The art of drawing

The discipline of drawing and mastering watercolour has always been very inspiring. The drawing process, is not only seeing on the surface, but looking much deeper into subject matter. Aimed at professional development skills, drawing and painting are simply about seeing much deeper. When we draw, we are always learning and seeing things that we have not noticed before. You do not necessarily have to draw to see, but it often helps you to see more.

Drawing and painting are a crucial tool which forces you to slow down and engage fully with your subject. More importantly, drawing compels you to communicate ideas and feelings about the projects. The ability to see and record the world around us is tremendously valuable. We must never forget that architecture is an artform and a concrete expression of the human spirit. Nothing speaks of this more, than the complex poetic interplay between the eye and the hand for those imagining it.

We also use drawing to communicate unrealised ideas to our client or builder. Hand drawings are a way of thinking and often magically reveal what the mind’s eye cannot easily conjure up. Beautiful hand drawings can also be a persuasive tool in the planning and client ideas process. This becomes a means by which we think and the thread that connects every stage in the architectural process.