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To all fans of sketching, architecture, or both! Special thanks to
all of you sticking around the #SketchLikeAnArchitect project!
You’re a huge inspiration for me and I appreciate you more than you might think! - David Drazil - #SketchLikeAnArchitect www.SketchLikeAnArchitect.com
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Best of Sketches vol. 01 | #SketchLikeAnArchitect | David Drazil
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Back in summer 2016, I graduated from Aalborg University in Denmark
as a Master of Science in Architecture and Design. Together with my
girlfriend (now wife ;)), we moved to Copenhagen to look for jobs. I was
a young architect, unemployed expat, not speaking local language prop-
erly, with very little of working experience, and no contacts in the new city.
‘In Copenhagen, getting a job is easier than getting accommodation,’ they
said. Wel , we were lucky enough to find an apartment, not jobs, though.
While sending job applications, cal ing (and sometimes even visiting)
many of architecture studios, I thought to myself that I could use this un-
employment time to my advantage somehow. But how?
During that job-seeking period, I was rejected by firms more than 100
times (yes, I numbered al my applications). It got me thinking whether
architecture is actual y something for me. Lots of self-reflection went in,
but after a while thinking about what makes me happy, I realized that I
always loved to school and correct other people -- ehm, I mean teach. 4
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With passion for both visual presentation of architecture and teaching,
I decided to create an online course on architectural sketching. At the
same, I took it as an opportunity to start sharing my sketches and works
in progress on Instagram, making it a little gal ery to show the process
behind it. This was at the beginning of 2017.
That’s how #SketchLikeAnArchitect was born and since then this little
venture of mine brought me a lot of joy, motivation, and purpose in life.
But don’t get me wrong, it’s not al rainbows and unicorns. It’s been also
lots of hours, evenings, weekends, and sometimes nights spent sketching,
learning al the hacks on Instagram or how to shoot and edit video, and
struggling with juggling al the bal s in the air.
Eventual y in the summer of 2017, one year after my graduation, I got
a ful -time job as an architect in which I continue to this day. On top of
that, thanks to sharing my sketches and tips on architectural sketching
on Instagram and in my online course, I’ve had the chance to meet some
amazing people, speak at conferences, col aborate as a featured artist for
two sketching apps, be interviewed, and featured in a magazine.
The unstable and bit difficult period of time wasn’t al bad, I guess. It gave
me an opportunity to take a shot at doing something I otherwise wouldn’t
have a chance to do. I’m grateful for al what happened and excited about
what’s coming next. Thanks for fol owing and being part of this journey! 5 Be S s ht o o f S t froketc m v h i e d s v e o o f l o . 0 ot 1 | # age o Sk f S e k t e c t h c Lik h Li e k AnArc e an A h r i c theic t t | D ect o a nli v n id D e co r uaz rs il e.
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As an architect, I believe in power of effective visual communication.
For me, sketching is a communication tool, helping to make sure that
people I work with understand exactly what I mean.
With ability to sketch, you can quickly, easily, and natural y present and
communicate your ideas. However, it’s not only about presenting the
final result. Sketching serves extremely well even during the process.
By sketching you can brainstorm new ideas, solve problems, shape
your design and make iterations to optimize it.
A free-hand sketch, with all its imperfections, often opens a dialogue,
invites viewers to participate in the process and suggests with wel-
coming arms that nothing’s set in stone. Good free-hand sketching
connects us on a very human level which people can relate to. Even in
today’s world focused on innovative technology, 5D BIM, and virtual
reality, I find hand-sketching with pen and paper irreplaceable.
My hope is to share all my knowledge about sketching with creative,
like-minded people so they can use it to their advantage - in their de-
sign process, in communicating their ideas better, and more convincing
presentations of the results, whatever they are creating. 6
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These sketches on the right hand side are not here to represent the
‘Best of. .’. These are the sketches which my journey started with - I
brought these to my artistic entrance exams at architecture school in Prague, Czech Republic.
On the fol owing pages, you can find more recent (and hopeful y bet-
ter) sketches! I hope they will serve you as an inspiration or references
for your own work, and will offer some handy tips & tricks you might
find useful. Hope you enjoy and happy sketching! 7
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These sketches are from a family
house project for a private client in the Czech Republic.
