Drawing/Personal Reflection

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I did this on November 18th during one of our in-class drawings.  It is supposed to be a contour drawing of Stoel, and I though I captured the way he was sitting well.

This is the drawing I chose as my best one in my sketchbook.  I drew it on November 30th, also during an in-class assignment.  The think I thought I did best in this drawing was capture the shadows the folds of the draped cloth made.  Although it is not the most finished drawing, I wanted to keep it this way and not add anymore to it because I think the time limit we had is an important part of what the drawing is.

Personal Reflection

Over this past semester, I think I have learned a lot about drafting, drawing, and much more.  Going into this program, I never, ever though I would care so much about things like line weight, line consistency, text spacing.  While I defiantly don't think drafting is one of my strongest areas, I still think that it is a very important part of interior architecture.  Although it is still very frustrating at times, especially on our final project, it is much easier and familiar now than it was at the beginning of the year.  I feel much more comfortable using the tools and can do everything much faster now compared to the beginning.

I think my weakest area of drafting is my lettering.  I usually write in cursive, so my regular print writing isn't that great to begin with.  There are always some letters that don't look like they fit with the rest of the text when I use architectural lettering.  I have been trying to be very aware of what I do every time I use it and am trying to improve.

While lettering is my weakest area, I think that overall composition is my strongest.  I think I do well at determining how thick borders should be, how far apart objects should be, and things like that.

Drafting

This is an assignment we did a couple of days ago for drafting.  I really enjoy the perspective in my picture and the picture itself, and thought the scale figure I added fit well.  I also added a parasail in the backdrop to add another detail.

Scale Sketch People: In Class Assignment

Both of these sketches are contour drawings, the first one done at 1": 1' and the second one done at 1/2": 1'.

Sketches

Amber Wineman

I chose this sketch from Amber's sketchbook because I really enjoyed how she created the shadow.  It was done when we did the sketches during class and I think she portrayed the shadow very well for the limited time we had to work on it.

Alexis Garcia

I chose this self portrait for obvious reasons.  He clearly spent a lot of time on this and used the shadow on his face in an interesting way.  I want to learn to used shadow and shading as well as he does and use it in future sketches.

All of my sketches were done in different values of pencil.  This is a detailed drawing of my wood system project that was done on October 24th.  I drew it while I was in studio at my table using a straight edge.

This is a self portrait that I drew on November 1st.  I drew it from a picture that I had on my computer that someone took of me and it took me about twenty-thirty minutes.  I thought I drew my teeth well in this and probably spent the most time on them.

This is also another detailed drawing of my wood project.  I drew in in studio also, and it took about twenty minutes. I drew it on October 24th and used a straight edge.

Pictorial Views

Isometric

I think all the angles are well-done on both Object A and Object B but the lettering and line weight could have improved.

Elevation Oblique

On Object B, there are a few lines that aren't perfectly horizontal and the circle on this view isn't as smooth as it could be.

Plan Oblique

I thought this was my best one out of all three.  The line weight was pretty consistent throughout the whole thing although my lettering isn't as good as it could be.

Coffee Mug

On the coffee mug I didn't put a line on the handle that needed to be there.  Also, on the Isometric and Elevation Oblique the circles aren't as smooth as the Plan Oblique.

Leaf Sketching

I chose this leaf because it is the most detailed one I drew.  It took me about twenty minutes to draw and shade and is my favorite because of the tiny dotted textures that faded from each point.