Architectural Drawing - In Class Exercises

Tea Cup Exercise

From the Tea Cup’s exercise I learnt that in architectural drawing the detailed measurements of a drawing are important but not as essential as in construction. The overall feeling of the drawing is important and that confidence in free hand line work can greatly improve the message being conveyed. We had to use our time with purpose to ensure that we had enough detail to finish the exercise at a later date but also learn to draw quicker by trusting and having confidence in your free hand drawing. Rendering the tea cup took careful consideration of the light.

Exercise 2

Perspective Exercise

‘Exercise 2’ was useful in establishing the idea of perspective by building on the theory through practice. The Perspective exercise was difficult but I gained a deeper understanding of perspective from the process. It was hard to resist the temptation to try to measure in some way the drawing and realise that again, confidence and trusting your judgement were essential to producing the drawing.

Rendering Exercise

The Rendering exercise was useful in clarifying how awning shadows are drawn. It also demonstrated how this simple shadow can give a building depth. Perhaps this would have been more useful before the Perspective exercise, but it was still useful for the final submission and future knowledge.