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monticello and fallingwater

fallingwater vs. monticello

fallingwater was defiantly my favorite building we visited this weekend.  while I still really enjoyed thomas jefferson's monticello, I liked how fallingwater was more incorporated with nature and embraced the surrounding scenery.  rather than standing on top of a hill and sticking out from the surrounding environment like monticello did, fallingwater fit perfectly into the rocky hillside it was built into.  when you're inside, there is something new to see every step you take, whether its something new in the scenery or a new detail in the interior.  I felt like every detail, both on the interior and the way it fit into the surrounding, was thoroughly thought through to be in harmony, where in monticello the exterior appeared to be perfect, but the rooms in the interior were far from perfect.

sketching a one-point perspective

for this assignment, we were told to enhance our perspective representation abilities by sketching a one-point perspective found in or around the gatewood studio building.  we were told to select a photograph that was put on blackboard that were intended to allow us to locate the space in or around the studio building.  we were told to observe the area and draw what we see, including people and details.  the composition is on an 18" x 24" sheet of paper, although we first had to do a series of small sketches.  we were told to do two layers on top of the final composition that were the "bare bones" of the space and one of people in the space.  composition, care, quality, value and contrast, completeness, and attention to characteristics of a one-point perspective were all important factors in our composition.

the part I personally struggled with the most was doing the detailing on the brick.  although I didn't shade the horizontal strip that is below the large windows I still feel like there was an implied meaning that it was the same as the rest of the brick.  it definitely took the longest to do and was very monotonous.

material study: wood, carpet, textile, stone

For this project, we were to told to build upon the process of studying values through pens and pencils and depict a selection of materials textures, patterns, and detail at varying scales.  For my drawing, I chose wood, carpet, textile, and stone to work with.  For each material, we had to produce a pair of tow value studies, one in pen and one in pencil.  They had to be five squares in length, each square measuring 2" x 2".  We had to show them ranging from direct bright light to them being in a shadow or low light.  For one of the two studies of each material, one of them had to show the material at 1"=1'-0".

wood

textile

stone

carpet

While working with each material, I thought the hardest to do was the carpet.  I went through and did individual circles to fill the space, then did connected spirals over top of it to make it not look so perfect.  The tile also took a really long time to do each individual shape.  The thing I struggled with the most was was the different scales and making them in proportion to the full scale one.

value study

For this assignment, we had to make a value study set using graphite, pen, and grey marker.  Each value study had to be from lightest to darkest in seven connected 1" squares.  For graphite, we had to do one shaded, one hatched, and one 'random' mark.  For pen, we had to do one hatches, one 'random' mark, and one stippled.  For grey marker, it was one shaded, one hatched, and one stippled.

The hardest and most tedious part of this project was the stippling.  It took so long to do each box and not over or under stipple.

color week

Color study 1: mix of two colors to make center color.

Color study 2: mix of two colors to make center color.

Color study 3: overlapping of four outside colors and grey.

Color study 4: mix of three colors to make to make the middle color.

Color study 5: the color palate.

Color study 6: use of colors and abstract shapes to represent the four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter

New Header

Last week for Design Visualization, we were asked to create a new header.  Tommy and Stoel explained that we had to include our name, Spring 2011, Environmental Design 102 & Design Visualization 112, and a design that represented us as a designer.  They also told us that we could use the computer this time.  Although I have used photo shop before, I don't feel very comfortable using it and decided to create one by hand.  I enjoy doodling, so I decided to use pen to create designs that I thought expressed me well.  I also tried to hide the words so your eye was constantly moving, trying to find other hidden things throughout the header.