01 hour 48 min
      • Lesson #4 Freehand Drawing 1.5 – Constructed Perspective 01 hour 38 min
      • Lesson #5 Freehand Drawing 1.6 – Self-Portrait Composition 02 hour
      • Lesson #6 Freehand Drawing 1.7 – Barrel Vault Pavilion 03 hour 19 min
      • Freehand Drawing 1.0 – Perspective I 01 hour 36 min
      • Freehand Drawing 1.1 – Perspective II 02 hour 05 min
      • Freehand Drawing 1.2 – Perspective III 01 hour 47 min
      • Freehand Drawing 1.3 – Perspective IV 01 hour 02 min
      • Freehand Drawing 2.2 – Cube House 01 hour 17 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Freehand Drawing 2.4 – Cylinder House 02 hour 02 min
      • Freehand Drawing 2.3 – Prism House 01 hour
      • Freehand Drawing 2.5 – Four Types Of Houses 01 hour 28 min
      • Freehand Drawing 2.6 – Wooden Structure I 01 hour 28 min
      • Freehand Drawing 2.7 – Steel Structure 58 min
      • Freehand Drawing 2.9 – Art Pavilion Part I – Abstract Art Composition 02 hour 28 min
      • Freehand Drawing 3.0 – Art Pavilion Part II – Pavilion Study And Design Model
      • Freehand Drawing 3.1 – Art Pavilion Part III – Final Pavilion And Model
      • Freehand Drawing 3.2 – House Design Part I – 1:100 First Draft 02 min
      • Freehand Drawing 3.3 – House Design Part II – 1:50 Detailing 02 min
      • Freehand Drawing 3.4 – House Design Part III – Final Design 01 min
      • Freehand Drawing 3.5 – House Design Part IV – Physical Model
      • Freehand Drawing 4.0 – Cube On A Diagonal House 30 min
      • Freehand Drawing 4.3 – Organic Architecture And Blobitecture 16 min
      • Freehand Drawing 4.1 – Office Building 02 hour 24 min
      • Freehand Drawing 4.2 – Tower Building 34 min
      • Freehand Drawing 4.4 – Origami Architecture 14 min
      • Freehand Drawing 3.7 – Abstract Architecture Composition I 01 hour 14 min
    • Technical Drawing 32

      • Lesson #1 Technical Drawing 1.0 – Axonometrics And Triple Projection 45 min
      • Lesson #2 Technical Drawing 1.1 – Simple Volumes Projection, Axonometrics And Sketches 01 hour 35 min
      • Lesson #3 Technical Drawing 1.2 – Constructed Shadows Axonometrics 02 hour 10 min
      • Lesson #4 Technical Drawing 1.3 – Barrel Vaults Isometrics 01 hour 15 min
      • Lesson #5 Technical Drawing 1.4 – Cube On Diagonal 58 min
      • Lesson #6 Technical Drawing 1.5 – Spatial Vision Axonometrics 02 hour 01 min
      • Lesson #7 Technical Drawing 1.6 – Four Types Of Axonometric 03 hour 40 min
      • Lesson #8 Technical Drawing 1.7- Descriptive Geometry Axonometrics 02 hour 01 min
      • Lesson #9 Technical Drawing 1.8 – Intersections 44 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.0 – Basic Descriptive Geometry 44 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.1 – Octahedron, Cylinder And Cone 01 hour 06 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.2 – Spheres I 32 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.3 – Spheres II 15 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.4 – Spheres III 30 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.5 – Intermediary Descriptive Geometry 1 40 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.6 – Intermediary Descriptive Geometry 2 25 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.7 – Pyramids And Volumes 20 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.8 – Intermediary Hexagonal Volumes 20 min
      • Technical Drawing 1.9 – Point, Line, Plane 30 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.0 – Planar Projections 1 27 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.1 – Planar Projections 2 18 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.3 – Complex Sections 1 28 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Technical Drawing 2.4 – Complex Sections 2 44 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.5 – Complex Volume Dodecahedron 01 hour 01 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.6 – Complex Volume Icosahedron 30 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.7 – Roofing 1 39 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.8 – Roofing 2 37 min
      • Technical Drawing 2.9 – Intersections 1 – Prisms, Cylinders, Cones 30 min
      • Technical Drawing 3.0 – Intersections 2 – Cubes And Pyramids 16 min
      • Technical Drawing 3.1 – Intersections 3 – Advanced Prisms And Pyramids 28 min
      • Technical Drawing 3.2 – Expert Constructed Shadows 1 52 min
      • Technical Drawing 3.3 – Planar Projections Recap 20 min
      • Technical Drawing 3.4 – Complex Intersections 49 min
    • Product Design 27