Perspective section, showing how
the house works, its orientation to-
wards views, connection with the
garden, and accessibility to both floors from the terrain. Axonometry of the whole plot
shows the full volume of the house,
its position on the plot and relation
to the slightly sloping terrain.
Sketches are based on a very sim-
ple Sketchup model, all the details
are added directly in the sketches. 8
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Photoshopped version of the ax-
onometry with added colours and textures. 9
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brief on the family house project.
In these examples, hand-sketches
real y helped to create an impres-
sion of flexbility of the design. Cli-
ent was more open to talk about
adjustments and changes, coming
up with new ideas to the topic. High level perspective sketch
shows important relation to the
existing buildings around the plot,
comparing volumetry and typology of the houses. 10
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This image was a real y good exer-
cise for perspective and composi-
tion. To add a sense of depth, I was
working with the 3 depth planes
- foreground, middle ground, and
background. At the end I empha-
sized the focal point with a colour
accent. This time I also tried a bit
more creative approach to the sky
which supports the flow of the
building and the landscape. (Ex-
cerpt from my PDF Handbook
‘Sketch Like an Architect’.) 11
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ute, that’s not architecture!’, - and
you’re right! However, architecture
isn’t the only thing and I’m a huge fan of! ;) 12
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Tree House Hotel, Bengo Studio
In this image, there is an interest-
ing play between the two comple-
menting major elements - stacked
architectural structure and natu-
ral surroundings. The central part
of the image is most detailed and
therefore it draws the most at-
tention. The focus is on the ho-
tel itself, its role within the nature, and the contact with the clos-
est vegetation. (Excerpt from my
PDF Handbook ‘Sketch Like an Architect’.) 13
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Tree House Hotel, Bengo Studio
Photoshopped version with added
colours and texture, using watercol- our brushes. 14
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Sketch of the Expandable House by Urban Rural Systems. This
was my contribution to Envisage Brand’s Diary campaign. 15
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Photoshopped version with added
colours and texture, using watercol- our brushes. 16
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You have to love this sport!
It wasn’t intentional, but one of
these guys turned out to look a lot like Carles Puyol! 17
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Architectural masterpiece by Frank
Lloyd Wright in New York City!
Sketch from our visit in NYC last
Christmas - I absolutely loved the
city. Definitely planning on coming back!
Simple framing of the sketch, tree
in the foreground, and couple of people for the sense of scale. 18
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Photoshopped version with added
colours, reflections, and texture, us- ing watercolour brushes. 19
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Bunch of hand-sketched architec-
tural hooman figures. Populating
your sketch adds liveliness, sug-
gests a story, and adds sense of scale!
Don’t forget that you can get ex-
actly these for free as Photoshop
brushes and raster and vector files! 20
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Lonely, quiet, calm - I had these
three values in mind when creating
this 2-point perspective. Instead of
a busy city context, a simple sum-
mer house is placed in a very nat-
ural environment, offering peace
of mind. Al the natural elements
are very important to the desired
atmosphere, including the water
with reflections. As a final touch,
I used a colour marker to enhance
the shading of the image. (Excerpt
from my PDF Handbook ‘Sketch Like an Architect’.) 21
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Rhythm created by repetition in 1-point perspective. 22
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Ribbon Chapel, Hiroshima
Absolutely love this project by Hi-
roshi Nakamura & NAP architects.
Such an elegant and clever combi-
nation of beauty, story-tel ing, and engineering. 23
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Ribbon Chapel, Hiroshima
Photoshopped version with added
colours and texture, using watercol- our brushes. 24
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For me something not so typical
- pencil-coloured sketch - of Slo-
venia Pavilion from EXPO 2015,
Milan, Italy, by SoNo Arhitekti. 25
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Architectural y sketched trees in al forms, shapes, and sizes.
Don’t forget that you can get ex-
actly these for free as Photoshop
brushes and raster and vector files! 26
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Start by defining the scale with a
human figure and then drawing a
basic composition of trees. In the
examples on the right hand side,
there is always one small and one
big tree, but you are free to choose your own composition. Subsequently, you complement
the sketch with smal er elements,
such as small pots with flowers, bushes, and grass.
