Architectural Watercolors
Capture the poetry of architecture using watercolor and ink. Learn to balance structure and transparency, render light and shadow with precision, and transform everyday scenes into expressive, composed works of art.
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Capture the poetry of architecture
Learn to balance structure and transparency, render light and shadow with precision, and transform everyday scenes into expressive, composed works of art with artist Viviene Astakhova. Draw out your architectural scene and bring it to life using vibrant watercolors and precision ink techniques.
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Getting Started
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Materials
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Working With Granulated Watercolors
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Creating Your Pencil Sketch
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Reference Images
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Painting: Adding Depth and Detail
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Ink: Building Structure With Line
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What's Next
Are you ready to breathe life into architectural illustrations?
Meet your instructor Viviene. Watercolor Artist.
Viviene Astakhova is a watercolor artist who blends her love of fine art with her background in architecture. A graduate of an academic art school and architectural studies, she finds inspiration in travel and the cultures she encounters along the way. Her paintings capture the poetry of light and shadow in nature and the spirit of the elements, while her urban landscapes reveal new perspectives on familiar cities. Through her work, Viviene invites viewers to see the world with fresh eyes—airy, magical, and full of discovery.
I created this course to show how light and effortless architecture can feel when painted in watercolor and ink.
Even the heaviest buildings can appear airy and transparent, while light and shadow reveal the hidden richness of classical details. My goal is to help students see beyond the “mass” of architecture and discover the beauty and poetry in its forms. By the end of the course, I want students to feel confident in using their materials, to gain new skills, and to have the desire to paint the amazing scenes around us—even those that may seem ordinary at first glance—transforming them into something wonderful on paper.
Bring architecture to life with watercolor and ink
- Discover techniques for architectural sketching
- Learn how to work with granulated watercolors
- Build structure and detail with ink pens
with Viviene Astakhova
$34.95
Watercolor and ink may seem very different, but together they create something light, transparent, and magical.
Viviene Astakhova
Frequently Asked Questions
While this class assumes students have some kind of foundation in watercolor painting and/or architectural sketching, beginners are more than welcome to try their hand at the lessons.
Viviene's attention to detail and dual use of watercolors and inks makes this class a fun way to experiment with different techniques to make your architectural illustrations vibrant and full of life.
If you're looking for more background on drawing architecture and painting with watercolors, we suggest taking Architectural Illustration for Everyone: Draw Buildings in Ink and Colored Pencil and Introduction to Watercolor Painting
When you pre-order a course through My Modern Met Academy, you are purchasing the class in its entirety before it is available to the public. This means that as soon as the course is released on November 4, you will have immediate online, on-demand access to all of the lessons, and can work on the course at your leisure.
Of course. Though a reference is provided for the class project, you can certainly decide to work on another scene. Just follow along and apply Viviene's lessons to the urban architecture that you'd like to draw.
You will receive a complete materials list with access to the course, but here are some of the main supplies you'll need:
- Cotton paper tourchon 180-350 gr
- Masking tape
- Eraser
- Pencil- F
- Pencil- B
- Black fine liner 0.05 nib (Uni PIN and Micron are both good brands)
- Black fine liner 0.1 nib (Uni PIN and Micron are both good brands)
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Watercolours:
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Brushes:
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