      • Sketch Pavilions 38 min
      • Organic Furniture 51 min
      • Materials I 01 hour 10 min
      • Materials II 01 hour 33 min
      • Organic Product Design 43 min
      • Fountain Design 46 min
      • Sketch Cars 02 hour 40 min
      • Functioning (Exploded Perspectives) 16 min
      • Backpacks 01 hour 01 min
      • Head 57 min
      • Trainers 12 min
      • Bottles 11 min
      • Cups 51 min
      • Sensitive Composition I 37 min
      • Sensitive Composition II 27 min
      • Vase Design 19 min
      • Spaceship Sketching 01 hour 38 min
      • Watch Sketching 42 min
      • Shelving Skething 01 hour 26 min
      • FH1.8 – Product Design 02 hour 11 min
      • FH1.9 – Electric Drill 02 hour 19 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • FH2.0 – Castle Design Materials 43 min
      • FH2.8 – Rotation Object 36 min
      • FH3.6 – Architecture Poster Design 01 hour 19 min
      • FH3.8 – Animal Skulls 58 min
      • FH3.9 – Wooden Toy Design 01 hour 08 min
      • Lesson #20 People Sketches Entourage 02 hour 10 min
      • Lesson #21 Product Design – Chair Design Study 02 hour 35 min
    • Interior Design 7

      • FH1.4 – Bathroom 21 min
      • FH1.5 – Living Room 30 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • FH1.6 – Bedroom 02 hour 32 min
      • FH1.7 – Arch Student Room 37 min
      • Interior Design Sketching 1 03 hour 38 min
      • Interior Design Sketching 2 03 hour 55 min
      • Organic Interiors 10 min
      • Lesson #23 Interior Design – Kitchen And Dining Area 02 hour 29 min
    • Urban and Landscape Design 5

      • 5 Principles Of Urban Design 33 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Urban Design I 02 hour 28 min
      • Urban Design II 02 hour 05 min
      • FH2.1 – Park Design 51 min
      • Lesson #19 Trees And Shrubs Entourage 03 hour 12 min
      • Lesson #24 Urban Design – Urban Square And Tower 02 hour 26 min
    • Architecture History 10

      • Architecture History 1 – Neolithic, Mesopotamian And Ancient Greek Architecture 28 min
      • Architecture History 2 – Roman and Byzantine Architecture 50 min
      • Architecture History 3 – Medieval, Romanesque And Gothic Architecture 55 min
      • Architecture History 4 – Renaissance Architecture 01 hour 20 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Architecture History 5 – Mannierist And Baroque Architecture 01 hour 20 min
      • Architecture History 6 – Neoclassicism, Orientalism, Eclectism 01 hour 30 min
      • Architecture History 7 – Early Modernism, Expressionism And Art Deco 01 hour 24 min
      • Architecture History 8 – Modernism 57 min
      • Architecture History 9 – Postmodernism 01 hour 08 min
      • Architecture History 10 – Contemporary 17 min
      • Lesson #8 Freehand Drawing 1.3 – The Classical Orders Of Architecture 02 hour 01 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Lesson #22 Architecture History – Classical Architecture Monuments 02 hour 43 min
    • Sketching Architecture 11

      • Organic Architecture 1 17 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Organic Architecture 2 23 min
      • Blob Architecture 12 min
      • Organic Pavilions 14 min
      • Layout Plan 55 min
      • Section 02 hour 43 min
      • Row Housing 01 hour 11 min
      • Aerial Sketches 15 min
      • Social Housing 18 min
      • Container Architecture 18 min
      • Infill 16 min
      • Six Graphics Styles 33 min
    • Tablet Sketching 6

      • Lesson #1 Rocks 05 min
      • Lesson #2 Church 07 min
      • Lesson #3 Entourage 09 min
      • Lesson #4 Modern Architecture I 09 min
        FULL FREE LESSON
      • Lesson #5 Modern Architecture II 08 min
      • Lesson #3 Modern Architecture II 07 min
      • Lesson #2 Modern Architecture I 08 min
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      Lesson #8 Freehand Drawing 1.3 – The Classical Orders Of Architecture

      Intro

      Introduction

      Now we need to add a depth and architectural theory to our drawing style, as well as take our line drawing and detailing to the next level. You do not want to be too repetitive and rigid in your drawing style as this will have negative repercussions on your architectural thinking, graphics and will create overall stiff and repetitive mindset and graphics still.

      When discussing capitals keep in mind that they are meant to be decorations made initially out of wood that would mark the point where a column and a truss intersect.

      They were originally designed by the Greeks as to be made out of wood… because the whole temples were made out of wood. This lately evolved into temples made out of stone.

      You might see these capitals nowadays and admire their elegance, as they have a perfect volume that is made out of stone… but these columns and capitals were actually painted… but we will focus only on drawing them as volumes, without the extra decoration.

      Doric Capital Sketch 

      Doric Capital 

      Doric Capital Detailing

      Doric Capital Hatching

      The Doric Capital

      These classical orders are three in number – Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.

