Departament of Architectural Representation. RA

Watercolor

Watercolor

Professor: Guillem Bosch Folch

 

Objectives

Introduction to watercolor as a tool of approach to architecture and its context.

  • Know the materials and tools of watercolor drawing. 
  • Gain knowledge about colors, their combinations and their application to architecture.
  • Gain skill with watercolor strategies: water control, layered work, fusion on paper, etc... 
  • Know how to incorporate shades that allow to explain volumes and characteristics of different types of surfaces, 
  • Know how to incorporate vegetation elements, human shape and other elements that accompany the architecture of the buildings.
  • Learn to work in a team. BIM as a model for interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • Check that all the knowledge has been acquired at the same time that has been enjoyed and nourished the spirit. 

 

Contents

  1. Materials and tools. Concepts and strategies. 

  2. Horizons.

  3. Water.

  4. Architecture and nature.

  5. Textures and materials.

  6. Shades.

  7. Landscapes.

  8. Vegetation and architecture.

 

Basic bibliography

Dibujo, John Palmer, Ed.Anaya


DVD

  • IMPRESIONES EN ACUARELA, Alvaro Castagnet.                                                                                                     
  • RURAL FRANCE IN WATERCOLOUR, Joseph Zbukvic.
  • SECRETS OF PAINTING WATERCOLOR OUTDOORS, Andy Evansen.
  • CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THE LANDSCAPE, Eugen Chisnicean.
  • PAINTING IN THE CARPANTHIANS, Eugen Chisnicean.