Draw-it Workshop 2 Week 1

Draw-it Workshop:

This workshop, on first impressions, seems to be very straightforward; a simple series of 4 weeks to introduce and improve our drawing techniques and how to represent architectural buildings and ideas through reproduction of the drawings with our hands.

In-class Tasks:

Using the simple house model constructed in the 'Model-it' workshop, we learnt to represent a building through a series of drawings. This simple exercise allowed me to see the relationship between representing a building through a precise manner and representing through a more artistic approach which can help convey different ideas and concepts encompassed by the building.

 

Take home Task:

After the in-class introduction into drawing plans and elevations, reproducing the Rose Seidler House was somewhat more approachable. However, becoming accustomed to the level of precision and drafting the plans in scale proved challenging.

Drafting the plans was a process which allowed me to learn the techniques involved in using an architect's tools - that is your own hands and the graphic pens and pencils. 

I was pleased with my results, and have learned to represent the different elements in a house such as the walls and windows though the use of different thicknesses in pen lines.

My main tools were: 4H pencils for sketching, and a combination of 0.05mm and 0.1mm thickness graphic pens.