When there isn't enough time for photo realistic digital renderings but you still need to present your design concept, use a combination of Sketchup, the Procreate app, Apple Pencil and iPad Pro to create sketch renderings that wow your client and leave your design options open.
(Author James Akers is a registered architect and architectural illustrator with over 25 years experience. His YouTube Procreate tutorial channel has thousands of subscribers (please join us!), and he provides both in-house and studio-based sketching, rendering—what one might call "design stenography" services—to many of NYC's and Boston’s leading architects.)