A Small Discussion On Why Architects Like Watercolor Rendering

Flair for art is also a must for an architect along with the engineering mindset, which is a known necessity. How much tensile strength would a building face or able to sustain, or how much span of beam is required for a building to provide its required protection from natural forces that act on the structure would not be comprehended well by the client whose house is being designed by the architect. What would rather appeal to the client would be a drawing of the building along with its surrounding in its completed state. The drawing if prepared in color rather than pure white and black would be of greater interest to the client. Color is used for this reason in an architect's rendition of the building and due to its special properties the reason why architects like watercolor rendering to using any other paint material.

Water color has the inherent property of transparency, and this is also one of the most important reasons why architects like watercolor rendering. Blending of the underlying sketch with the overlapping color or paint occurs properly if watercolor is used as the paint material.

The architect first creates a line sketch upon the drawing paper. This is the main and most important detail of the entire design stage. This detail is not to be lost to any renditions upon it including application of paint on the paper to give the sketch its required attractive effect. Watercolor does just this and leaves the underlying sketch visible to the eye that needs to look for it while adding the effect of attraction upon the rest of the drawing.

Using pencil color would be much simpler to paint with given the geometric shapes and figures that exist in the case of an architectural drawing and that needs to be retained all through. Watercolor is the only paint material of quality standard that has the option of coming in this form also.

By blending as well as providing a high contrast value to the entire rendition, watercolor accentuates a colored drawing much more than any other form of paint material. This is much more apparent when carried out on paper of white color which is the most common form of paper that is used by architects for their work.

The comparatively low cost of the watercolor given its high degree of paint quality is another and very logical reason why architects like watercolor rendering.

By: TomTripp

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Tom Tripp has been working as an architect and designer and a watercolor rendering artist since his graduation. He had won Award of Excellence in The 16th Annual International Competition of Architectural Illustrators. His architectural renderings are full of warmth and softness and life.