Architectural Sketching in Blender 🏛️

Architectural Sketching in Blender 🏛️

A black and white illustration of a house with a prominent triangular roof, a sliding glass door, and a wooden deck. There is a tall pine tree to the right of the house.

Join our contest today!

Ready to bring your architectural visions to life? We are thrilled to announce our latest community contest: Architectural Sketching in Blender!

Whether you want to design a sleek minimalist interior, a sprawling gothic cathedral, or a futuristic sci-fi cityscape, the canvas is completely yours. You can create any building you like, interior or exterior, in whichever style sparks your imagination.

While our course, Architectural Sketching Using Blender, teaches you the core fundamentals, we want to see you push those boundaries. Take what you’ve learned and apply it to your own unique design!

🎬 The Twist: Bring It to Life

We’re not just looking for still frames. For this contest, we want you to include some level of animation. Show us how you move around and experience your space! We are especially excited to see the artistic decisions you make with your pencil lines and brush strokes as the camera moves.

Drawing of a small house with a sloped roof, a chimney, a front door with a person standing inside, a window with flower boxes, and a small dormer window on the roof.

🗓️ Key Details & How to Participate

  • The Deadline: August 1st 2026

  • Share Your Journey: Don't wait until the last minute to show us what you've got! Please share your WIP (Work in Progress) shots, initial sketches, concept ideas, and explanations of your thought process.

  • Get Feedback: Feel free to post your work as you go. The Patata School community is here to cheer you on, offer feedback, and help you refine your ideas.

  • Submit your entry: In the Patata School forums and post it on Instagram, tagging cabeza_patata

💡 Got questions? We’re on hand to help you troubleshoot, brainstorm, and get the absolute best results from your project.

Two tablets, one showing a colorful digital art image of birds and nature, the other turned with the back visible, in front of a blurred green background.
Huion logo in blue with stylized paper boat icon

🎁 Amazing Prizes from Huion

This contest is proudly sponsored by Huion, who are offering three incredible graphic tablets to our top creators:

1st Place: Kamvas Pro 16 V2

The Kamvas Pro 16 V2 inherits the design from its predecessor, including the aluminum backcase, nano-etched glass, sleek body, press keys, and touch strip.

2nd Place: Kamvas 13 (Gen3)

A highly portable 13.3-inch pen display that balances size and performance. It's an excellent, responsive tablet for detailed digital drawing and character work, whether you're at your desk or on the go.

3rd Place: Inspiroy 2 M

Inspiroy 2 M increases the panel friction by 20% over its predecessor. You can easily concentrate on drawing with the matte textured surface and color saturation coordination.

A cozy bedroom with a bed, a window, a fireplace, and a red rug on wooden floorboards.

We’ll be judging the following categories:

1. Aesthetic Quality

  • A balanced image with well-modelled 3D elements and consistency in colour and composition.

2. Innovation

  • An interesting use of the principles from the Architectural Sketching course with clear intention and innovative use of Grease Pencil.

3. Personality

  • We want to see your motivations and ideas behind the piece. Please share some explanation, WIPs or references to help us understand why you decided to create this piece.

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Previous Winners

Join the prestigious list of Patata School Winners!

Marco Iacocca won a Huion Kamvas Pro 16

For his NPR-style video game Hero made in Blender.

Cartoon of a young boy with glasses, dark hair, and freckles, holding a marker and smiling.
Pixel art-style knight character holding sword and shield, standing in a colorful forest setting. Video game interface includes hearts, arrows, and item icons.
A cartoon caterpillar with a yellow body, black eyes, and little red and black spots on its back, surrounded by large flowers and green foliage. There is a banner that says '1st Patato School' in the top right corner.

Mary Jade won a Huion Kamvas 24 Plus

For her bold, colorful composition filled with spring characters, with an excellent use of Grease Pencil.

A young woman with dark hair tied back, wearing a blue T-shirt, sitting outdoors at a restaurant or cafe with wooden furniture and green plants, under a shaded roof, smiling softly.

Laura Durand won a Huion Kamvas Pro 19

For his music video, modelled and animated in Blender and textured using Paintify.

A woman with long dark hair wearing earrings and a jacket, smiling slightly, photographed against a plain light background.
Person holding a smartphone at a desk with a computer, desk lamp, and headphones in a dimly lit room.
Colorful cartoon flower character with a red rose head, green body suit, and animated insect and worm elements, standing against a light blue background, with a yellow banner that reads '1st Patata School'.

Jonathan won a Meta Quest 3 VR Headset

For his 2D to 3D translation of this flower character, modelled in Blender.

Black and white portrait of a man with a beard wearing a backwards baseball cap and a collared shirt, shown in profile.

Thomas Madreiter won a Nintendo Switch

For his music video, modelled and animated in Blender and textured using Paintify.

Smile of a man with shoulder-length brown hair, beard, wearing a black jacket and white shirt, against a light gray background.
Clay figurines of a smiling green potato with a flower hat, a small green potato with a bucket hat, and a larger green potato with a red bow, arranged on a wooden surface with a blue mug and a bamboo plant with a panda face, set against a window with a sunny sky and clouds, and a disco ball overhead. A yellow ribbon in the top right corner reads '1st Potato School.'
Cartoon black and white cat with big green eyes sitting on a rock by a pond, holding a fishing rod. There are white flowers, bushes, and trees in the background, with a small wooden bucket nearby.

Elizabeth won a Huion Kamvas Pro 16

For her beautiful fishing cat, created using Grease Pencil in Blender.

David won an iPad Pro + Apple Pencil

For this beautiful interactive Earth experience in Spline.

A man wearing glasses sitting at a wooden desk with three monitors, waving at the camera, in a home office.
Black background with a stylized globe made of buildings, with the text "GIVE YOUR PLANET SOME LOVE" and "YOU HAVE ONLY ONE" in the center. A gold ribbon at the top right reads "1st Patata School." At the bottom, it says "iPad Pro + Apple Pencil Winner Congratulations David Valiasek."

Pat won an iPad Pro + Apple Pencil

For their magical interactive alarm clock, created in Spline.

A cartoon anthropomorphic tiger with glasses eating a pink ice cream cone.
A colorful 3D illustration of an alarm clock, surrounded by flowers, with a sun and moon in the background, and a yellow banner in the top left corner reading '1st Patata School'.

Nikita won a Huion Kamvas Pro

With a Pumpkin Spiced Latte made in Blender.

A young man with glasses and a beard, wearing a dark sweater, smiling at the camera.
Celebratory digital illustration with autumn-themed decorations, including pumpkins, leaves, and berries, featuring a copper-colored mug filled with whipped cream. A yellow banner in the top right corner says "1st Patata School." Text at the bottom congratulates Nikita Volkov for winning the Huion Kamvas 24 Plus.

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