Free Online
Drawing Class
Register for the upcoming live workshop! In this one hour session, we'll turn one of New York City's most famous buildings into a few simple shapes and then into a finished drawing in pen and ink. A beginner-friendly workshop covering the basics of architectural drawing. Grab your sketchbook and a pen and join me:
🗓️ Tuesday, October 13th
🕑 12 PM EDT
Can't make it live? Register anyway, and I'll send you the full replay.
– In this workshop –
We'll Draw the Guggenheim
The building looks complicated, but it isn't once you know how to look at it.
See it before you draw it
Break the whole building down into a few big shapes, so you always know where the first mark goes.
Ground the image
A little practical perspective to give the building a place to stand.
Create depth with values
Light, shadow and simple hatching that turn flat outlines into something with form and depth.
You're curious about drawing architecture but a blank page feels impossible to begin.
You want to make something by hand and step away from the screen.
You love New York's architecture and want to learn how to capture it in ink.
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Hi, I'm Vi.
I've been drawing New York City for 25 years. As an art director, an illustrator, and mostly as someone who needed a reason to slow down in a very fast moving place.
Pen and ink is my medium because it's permanent. No undoing, no hiding mistakes, just a record of the moment you spent paying attention. This free lesson is a small piece of exactly how I work.
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