Architectural Freehand Drawing I

Catalog Description: Representational drawing using various media. Emphasis on principles of

light, shade, scale, proportion, line, and tonal quality. This course involves the study and
application of freehand drawing and other basic communication skills using various media. Use of
computer software and its relationship to drawing are studied. Lecture Hrs = 3, Lab Hrs = 3

pecific Course Objectives

1. The student will learn how to sketch and draw a wide variety of subjects including
geometric forms, furniture, still life setups, plants, and anatomical features, with special
emphasis on three-dimensional form.
2. The student will learn how to correctly observe and convey the proper relative size,
proportion, and details of the subject matter.
3. The student will acquire skill in the use of various rendering media such as pencils,
colored pencils, crayons, chalk, ink, felt tips, etc. and various drawing papers,
cardboards, etc.
4. The student will learn the various techniques of drawing and rendering by actual
demonstrations and by displaying examples of acceptable styles.
5. The student will become more aware of and sensitive to the art of drawing and rendering,
both as a fine art and as an essential tool in communicating architectural concepts.
6. The student will learn acceptable levels of craftsmanship typical of the architectural
profession.

Course Content

Students will be required to do the following:

1. Complete projects and drawings in a professional manner.

2. Students may also be required to:
3. Read and research topics on art, architecture as well as visit significant examples of
architecture in the area.

Methods of Instruction

Faculty may choose from but are not limited to the following methods of instruction:  lecture,
discussion, Internet, video, television, demonstrations, field trips, collaboration,  readings.

Supplemental Texts:

1. Design Drawing, Ching, John Wiley & Sons

2. Drawing: A Creative Process, Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold
3. Pencil Sketching, Thomas Wang, Van Nostrand Reinhold
4. Architectural Graphics, Ching, 3rd Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold
5. Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.
6. Creation of Space: Fundamentals of Architecture, 2nd ed., by Jonathan Block Friedman
7. Architecture: Form, Space & Order, Ching, 2nd Edition, Wiley
8. Architectural Graphics, Ching, 3rd Edition

AR101 Graphic Communication I (2 Units)

Studio work in two and three dimensional graphics vocabulary. Emphasis is on
the conceptual techniques in measure and freehand drawings. Each student is
to maintain an A3 size portfolio of drawing containing freehand sketches of
building and their surrounding; measured drawings in isometric and
axonometric and, drawings in varying media (ink, water, colour, oil poster, etc).

AR102 Graphic Communication II (2 units)

Continuation of AR101 more exercises in freehand drawing including interior

perspectives. Advanced consideration of colourline, values, texture and form as
effective elements of visual communication.

AR103 Freehand drawing I (2 units)

Sketching and Architectural drawing from life. The course aims at developing
graphic language by which an architect explains buildings and other objects
himself and other using dry media such as pencil, crayons etc.

AR104 Freehand drawing II (2 units)

Sketching and Architectural drawing from life. A continuation of freehand

sketching with greater emphasis on quick sketching techniques using wet
media as water and poster colours, ink, etc.

AR203 Architectural Graphics I (2 units)

This course shall in part emphasis the skill of freehand in different media.
General principles on lettering, introduction to the users of graphics in
architecture. Representation of building elements and materials.

AR204 Architectural Graphics II (2 units)

The representation of building elements in plans elevation and section;

projection techniques for shade shadow construction; 3 dimensional drawings
of building interior and exterior; oblique isometric, axonometric, and
perspectives. Emphasis shall be laid on basic rendering techniques using
different media.

Catalog Description: This course is a study of the basic techniques of drafting and
sketching as it relates to architectural graphic communication. Students have
opportunities
to develop visual literacy, freehand sketching techniques, and an understanding of
 perspective. This course also covers natural and man-made forms and basic
architectural
rendering.
Schedule Description: This course is a study of the basic techniques of drafting
and
sketching as it relates to architectural graphic communication.
Recommended Preparation:
MATH 103, Elementary Algebra or
MATH 103R, Elementary Algebra.
Course Outcomes: Student Learning Outcomes
1. Outcome: Students will be able to critically evaluate natural and man-made
forms.
Assessment: Student evaluations of their own work and the work of others in the
field.
2. Outcome: Students will demonstrate freehand sketching skills that represent the
theory and practice of perspective and architectural rendering.
Assessment: Student-produced drawings and sketches organized in a personal
sketch book of at least 100 pages.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
1. Apply the basic skills of observation and of freehand drawing using black and
white
media, primarily pencil.
2. Use basic visual literacy to communicate through the language of graphics.
3. Adopt fundamentals of perspective drawing to accurately represent subjects of
natural and human made forms.
4. Use a camera as a presentation device.

Lecture Content:
1. Line drawing (forms in nature/human made forms) 5.00 %
2. Freehand Sketching 10.00 %
3. Line/tone drawing (natural and human made forms) 5.00 %
4. Sketching from observation 5.00 %
5. Shade and shadows in perspective 10.00 %
6. Sketching from landscape 5.00 %
7. Picture plan concept/lines of sight 5.00 %
8. Use of camera 5.00 %
9. Sketching human bodies 5.00 %
10. Values (exploration of techniques to portray value) 5.00 %
11. Forms of nature (drawing various examples) 5.00 %
12. Vocabulary (drawing several different building materials) 5.00 %
13. Architectural details (carefully rendered details) 10.00 %
14. Stylizations (study of simplified variations of showing entourage) 10.00 %
15. Architectural rendering (final perspective drawing) 10.00 %
RATIONALE
Three-dimensional design exists everywhere in our daily lives. The formal elements of
line, form, composition and balance exist in the most common of objects.
Through an awareness of these elements the student will acquire a more meaningful
understanding of the concepts and structure of design.
Specific projects will encourage students to explore possibilities in various materials and
techniques, as well as the artistic process from concept to completed work.
II. GENERAL COURSE GOALS
1. The student will begin to develop a broader appreciation for three-dimensional
objects.
2. The student will develop an awareness of the "formal elements" and how they are
incorporated into three-dimensional objects.
3. The student will be able to verbally analyze his/her work and the work of other
students.
4. Each student will be responsible for producing five completed projects.
5. Each student will explore materials, techniques and thought processes which will
enable them to carry through a specific problem to completion.

