Adam Heisserer

Computational design, data, and architecture.

Watercolor Wednesday

A few new drawings from Watercolor Wednesday, a weekly lunchtime watercolor class conducted by Matt Morris at Lake | Flato.

Charcoal and watercolor drawing of Lake Flato's Josey Pavilion in a grassy field with a tree.
Lake | Flato's Josey Pavilion. The trees are black watercolor paint with a very dry brush, and the grass was done with charcoal pencil. Fun Fact: use a nail to make indentations for the grass, then go over the surface with a charcoal pencil. The vertical indentations will stay white.
White charcoal pencil section drawing of a Texas Academy of Science project with blue sky, showing key spaces.
A section through my Texas Academy of Science project. From right to left: entrance at Heritage Plaza, gift shop, courtyard amphitheater, planetarium, and gallery over the Trinity River. This is white charcoal pencil on black foam core, with blue charcoal sky.
Watercolor drawing of El Cosmico reimagined as a stone ruin marking solstice sunrises.
Lake | Flato's El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas, re-imagined as a monolithic stone ruin. A monument marking sunrise and sunset on the summer solstice.
Black watercolor and charcoal section drawing of a canyon-like architectural form with layered platforms.
A section perspective done with black watercolor and charcoal.
Watercolor depiction of Fajada Butte’s silhouette against a starry night sky, glowing with cosmic blue hues.
Fajada Butte at Chaco Canyon. Watercolor on black foam core.