      These decorations, although seemingly randomly designed always make emphasis on the general volume of the capital. Multiple levels of detailing show roundness or put emphasis on the curvature of the column and so on.

      A good way of showing this is the making the column fluted which emphasise the curvature of the column.

      Also, add the egg-and-dart motif which will add a good level fo detailing that looks good in drawing.

      First, practice constructing one of these details and then applying them to the column by drawing less and less wide as they follow the curvature of the volume.

      For hatching you need to apply what we have learned in the previous lessons regarding cylinder shadowed faces – you got one-third that is directly hit by light, the gradients going al the way to the sides, with a darker gradient towards the parts which is in volume shadow.

      Always leave that 2-3 mm white edge around the cylinder’s side – this will add more of the curvature effect to the volume.

      Ionic Capital 

      Ionic Hatch

      Ionic capitals are slightly more complicated to draw, as they also have more detailing to them.

      You will again draw a vertical cylinder which is the column, then add two horizontal cylinders which will be detailed to become volutes.

      Keep in mind that the volutes are spiral-shaped so they will be drawn as vertical ellipses that progressively get smaller and smaller.

      There will always be trouble here because these spirals have a thickness to them and they also have a depth that casts a shadow.

      This will create a bit of confusion, as well as the way these volutes go in perspective – you will need to be extra careful with the vertical ellipses and all other elements.

      The volutes part sit on top of a circular dish, and there is egg-and-dart detailing on the sides as well.

      There is a middle decoration between the volutes, and that is another spiralling shape that looks interesting.

      Obviously, the column is going to be fluted], and this detailing will show enough of the roundness of the column – do not forget the part with a third being hit directly by light and how the gradients work.

      Corinthian Capital

      This capital is by far the most intimidating as it is full of details! And most students of drawing will just skip them altogether because of the sheer amount of detailing that you need to go through.

      And we need to remember that the Corinthian capital features the most intimidating of details possible – the acanthus leaf!

      The column is again a cylinder and is fluted all the way to the top.
      All good, next up we got a horizontal square for the top, but this square has these inside curvatures and chamfered corners.

      This is really easy to understand and draw – you need to merely to construct the interior half-ellipses and the chamfer the corners and you are set.

      The next part is the difficult part, drawing the acanthus leaves. These are set on three different levels of leaves – so instantly the problem of drawing a messed up and complicated details is a lot simpler and linear.

      How To Draw An Acanthus Leaf 

      To draw an acanthus leaf, you need to first draw the line structure on which it would fit.

      You have a central axis of symmetry then you build up the three smaller leaves on each side.

      To make the smaller leaves look right, they need to have a curvature where the triangles touch base, this way the whole shape looks organic in the end.

      Three levels of acanthus leaves will be needed to make the capital look corinthian.

      Level one is the leaves which are at the bottom and are detailed enough to take the foreground.

      After that we got to level two which are between the leaves of the bottom level, these are slightly less detailed.

      Level three is where two of the leaves intersect in the middle to create an extra decorative effect, and then you got leaves at 45 degrees that connect the corners of the capital.

      Hatching

      Hatching might again seem very complicated for a volume of this but again, we will adapt what we already learned in this context, and everything will just logically click together.

      First things first we need to apply the same principle we did for a complicated volume – the third that is in volume shadow.

      After we decided the third that we want to be shadowed, we can just hatch away at it, guesstimating the overall shape.

      Carefullykeep the strokes evenly spaced and around 4 cm wide – this will create enough order for your drawing to look good.

      We will just guesstimate the third, thicken its irregular outline and then start hatching.

      All the rules of graphics you have learned until now still apply – constant gradient, mixed hatching and contrast.

      Lesson Critique

      Training Information

      Difficulty: Newbie to Intermediate

      Video Time: 2:00:29

      Lesson Objectives:
      – Mixing cylinder and prism detailing in line drawing.
      – Getting a thorough understanding of the three classical orders – how each works in terms of proportion, detailing, key features that are common to all variants of the type.
      – Getting a much more evolved line drawing as well as a better grasp of hatching and graphics.

      TIPS

      yes

      • Add as much detail in line drawing as possible, this will make sure you drawing has enough to hatch. You don’t want to just have minimum detailing and to be forced to hide that by hatching
      • Press on that pencil when you are drawing – you need to have construction, contour and thick lines to get your drawings looking architectural and confident

      Common Mistakes To Avoid

      no

      • You will draw small capitals unwillingly – this is a side effect of the fact that this assignment is challenging for you. Draw each capital at least at an A4 size
      • You will unwillingly mess up how the the capital fits the column, how the horizontal ellipse fits in a square. Also careful at the horizon line and how far apart all of this is to the horizon line – if your ellipse and square are closer to the horizon lien then they are flatter – if they are further away then they’re more open

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