Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop

Learn fundamental drawing techniques to create hand-drawn architectural sketches and bring them to life in Photoshop with color and texture

• Introduction
• The Image-Making Process
• Working on the Artwork
• Details and Fine-Tuning
• The Finished Artwork
• Final project

Grabbing a pencil and sketchbook on-the-go to capture the essence of the surrounding architecture allows you to be in the present moment. However, bringing those sketches to life in Photoshop is something architect David Drazil does best. In this online course, he’s here to show you how to draw striking architectural sketches and enhance them digitally with vivid detail.


As the founder of Sketch Like An Architect, a project dedicated to reviving the art of drawing by hand with over 233K followers, David takes you step by step through drawing techniques and post-production methods to create stunning illustrations.

• About Me
• Influences
• What You Need for the Course
• What Makes a Good Sketch
• Types of Perspective
• Shading in Perspective
• Design Principles and Choice of Sketch
• The Foundations of Color Theory
• Creating the Sketch
• The Digital File and Tonal Values
• Textures and Reference Images
• Cleaning up the Sketch in Photoshop
• Adding the Sky
• Adding the Foreground 1
• Adding the Foreground 2
• Coloring the Trees and Vegetation
• Texturing the Architecture
• Shade and Shadows
• The Details in the Foreground
• Final Touches and Export
• Analysis of the Artwork
• A Presentation with Photoshop Mock-Ups
• Architectural Drawing: From Paper to Photoshop