As a final touch, I recommend to
anchor the composition by defin-
ing a setting - in this case, a simple
brick wall in the background will do
fine. (Excerpt from my PDF Hand-
book ‘Sketch Like an Architect’.) 27
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Sketching vegetation is very calm-
ing to me and I’ve always liked how
natural elements can complement man-made spaces. We should re-
turn the favour when designing
architecture - so our designs com- plement nature. 28
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Photoshopped version with added
colours and texture, using watercol- our brushes. 29
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Two sketches representing how a
2D principle/section/elevation can
be transformed into 3D perspec-
tive sketch, revealing the spatial consequences. 30
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Sketch based on a photograph I
took in the streets of Østerbro, Copenhagen.
Big scale of the sketch requires a
high level of detail. That is a very
chal enging change from regular ex-
terior sketches. Nonetheless, I en-
courage you to pay attention to
such smal details - on the build-
ings, on the streets, or in a pub-
lic space in general. Very often you need to thoroughly under-
stand the principle behind a de-
tail and its tectonic qualities
in order to sketch it properly.
This was a great exercise in ob-
servation skil s and detailing work,
including window reflections and
shading techniques. (Excerpt from
my PDF Handbook ‘Sketch Like an Architect’.) 31
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It was fun to try more of a con-
cept art architectural sketch for a
change! Notice how the reference
to human figures create the im-
pression of a big scale piece of ar-
chitecture. This trick is often used
in concept art to achieve a feeling of monumentality! 32
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Only the best staircase!
Most beautiful staircase I’ve ever
seen with my own eyes. I should
add that I was total y blown away
by the whole project of Antinori
Winery in Tuscany, Italy, by Archea
Associati Architects. Since we’ve
done a winery project as our mas-
ter thesis, I know how much of a
factory a winery actul y is. Abso-
lutely gorgeous factory this one! 33
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Here are couple of sketches I made
for Danielsen Architecture. Both of
them depict the same residential
building in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Again, Photoshopped with added
colours and texture, using watercol- our brushes. 34
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Here are couple of sketches I made
for Danielsen Architecture. Both of
them depict the same residential
building in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Again, Photoshopped with added
colours and texture, using watercol- our brushes. 35
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Sketched composition inspired by industrial architecture. 36
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Absolutely unoriginal idea of twist-
ing a high-rise. Great example of a
multi-point perspective, though! 37
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Quick diagrammatic sketch drawn
in 3-point perspective. Similar
style is often used for presenting
concepts in architecture and in- dustrial design. 38
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Simple 1-point perspective using
strong principles to create an il u-
sion of depth. Trees, as getting fur-
ther from the viewer, get smal er in
size and contain less details. Use
of different lineweights is crucial to
support this il usion, as wel as to create contrast in a sketch. 39
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The only single sketch in this col ec-
tion, which I drew with a ruler.
I like to think about this object as
a big-ass wine cork. No particular reason. 41
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Simple sketch of a complicated ge-
ometry. Based on a photo refer-
ence by Daniela McAdden, design by Estudio Ramos. 42
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David Drazil is a young architect and CG artist from the Czech Republic,
currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Since his childhood he‘s been fascinated by visuals and has been in-
clined to fine arts, architecture, and graphic design. During his architec-
tural studies, both in the Czech Republic and Denmark, David found his
passion in the visual presentation of architecture - namely architectural
sketching, visualisations, animation, and virtual reality.
To name a few accomplishments, David obtained several academic dis-
tinctions, including the Yel ow Card Award for outstanding and high quality
studio project (2011, nomination 2012) and Best student‘s visualisation
award (2013, 2014). Furthermore, he wrote an online article about Pho-
toshop post-process in arch-viz, and presented a Net-ZEB project City
Gardens at the Passive Housing Conference 2016 in Brno, CZ.
David has gained working experience from both Czech and Danish studi-
os, such as Cigler Marani Architects, KHR Architecture, and Danielsen Ar-
chitecture. In 2016, David graduated from Aalborg University in Denmark
with a Master of Science (MSc.) degree in Architecture and Design. 44
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