Drawing Sara

This is a morning exercise we did where we had to quickly draw Sara in different positions and make it very sketchy. I thought my drawings accomplished that even thought I never really made it to her face! :)

Melanie's fruit.

We had to draw a partners fruit. I chose Melanie because her's was interesting and I thought it would be challenging to draw.

snack anyone?!

We had to draw 1o food items very detailed including the wrappers. I chose things I had stashed in my dorm room.

Dialogue

Plan View
Elevation

This project was titled dialogue. We had to use 12 bamboo skewers and 12 4x6 pieces of bristol board. The model we made had to have two pieces that related to each other and "spoke" to each other. I doubled the bristol board by glueing 2 pieces of bristol board together so both curved structures used 6 sheets. I wanted to make it even on both sides but different in some way. So, on one side I bent the skewers by soaking them in water, and on the other side I kept them straight. To me, the bent skewers represent shelter and the straight skewers represent protection by being very straight up and strong. They are placed behind the curved structures to create a sense of togetherness but difference.

Lake House-Original Floor Plan

This is my first floor plan for the Lake House. These are the same measurements but with some adjustments. This was only supposed to be in pencil and I used line weights to create depth and thickness. I moved some of the windows and doors around to make more sense to me and to create a better living space.

Junk Drawer to Junk Shelves

My junk drawer.

The junk in shelves from a perspective view.

For this project, I pulled things out of my purse and off of my desk. The hatching and cross-hatching was definitely a challenge for me since I had not done it in quite a while. I thought this project was enjoyable and we were given a lot of freedom, meaning we could draw anything and as many things as we wanted. In the shelves my vanishing point near the bottom left, but still somewhat in the center of the page.

Perspective

The Elliot University Center

We were told to draw 3 different spaces, one in the library, EUC, and Gatewood Studio Arts building. I chose to do my final drawing of the EUC. My vanishing point is off center towards the left at a sitting eye view.

Stick AND Cell Phones

Perspective drawing
Final Orthographic drawing of one of our chosen models.
Model of bottom right square.
model of top left square.
Model of top left square.
Model of top right square.
Model of the bottom left square.
Combing both stick and cell phone in one 2x2 drawing.

12 squares of just stick drawings.

Bottom of the stick.
Close up of a stick drawing.
25 squares just cell phone drawings.
Large drawing of 64 squares with just cell phone drawings.

This project was time consuming but very interesting. I couldn't believe some of the drawings people came up with by just combining a stick and their cell phone together. Doing many squares at a time gave good practice for the final drawing.

Artichoke??

Section drawing of artichoke.
Elevations of artichoke
Full drawing
Actual artichoke (plan view)
Elevation of artichoke

For this assignment we had to choose a fruit or vegetable to draw different views of. I wanted to choose an interesting vegetable that would last a while. Artichokes have a lot of texture and I was fairly sure no one else would have the same thing. The drawings are interesting to look at because of the unique shape of the artichoke. Drawing it could become confusing at times because it has so many leaves and I would constantly lose my spot where I was drawing.

Luminescense Final Project

LUMINESCENSE

I have loved doing this project!

I enjoyed the fact that we were designing an object that was actually for a use.

I plan on using my luminare back home and

I think it is fully functional and easy to turn on and off.

This is the final orthographic drawing.
me completing my detailed drawing.
The final project completed! (Different base)

I wanted to make a base that hid the light socket

better but the switch could still be accessed as easy as the old base.
Close up on the base and light in the dark.
View taken higher from the top looking down.
Inside the light!
First final project.

Chunky base that isn't functional and didn't hide the cord.
Done with the weaving. Cut the strips off and glued the sides down.
How it all started. First beginnings of the weaving pattern.

Research for Luminecense

I love this building, because during the day it doesn't seem to be what it is at night. During the day it is just a building with many windows. At night it lights up completely, and it entrances you with all the different blues and greens reflecting off of it.

Here are some pictures of Pike Loop in Manhattan, NY designed by architects Gramazio and Kohler.  The wall was built entirely by a robot.

I like the lighting in this picture. The front side created somewhat of a silouette and the backside of the brick is lit up by the hidden lights.  The bricks also create an intertwining pattern that I would really like to use in my project.  The bricks look like they are weaved together, but really they just have an alternating pattern where there are small spaces in between.  

Here is a side view of Pike Loop.

I like this picture of the sun and the moon, because it is similar to Pike Loop.  The moon is in a silouette and the sun is peaking out from behind creating a warm orange color because of the contrast of the black surrounding it.

Luminescence Research

Tunnel underground connecting the Victoria and Albert Museum at The London Design Festival [photo by Ian Douglas-Jones]

The Wales Millennium Centre [photo by wojtek gurak]

Places of inspiration with great lighting. I want to incorporate the lighting techniques in my project. I'll post more pictures from other architectural blogs later. :)

Unity

Top View

Front View

This project was about unity. To me, unity means to make multiple things one, or whole. We were only allowed to use 12 bamboo skewers, 12 4x6 bristol board, and glue to hold it all together. I folded the 4x6's in half. I glued all of the bamboo skewers at their points, making 6 V's. I then stood them up and connected them, once again, in a windmill effect. I put 6 folded pieces at the top and 6 at the bottom. The base is 12x12 and I cut it into an octagon to play up the corners the bristol board pieces were making. I really enjoyed this project because I feel that it allowed a wide range of creativity and no one held back on their ideas. I would have never thought of how many different options there are with 12 skewers and 12 pieces of bristol board.

Cube

Front View

Top View

This cube was made of bristol board and straws. The cube is four by four. I wanted my cube to have a pinwheel effect by all the sides leaning in. I made the edges consistent by all of them going in the same direction. The straws are on the edges that are leaning in. The base is eight by eight foam board.