2025

Summer School

Live Workshop

Portfolio Building Workshop & Reviews

Learn how to create a Professional Portfolio
(30 slots)
  • Dates: 12th & 13th July 2025
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm BST/ 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm IST
Live Workshop Overview:
  • Day 1 Foundations & Strategy:
    Covers portfolio structure, project selection, layout principles, and design tools with interactive examples and a mini layout activity
  • Day 2 Live Reviews & Deep Dive:
    Selected participant portfolios receive live, detailed feedback; others receive short personalized video critiques post-session.
  • Post-Session Support:
    All attendees can optionally resubmit updated portfolios within 2 weeks for additional comments or guidance.
  • Hands-on Resources:
    Portfolio Breakdown E-Book, Checklist, Pinterest Boards & Portfolio References.
  • Ideal for:
    Architecture students, graduates, and job/internship seekers & application for masters aiming to build a compelling and tailored portfolio.

Past Students’ Portfolios

Summer School

Course Bundle

Advance Photoshop Course

Learn how to represent your drawings
Self Paced Course

The course will offer advanced techniques of using photoshop for the advantage to create unique internationally accepted style of graphics for drawings. You’ll learn to produce clean, minimalistic plans, perspective section & an exploded axonometric.

All About Diagrams Masterclass

Learn how to create stunning concept graphics
Self Paced Course

This beginner-friendly course equips you with the essential tools to turn your 2D & 3D drawings into clear and captivating diagrams. Master the basics and take your visual communication to the next level in just 6 hours.

Advance Photoshop Course

Learn how to create a Professional Portfolio
Self paced Course Access
Course Overview:
Chapter 1: Plan Rendering in Photoshop
  • Export plans from AutoCAD and enhance with textures, colors, brushes, and shadows
  • Learn key post-production tools and export settings for quality + size balance
Chapter 2: Perspective Rendering from SketchUp
  • Render section perspectives with depth, textures, human figures, and shadows
  • Finalize with cohesive post-production and export-ready outputs
Chapter 3: Exploded Axonometric Visualization
  • Create exploded views with shadows, patterns, and annotations
  • Explore monochrome styles and presentation-ready exports
Included Resources:
  • Gain access to a Photoshop Resource Library with 200+ elements & Practice Files

All About Diagrams Masterclass

Learn how to create a Professional Portfolio
Self paced Course Access
Course Overview:
Chapter 1: Illustrator Basics & 2D Diagrams
  • Master essential Illustrator tools and tracing techniques
  • Create zoning diagrams, pie charts, and visual infographics
Chapter 2: Massing Diagrams from SketchUp
  • Import and clean 3D massing views
  • Add sun paths, wind flows, shadows, and layered data visuals
Chapter 3: Detailed Axonometric Diagrams
  • Import shadowed axons and enhance with patterns, figures, and icons
  • Annotate effectively and explore varied diagram styles
Included Resources:
  • Access a library of 170+ vector elements (trees, humans, patterns, icons) plus practice files to follow along and boost your workflow.

Student Outputs

Bruna Siqueria
Rachana Yogamurthy
Isra Moostafa
Stella Vasquez
Cesar Augusto Santos
Samuel Johnson Napolien
Samuel Johnson Napolien
Muhammed Kamal

Students’ Feedback

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Vishakha Tiwari is a naturally gifted teacher. Her explanations were clear, straightforward, and easy to follow. I appreciated the flow of the course, starting with a beginner-friendly diagram for those not entirely confident in Illustrator, and gradually moving toward the final axonometric exercise that required more advanced skills. This progression was thoughtfully organized, building both our skills and confidence in using Illustrator.

Stella Vazquez
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The All About Diagrams Masterclass is by far the best course I’ve taken for learning Illustrator. It taught me not only technical skills but also how to think strategically about visual communication and layout. The lessons are clear, practical, and incredibly useful. I noticed a huge improvement in the quality and efficiency of my diagrams. Highly recommended for anyone looking to level up their design work.

Cesar Santos
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It was a very informative session. It made me realize a few things I had been doing wrong while working in Photoshop. I’m glad you explained some basics, like importing CAD drawings and shadows from SketchUp. Overall, I learned a lot, including the correct way to work in Photoshop.

Naveed
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This course teaches in a professional and simple way, covering the most important concepts. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Ammar Hussain Almusaeed
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A well-constructed course where you learn as you go by watching the teacher do it. The diagrams are presented with many possibilities of customization once the basics have been acquired.

Marion P.
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The course is very helpful and practical, and is perfect to learn all the basics and tricks of Illustrator. I am very glad to have completed the course and now I feel confident on making my own diagrams among other things.

Bruna Siqueira
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This course for me was quite helpful & was a great learning experience for upgrading my skills & enhancing my CV in a better way .I learned new techniques in photoshop, I definitely loved the course and will look forward to using these techniques in a practical way.

Muhammad Kamal
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The Comprehensive Photoshop Course covers photoshop rendering and post production extensively, and complex procedures have been simplified, making the process so much easier. This has been the best of software courses, and deserves a 10/10 rating.

Samuel Johnson Nepolien
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Everything explained clearly at a good pace. I like that I can return at any time to complete the course when it suits me.

Rhian Jones
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I genuinely enjoyed the course, I did it at the same pace as taught, only having to pause a few times. The introduction to Illustrator was very helpful as a beginner and allowed the res of the course to flow smoothly. The course was direct, showing exactly how to use specific tools for specific reasons but also including what else could be done with the tools and/or different methods of achieving similar results. The course was also encouraging of exploring my own personal style using the basis I learned.

Mariola Alberta

FAQs

What’s included in Summer School 2025?

Summer School 2025 has two offerings:

A Live 2-day Portfolio Building Workshop (with an option of recording access if you can’t attend live)
A Self-Paced Course Bundle including resources & practice files for:

– Advanced Photoshop for Architecture
– All About Diagrams Masterclass

What will be covered in the Portfolio Workshop?

The workshop focuses on portfolio structure, layout design, project selection, and visual storytelling. You’ll also learn tips for presenting your portfolio for jobs, internships, or master’s applications.

Can I get feedback on my portfolio during the session?

Yes! A few selected participants will get live, in-depth feedback during the session.
Everyone else will receive short, personalized video feedback after the workshop.

Are the Bundle courses self-paced?

Yes, the BUNDLE COURSES (Advanced Photoshop & All About Diagrams) are completely self-paced.

Can I join just the workshop or just the course bundle?

Yes! You can register for either option individually — but the bundle gives you the best value with access to all resources & practice files.

Is this Summer School suitable for beginners?

Yes! Both the Live Portfolio Workshop and the Self-Paced Courses are designed to be beginner-friendly, with clear, step-by-step guidance. Whether you’re just starting out or want to improve your existing skills, you’ll find the content easy to follow and practical to apply.

No experience is required, just basic familiarity with software is helpful.

Any other question?

Sure – email us at team@thearchitecturecandy.com or feel free to message us on Instagram with more questions at @architecture_candy.