Sketchbook+(drawing+assignments)

=SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENTS=

Please scan and upload your work* to your e-portfolio. Clearly label your entry with the heading SKETCHBOOK and the date of the assignment.

 * What I am asking you to scan and upload to your e-portfolio will vary with the assignment. **Please check the specific assignment directions so that you will know what I want to see in your e-portfolio. I will also be checking your actual physical sketchbook.**

=WEEK OF: 2/9 -2/13=

REPRESENTATION
Representation is the //**re**-//presenting of ideas and concepts that spring from the mind of the designer or architect. Representation in architecture is the majority of the work that architects do. Architects generally do not build the buildings they design. Thus, they must be able to communicate their ideas in the form of text, images and forms, to their clients and to those who will bring the project to fulfillment. The ability to represent complex ideas, in different ways, from gestural freehand sketches (brainstorming) to finished measured drawings, and is an essential skill for an architect.

Here is a diagram of the basic forms of representation commonly used by architects and designers.

Image from: Architectural Drawing Course: Tools and Techniques for 2d and 3d Representation. – Mo Zell
 * [[image:bbaarchitecture/representation.jpg width="744" height="312"]] ||

DRAWING

“ Drawing as an artifact is a two-dimensional representation used by architects. It is a form of visual communication, based on a common, agreed-upon visual language that conveys ideas, depicts existing conditions and creates as-of-yet unbuilt environments. Drawing transposes three-dimensional images both real and imagined, onto two-dimensional surfaces.”

Mo Zell - //Architectural Drawing Course//

There are many ways to approach drawing. What approach you use depends on the intended purpose of the drawing. Two basic techniques are: **Contour** drawing and **Gesture** drawing. We will start by learning these basic techniques. It takes time to learn how to draw well, and the best way to get better is to practice a lot! Everyone can learn these techniques! Do not worry if your drawings are not “great art”. In architecture, drawings are a means to an end - what is important is that they clearly convey our ideas to others.

//**Architects need to learn how to draw from observation (what you actually see) and they need to draw what is in their imagination. These techniques will help you to do both**//

=**Contour and Gesture Drawing**= ==
 * [[image:bbaarchitecture/contour gesture drw.jpg width="453" height="541"]] ||



**ACTIVITY 1- EXPLORING CONTOUR DRAWING** Click on this link to read about contour drawing. Watch the prezi and the videos: Take notes in your e-portfolio []

**ACTIVITY 2 -** **INTRODUCTION TO CONTOUR DRAWING** **Make blind contour drawing "blinders" out of box board**

**Step -1**


 * 1) make a 6"x6' square out of chipboard (teacher demo) use small scrap pieces from piles that is set for your "blinders.
 * 2) locate the center of the square and create a small hole for your pencil
 * 3) use your blinder for the following activity

**Step - 2** Click on this link, watch the tutorial, IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK practice the technique and take the quiz. SCAN AND POST YOUR DRAWINGS TO YOUR E-PORTFOLIO

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=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WEEK OF: =

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;"> **MORE** **BLIND CONTOUR DRAWING**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">The contour drawing technique needs to be practiced often to yield results. With time and practice your drawing and observation skills will improve dramatically. Use this week to reinforce what you learned last week. Remember to draw slowly and do not lift your pencil off the paper. The drawing may look funny but what you are doing is training your eye and your hand to communicate without thinking about what you are drawing. You are learning to draw what you actually see instead of what you think you see. DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION IS AN IMPORTANT SKILL FOR ARCHITECTS

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">**In your sketchbook:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">DRAW: 5 small objects that you can easily find in the classroom – a minimum of 5 minutes for each drawing

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">SCAN AND POST ALL OF YOUR DRAWINGS TO YOUR E-PORTFOLIO

=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WEEK OF: 3/16/15 =

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">**ACTIVITY 4 -** **MODIFIED** **CONTOUR DRAWING**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Contour drawing is approached the same way as Blind contour drawing except you can occasionally look at your paper and you do not need to maintain a continuous line. You should still trace the contour edges of the object slowly with your eye as you draw slowly and deliberately.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">**STEP -1**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">**In sketchbook:**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">DRAW: 8 contour drawings of buildings or parts of buildings on the BBA campus (each drawing should take between 5 and 10 minutes). FOLLOW THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR THE DRAWINGS THAT FOLLOW.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 1 - An exterior of one Corner of a building

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 2 - A close up of that same corner focusing on a particular element. Make your drawing large - use the whole page.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 3 - A view down a long hallway

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 4 - A corner of a room (interior)


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">BEFORE DOING DRAWINGS 5 AND 6 PLEASE SEE ME **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 5 - A view looking outside through a window - Draw the window as well as the view beyond it- **Draw the negative spaces**. The big window in the library is a great one to draw.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 6 - Draw a plant or a tree - make your view large so that it is too big for the paper and you only see part of it- **draw the negative spaces between the branches or leaves - not the branches or leaves**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 7 - Draw the stairway and the stairwell looking up or down

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Drawing 8 - Draw something outside looking down from a second or third story window.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">SCAN AND POST YOUR INDIVIDUAL DRAWINGS TO YOUR E-PORTFOLIO.

Week of

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">You will need: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">One green pepper (bring your own from home in a small plastic bag). <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Your drawing pencils <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">your sketchbook <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Your **contour** drawing skills

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Your challenge is to completely describe all of the physical qualities of the pepper – its structure **- i****nside and outside**, shape and **actual** size**,** (we will leave out color for now) to a alien being. This alien being, who has never seen a pepper, has no conception of what a pepper is or what it is for. You must use only drawings, no text is allowed (an alien wouldn’t understand it anyhow). Consider how by showing different views you might fully describe this object. You can only achieve this by drawing what you actually see. Use the contour drawing techniques that you have practiced in the previous activities. Do not draw from memory, or what you think a pepper looks like. Scan and upload your drawing(s) to your e-portfolio for transmission to the alien’s planet. ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Use must make at least four drawings of your pepper from different points of view. Use one full page for each drawing. Your drawings should make use of the entire page. Scan all of your drawings and then combine them in one single image using photoshop. post this final image to your e-portfolio. ===

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Criteria: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Use the modified contour drawing technique <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">make multiple drawings of the object from different points of view <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">drawings should be large and show lots of detail. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">one drawing per page as large as possible (total of five) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">scan and upload into photoshop then combine into one image and post