Visual Diary : Physical Components

Visual Diary: Task 4

We we're required to draw a few basic Physical components such as a chair,table,upholstered seating and a storage.

(a) Chair

(b) Table

(c) Storage 

(d) Upholstered Seating 

Reflection :

While's doing this assignment I came to realised how messy I am at drawing,even when it came to the basics. It seems highly impossible for me to achieve a perfect clean and straight  outline that everyone owh so easily does.It bugs me that I have the compulsive need to go over each line again and again ( the way I do with pencils ),which  gradually makes the drawing a lot more worse then it already is.I suppose Im still not used to using pens,they are tricky,one mistake and your done.However,of course this silly matter would not stop me from actually trying to be more confident with my line strokes.

Visual Diary Task : Sketch Note

The five Basic Elements

This is my version of a character

You can see the evolution of how my character came from a stickman into a young lady.

We were then asked to further enhance our characters by giving "life" to it.

This is done by drawing the characters in action. For example,waving, sitting, walking and even jumping.

In this task we were required to draw using the 6 fundamentals of Visual note taking :

1. Letters

2. Bullets

3. Frames

4. Connectors

5. Shadows 

6. Peps

I've decided to draw the saying "BULLETPROOF" since the word resembled me of strength. I added the 6 fundamentals of the visual note taking into this drawing. 

Using Visuals we were asked to draw a quick sketch on what came to mind when our lecturer said "Reading is listening with your ears" 

Expression in Sketching

Assignment 1.1b

For this task we were asked to take pictures of 6 random objects that has been laid out in any style and sketch them out.The ONLY methods to sketching these objects were hatching, cross hatching, scribbling  or even stippling. We we're asked to draw free hand straight with no trace of outlines.

Reflection:

To be honest,this was a tough one, not to say it was impossible but for the first time I felt like I wasn't in control of the outcome. Since we we're asked to not sketch the outlines, it was difficult for me to shape the correct shape. Make sense? Here I've decided to use cross hatching + Scribbling + Stippling . I did have a fun go using these methods and always tend to cross hatch where ever there are larger areas, since in my opinion is the fastest method.

Feedback: 

After receiving back the assignment, I had gotten a poor result ( 5/10) to be exact. Half the mark of getting a whole. My lecturers stated that my tonal values were poor and because of that, it was difficult to differentiate the shadows and depth of certain objects. With that I did fully realise my sketching skills were softer amongst the rest of my course mates. I know this because I've always had a tendency to sketch very light and airy. I do not take their criticism markings as a bad thing, in fact I would do my best and improve my rendering skills and perfect my tonal value in order to improve.

Visual Diary Task 1: Basic Forms

Basic Shapes and Forms 

We then had to  draw objects based on the forms given :

Cube 

Cylinder 

Sphere

Cone 

A combination of two or more forms to make an object.

Visual Diary Task 2 : Tonal Values

Tonal range

Lightest to darkest 

Hatching 

- hatching is done either horizontal or vertical in ONLY one direction 

Cross Hatching

- is the combination of hatching  of both vertical and  horizontal lines 

Scribbling

- an art of just scribbling down in any direction

Stippling 

- is a dotting technique 

How these techniques are applied 

Reflection:

I particularly enjoyed doing this task. I find stippling technique to the the hardest, mainly because it takes a longer amount of time to cover an area. I mostly prefere cross hatching as it the fastest and in my opinion the nicest as it gives out that raw outlook. Not only that, tonal values are also important in a drawing to help show depth. 

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS) INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE SEMESTER 1