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Clipping Mask vs. Layer Mask in Procreate
If you’re new(-ish) to Procreate and you’re confused about masking - what is it for and when to use different types of mask - this article is for you!
How To Draw Guggenheim Museum (NYC) in Perspective
Do you feel intimidated when drawing organic building forms with freehand? In this article, I am using Guggenheim Museum as an example to guide you through the drawing process. After reading this, you will learn to draw curved forms in perspective, starting from scratch. Let the fun begins!
7 Quick Tips To Improve Architectural Perspective Sketches [Free Worksheet]
Drawing in perspective can be easy for beginners if only they know these tips. In this article, I am sharing some easy-to-learn tips that you can use as a guide to practice. There is a free PDF worksheet included to draw along. Let’s begin!
Behind The Scenes: The Making of an Online Course with Domestika
If you ever wondered how Domestika works, how they create their online courses, how they pay the teachers, and just generally what it takes to create & produce an online course on Domestika. In this article, you get to peek behind the curtain through the lens of my first teaching experience at Domestika.
Draw Famous Building: Heydar Aliyev Centre in 5 Easy Steps
When drawing organic form buildings, sometimes it can be difficult to keep the right proportions. So in this article, I am sharing all the tools and techniques I used to draw this building in less 30 minutes. Let’s get started!
How to Draw The Impossible Triangle? [Draw Along Video For Beginners]
Is the impossible triangle possible to draw in under 10 minutes? YES. In this article, I will walk you through step-by-step of the process, so that you can follow them and draw on your own. There is also a draw-along video for you to follow through. Let’s get started!
Digitize Your Drawing - 5 Benefits to Go From Paper to Photoshop
When you draw on paper, trace, or in a sketchbook - do you then digitize your hand drawings? If the answer is no, maybe it’s time to reconsider. In this article, you’ll learn 5 reasons and benefits why everyone should consider digitizing their analog sketches.
How to Draw Multi-Point Perspective Sketch with Color Markers
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced artist, EVERYONE can draw a multi-point perspective. It’s more visually interesting as it introduces multiple angles and directions than typical and rigid 2-point perspective grid. In this article, …
Draw 1-point Interior Perspective on Ipad for Beginners / 7 Easy Steps
Why do my perspective drawings look so weird? What do the grid lines supposed to mean? How to keep everything in proportion? Perspective drawing is very important for designers to convey their ideas in a way that their clients understand. In this article, let me guide you through the drawing process step-by-step.
Architecture Concept Development: Perspective Drawing in 7 steps
How to develop a design concept? Here’s an overview of how I develop a design concept in architecture through drawing and I’ll guide you step-by-step with examples. By the end of this blog post, you’ll know how to use perspective drawing to explain your concept.
How to Place People & Trees in Your Drawings
How to place people in your drawings to complement your design? Placing architectural entourage in your images, like people and trees, can complement or break your image. Check these composition rules and things to avoid when placing people and human figures in your architecture drawings & illustrations.
5 (Non-)Architecture Books You Should Read
An influential Swiss architect Le Corbusier said that if you want to be an architect you should do 2 things: travel and read books. Check this blog post for my 5+5 book recommendations every architect should read.
My Essential Drawing Tools
This is THE. SINGLE. MOST frequent question I get asked.
“What pens do you use?”
It’s time to give you some proper overview of the analogue tools that are lying on my table right now. So here goes my personal recommendation…
3 Common Mistakes When Drawing People
Very often we make these same 3 mistakes when it comes to sketching & drawing human figures in our compositions. This blog post breaks them down and offers specific solutions for each of them. Click through to learn how to fix these 3 common drawing mistakes.
How To Improve Your Imagination Drawing - 3 Easy Steps
Drawing from imagination is difficult and requires practice. Try these 3 specific tips to improve your sketching & drawing process! Click through to learn how to put your ideas on paper in this blog post
What Type of Perspective Should You Use?
Learn about all the types of perspective views and when to use them in your drawings - click through to an overview with example of perspective drawings for each type.
How to Draw People Like an Architect
Quickly sketching human figures is an essential skill for any architect or hobby sketcher in order to make sketched spaces more understandable and relatable. Here are 3 reasons Why integrating human figures in architectural sketches & drawings is important. Click through to watch a video and download a free worksheet for your practicing.
Step-by-step Tutorial: Shading in Perspective
One of the basic skills in architectural sketching & drawing is adding shading to objects in our scene. Follow this step-by-step tutorial on how to add shadow in perspective using parallel shading technique and how to distinguish between shade (form shadow) and shadow (cast shadow). Click through to watch a video and to learn from a step-by-step drawing tutorial.
David Drazil’s project Sketch Like An Architect has become a global go-to resource for architectural sketching with 350k+ followers across different channels. David is a trained architect, published author of 3 books on architectural sketching, a speaker, and a trusted teacher with more than 15,000+ students in his online courses.