Required texts/recommended materials:

Drawing board and clips -- large enough for an 18 x 24 pad
18 x 24 newsprint pad (rough)
18 x 24 drawing pad (heavy white paper with moderate texture)
19x25 gray pastel paper; Canson Mi-tientes (as needed)
Pencils; full range of pencils, woodless, graphite crayon
Charcoal; Vine and compressed; soft
Kneaded eraser
Conte crayon; black, white; soft
Higgins brand india ink (waterproof)
Brushes for india ink
Nathan Goldstein. Figure Drawing: the Structure, Anatomy& Expressive Design of Human
Form, Sixth Edition (2004 Prentice Hall)

Course goals
Develop perception of a 3-dimensional human form in space and then translate those
perceptual cues into line and tone.
Execute short and sustained drawings of a model throughout semester.
Implement line, mass, contour and value in drawings.
Acquire skills to represent the human figure in accurate proportion.
Explore human anatomy and proportion through various media and techniques.
Investigate the representation of the figure throughout Art History.
General Education objectives
Develop foundational skills and techniques for drawing the figure
Critique and analyze drawings using appropriate artistic vocabulary and criteria
Evaluate and discuss visual and conceptual ideas

Units of study in detail

Unit I: Introduction to the Figure; Gesture Drawing
Learning Objectives
Identify and execute various approaches to gesture drawing
Visually analyze the figure and its components
Describe and discuss ways of seeing as they relate to figure drawing

Unit II: Proportion and Measuring Techniques

Learning Objectives
Comprehend and apply general principles of proportion in figure anatomy
List, select and implement various techniques for measuring proportion
Apply principles of gesture to proportionate figure drawings
Isolate and address potential problems in sighting the figure

The student will be able to:

Use line and value to define form.
Demonstrate the use of spatial illusions.
Experiment with media.
Create unified compositions.
Draw human figures, plants, trees, landscape.
Solve drawing problems with personal visual solutions.
Work independently outside the classroom.
Critique drawings and ascertain their primary visual message.
Present a finished work.

Course goals The student will be able to:

• Demonstrate safe, competent usage of materials and skill in paint handling
• Build a strong range of value through accurate paint mixing techniques
• Exhibit foundational painting techniques and the vocabulary to articulate them.
• Create paintings that exhibit command of color theory (value, temperature, complements, and
saturation)
• Utilize various methods of paint application for technical and expressive purposes.
• Develop and defend representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational work.
• Investigate contemporary approaches to painting and research at least one contemporary
(working after 1970) painter.
• Synthesize personal ideas and skills into conceptually developed work.
• Assess, with appropriate vocabulary, the student’s own work and the work of peers.
• Explore several genres of painting: still life, landscape, abstraction, non-representation, and
the figure.

Unit I: Materials, safety, and Paint handling Learning Objectives

• List and describe the purposes of various media and the safety precautions of each.
• Exhibit the ability to successfully handle and mix paint.
• Identify and demonstrate the difference between glazing and ala prima methods.
• Experiment with various surfaces for painting
• Create paintings that employ paint texture and utilize various methods of paint application for
technical and expressive purposes
• Assess, in terms of materials and paint handling, the student’s own work and the work of
peers.

Unit II: Value Learning Objectives

• Master the ability to mix light and dark values to form a cohesive gray-scale
• Apply value rendering skill to a well-drawn and balanced composition
• Create a grisaille/ monochromatic under-painting with a full and accurate range of value
• Assess, with appropriate vocabulary, the student’s own work and the work of peers.

Unit III: Color Theory Learning Objectives

• List and define the elements color theory: value, temperature (warm v. cool), complements,
and saturation
• Identify contrast in value in a chromatic composition
• Create a sense of pictorial space by manipulating warm and cool colors, and relativity of
temperature
• Successfully utilize complementary colors to extend the intensity of color
• Successfully balance highly saturated colors in a composition
• Recognize the variations in pigments and the occasional inconsistency between theory and
practice
• Identify the difference between additive and subtractive color theory
• Assess, in terms of color theory, the student’s own work and the work of peers.
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Unit IV: Abstraction and Non-representation Learning Objectives
• Investigate and acknowledge the cultural and historical context of abstraction and non-
representation
• Create, through process, both abstract and non-representational work
• Cogently argue the value of abstraction and non-representation
• Assess, in terms of the principles of abstraction, the student’s own work and the work of peers.

Unit V: Contemporary Artists Learning Objectives

• Identify and describe several contemporary painters.
• Investigate, through research and presentations, the work of contemporary painters
• Explain the movements, contexts, and techniques associated with these artists

Unit VI: Individual Conceptual Development Learning Objectives

• Investigate metaphor and cultural/ socio-political messages in conceptual work
• Describe various methods of developing personal ideas
• Explore, experiment, and take risks involving one’s own process of discovery and conceptual
development
• Relate one’s own direction to a contemporary context
• Assess in terms of content and process-oriented development, the student’s own work and the
work of peers.