ach 111 intro to sketching techniques

Sketching

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Why?

To quickly get ideas out of your head and on to paper, so you can remember them later

To capture a particular image or mood To express your ideas to others

Why?

Architecture - Express design concepts quickly before they become concrete hard-line drawings

Why?

Interior Design – Create expressive view of the different components of a space

Why?

Landscape Architect – To convey concepts to clients and study possible solutions

Why?

Construction Management – To describe specific details of a problems or opportunities on the job site to the architect or subcontractors.

Ideas about Sketching

Remember that sketching can be done nearly anywhere at anytime.

True sketches do not have to be “photo-realistic”, sketches are drawings that describe ideas and moods.

Your hand is not a drawing machine, it will need training.

Your sketching will improve over time; never remove anything from your sketch book as this reduces your ability to see the progress that is being made.

Tools

Sketchbook Use your Mistakes to Correct your Mistakes -

Never Erase Keep everything you sketch - Never Remove

Pages Always Free Hand - Never Hard-line

HB or H lead pencil Flat Lead Pencil

Soft-Lead; 4b, 6b, 8b

Getting Started – The Five Essential Shapes

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The Five Essential Shapes1- The Curvity

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The Five Essential Shapes1- The Curvity

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The Five Essential Shapes2 - The Sphere

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The Five Essential Shapes3 - The Straight

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The Five Essential Shapes4 - The Truncone

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The Five Essential Shapes5 - The Drape

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The Five Essential Shapes- Combining

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The Five Essential Shapes- Technique

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By varying the pressure on the pencil, different densities can be made

By varying the angle of the pencil, different widths of lines can be made

Let’s Get Started – Contour Drawing

Contour drawing is drawing the outline.This is to focus only on the overall shape of the object.main reason of the drawing is to define the proportionsMinimal detail will be representedmain reason of the drawing is to define the proportions

Select a single viewpoint and stick to it.Sit so that they can reach there paper with minimal movement.Always have their head in the same place whenever they look at the object

This will keep the shapes in the same locaton at all times small movement = big differences

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